Mastering the Art of Speed Sketching - 10 Techniques to Put Into Practice

I was a traditional old school draftsman who definitely learned how to draw from the wrist down. Then I took life drawing and learned how to draw from the shoulder down. Good tips. The important thing is to quit the fear of failure to be perfect and just pick up that pencil and draw, draw, draw every day. 🤗

I also had thoughts about 'using the whole arm'. As the mother of several artistic children, I dealt with a lot of drawings on the walls. There was something irresistible about the walls. I suppose I could have broken my children's spirits by employing draconian discipline, but I couldn't do that. We had oodles of paper for drawing, but something about the walls was just impossible to resist. We still have a few big Stay Puft marshmallow men on the walls in the basement playroom - almost 40 years old now - hiding behind some book shelves. Those marshmallow men required circular arm movements. It must have been fun to do. I now have 3 children who are professional artists and others who are good amateurs. It has all been worth it.

As you were talking about using your whole arm I came to the realization that this is one of the foundations of Tai Chi... interesting how one thing can bring another thing to mind😊

#1 - 5:50 - Basic Shapes #2 - 6:36 - Move Your Whole Arm #3 - 8:40 - Gesture Drawing #4 - 10:30 - Drawing from your Imagination #5 - 12:47 - Several Drawings at Once #6 - 14:08 - Set Time Limits #7 - 16:58 - Observe and Sketch #8 - 18:59 - Mental Grid #9 - 20:12 - Use Your Pencil #10 - 24:15 - Consistency

You are good and you've an endearing style. Some very valuable tips for sure. Thanks.

This is the very best art tutorial of all time! I learned more in this video than in 10 yrs of art class.

Love the exercise and the positive outlook on arm movement. Remember,.. there are no mistakes only happy accidents!!!🌞Cute video. 👍🏽😊

Yes a focused practice! 🙌🏻❤️.

"OK, no, I'm not that funny" - that made me laugh 😆 Seriously, though, great set of tips for an aspiring artist like me, thank you ♥

Hello, I think 1 and 10 have my creative juices flowing!!!! Thank You, Sylvia

I love your energy! Thanks for the inspiration!

This is something I need to work on!

Great tips Kris, I used to struggle speed sketching the models at Vandart Gallery and New Masters Academy channels, and you solved it like a charm. Thank you so much!

These are great tips and inspiring! ThanQ for sharing. 💛

Very helpful, thank you.

These are the best tips on drawing I’ve seen in a long time thank you! Most hit home but the one that really got me was the last, consistency, I try to follow some of those 30 day challenges but couldn’t understand why I’d give up half way, I’ve even tried setting my own but it hasn’t worked out, now I know why! So now I’ll pick a topic and see if I can stick to that 😊

You are very good at drawing hands. I took notes. I too have been working on drawing heads.Here lately I started trying to draw mountains and I try very hard to keep everything in the right proportion.That part is difficult for me.Also when drawing heads a lot of times I look back and see that I have drawn the eyes too large to fit the side planes of the head.By the way, I am also drawing the 100 different heads challenge .Anyway if you have any suggestions please let me know. Thanks again and keep on drawing.

thanks for your lesson. i´ve enjoyed it. it was also very helpful. Greetings from Germany.

Thanks for the tips. I agree with your approach. I do daily exercises in loosing up. I've got self challenges with my ambidextrous skills. - So I do both left and right handed versions. A great motivator to improve my weaker hand/eye skills. I think applying different methods of holding the pencil matters in speed sketching - I would add this to my list [ #11] .

I m in!❤