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Portrait Drawing Course Term 1, Lesson 1: Seeing without prejudice

🕑 Added 2023-02-23 09:17:07 +0000 UTC

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Peewip Edwards

Hey everyone - I loved this first lesson and thought it was very interesting, but I'm a bit unclear about the aim of the blind drawing. Does it matter what the drawings look like - as in, is the idea for them to look more and more like the thing being drawn from, or is it simply an exercise in following lines/seeing things without interpreting them?

Draw Brighton

Thank you Fleur! I'm so glad it's been helpful so far :)

Rhiannon Pettie

Wow! Such a super lesson, it was really good to pause and do the exercises in between, I really felt able to give them more of a go. Very interesting to understand how Egon Schiele worked as well, once mentioned about the observational lines, I could really see what you meant, I will be looking at artwork so differently now, thank you!

Fleur Finch

I've enjoyed the first session and find your presentation and gentle, encouraging explanations so helpful. I've already noticed some progress.

Jenny Tellier

Loved this first lesson, thank you, Jake! Put this on just after I woke up and found it a lot easier to draw the blind contour and peek drawings with some classical music (which I never do, fun suggestion) and a still sleepy brain. I look forward to getting my practice in and continuing the series. :) Appreciate your constant encouragement throughout the lesson too.

Pat

agh ...its no problem at all re the delay. Gives me more time for lesson 1 which didn't come out until Thursday of last week. I'm happy with every Thursday if it gives you more time ?? I'm just so glad I'm not having a senior moment thinking I'd binned the e mail !

Draw Brighton

It's not you Pat, it's me! I'm just uploading the 2nd lesson today - the delay last week has knocked be behind this week too so I'm very sorry for the hassle.

Pat

where is lesson 2 ...I think I binned the e mail.....

Pat

Drawing with music ....why didn't I think of that before....

Leila Aghaei

I loved this session, and i have an issue in partial peek, how can i decide how bold is line that i draw?

Draw Brighton

Oh I'm so glad Beth!! :)

Draw Brighton

I'm so glad Miray, that means so much to hear :)

Draw Brighton

Oh I'm glad you liked that. I may be bringing out far too many metaphors in coming weeks...

Draw Brighton

:D xx

Beth Harley

I LOVE blind drawing! (My first ever time!). Thank you for such an inspirational class!

Rosy Carrick

Me too, it was such a cool first session, and so lovely to see your happy smiling face Jake! xx

Julie Rossini

Great lesson ! Thanks a lot, Jake ! And thank you as well for the tree image, it was music to my ears...

Miray

This lesson was everything I hoped it would be. I’m really looking forward to next week

Courtney

What a fantastic first lesson! I'm so excited to explore more of this course :)

Carole H

What a brilliant taste of things to come. Well worth waiting for Jake and sorry about your IT issues. I got totally absorbed in the transcription exercise, really enjoyed it and am looking forward to my 'homework'. Thank you

Draw Brighton

Absolutely! Do share any drawings you make, it'll be great to see them :)

Draw Brighton

Oh you poor thing! I hope you make a quick and full recovery Marta, but I'm glad you get some extra drawing time ;)

VitAnyaNaked

<p style="color: #008600;">Drawing portraits is a very exciting process and I think everyone can master this skill, you just need the will. Thanks for your informativeand wholesome video</p>

Marta Scott

I’ve just completed the lesson, this was just what I needed from my Covid isolation bed thank you Jake! I’ll be upgrading my membership for sure 😊

Emily Seccombe

Yay thank you this is great :)

Nella Scurfield

Really looking forward to tackling this!! Thanks so much

Draw Brighton

Thanks Deanne! I really hope you enjoy it :)

Draw Brighton

Oh my goodness, it was so very boring - as I was doing a final check on Monday I found an editing error in the video and had to take it down again. Then, while I was fixing it the extra footage I dragged in crashed my poor Mac and I had to buy a new external hard drive and take everything off to make room to edit the video. Im not used to the processing needed for 4K videos! Long story short, I have taken professional advice and sorted out a good long term solution so it should be plain sailing from here on. Thanks for all of your enthusiasm and support Heidi :)

Draw Brighton

Thanks Anita! :D

Deanne Richards

these exercises

Deanne Richards

What a wonderful course! So looking forward to tackling

Heidi Karpa

In a previous life I built websites and managed a web developers shop. You did a Herculean job getting your tech issues fixed. It’s very stressful when a launch is planned and problems develop. So glad I’m past it, sorry you were stuck in it. What you’ve created is impressive. So looking forward to digging into this course today. 😊 Thank you for your hard work.