You're Measuring Proportions WRONG!

I love Alex's clear, direct style of delivery. His content is extremely valuable and he doesn't waste people's time with distractions, especially at the beginning where he dives right into the lesson without five minutes of chit-chat. I wish more instructional youtube videos were like his.

For people struggling with proportions, you can learn , it takes time for your brain to adjust from lying to you, to being able to see accurately, sometimes as long as a year, but if you stick with it and practice everyday , you will learn.

7:49 Drawing is a process of correcting mistakes. Amen Brother!!!

I was going to slag you off but then I continued watching and , Hey Presto, I changed my mind..... Excellent, thank you.

Geez, that's brilliant. I've art degrees, yah, and have never seen this so clearly and plainly explained. Have subbed. May start drawing again. You touched on my toughest issues. Particularly valuable was the idea of making continuous corrections corrections. It's like driving, or flying, most of the time time you are headed in the wrong direction. But, constantly correcting, you arrive at your intended destination. Thanks much. Aloha

You're a great teacher, I always enjoy when you post a video here on YouTube. Thank you

Patience is THE prerequisite that is becoming harder to come by.

I could watch Alex all day long. Love the ease of his explanations and directions. Thank you Alex!

thanks for the explaining from this level, focusing on the abstraction of simply shapes, checking relationships and making adjustment as you go. it makes me more confident to put down the strokes. 🙂

I've always been a measurer and struggle with changing media from pencil/charcoal to oil that doesn't lend itself well to maintaining an under drawing. This is massively helpful, Alex, thanks!

Thank you Alex, your videos always come with a valuable technique to keep in mind!!

I have also found it immensely helpful to learn the perspective first. When I was just copying what I see, it looked absolutely flat and I had no idea what's wrong with it. After I understood perspective, when something looks flat, I'm able to point out the mistake in the plane direction or shape. Also I can immediately understand what is the form that shape of light actually represents, how it's positioned and how to draw exactly that shape so it looks rotated in that way. Maybe other people come with that understanding built-in, but I didn't, and learning the boring theory improved my drawings really drastically really fast.

Really good explanation. I’m drawing a skull at a difficult angle right now and this is helpful to improve my perception of the proportions and shape angles

one of the best painting/drawing tutorials I've seen. very inspiring

This is a wonderful video. Thank you !

I always look forward to your videos, Alex, but this one is particularly valuable. I am a self-taught artist (I wish it were my profession but c'est la vie) and I always struggled with fixing my painting even thought I always "measure" as best I can. Thank you for clearing up this important concept.

This is such a helpful video. I could never get the hang of that measuring malarkey using the brush, stiff arm etc. I use my eye, blocking in shapes, so to have you confirm this as an accurate way to draw has really enhanced confidence in my skill. Thank you for such a clear demo and explanation. I'll be checking out your courses now! 😊👍

Extremely brilliant video sir

Thank you for your dedication to helping us improve our work!

You're always an amazing teacher Alex!