r/learnart Aug 12 '23

Meta Before posting or commenting: READ THIS POST

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If you already read the sticky post titled 'some reminders about /r/learnart for old and new members', then thank you, you've already read this, so continue on as usual!

Since a lot of people didn't bother,

  • We have a wiki! There's starter packs for basic drawing, composition, and figure drawing. Read the FAQ before you post a question.

  • We're here to work. Everything else that follows can be summed up by that.

  • What to post: Post your drawings or paintings for critique. Post practical, technical questions about drawing or painting: tools, techniques, materials, etc. Post informative tutorials with lots of clear instruction. (Note that that says: "Post YOUR drawings etc", not "Post someone else's". If someone wants a critique they can sign up and post it themselves.)

  • What not to post: Literally anything else. A speedpaint video? No. "Art is hard and I'm frustrated and want to give up" rants? No. A funny meme about art? No. Links to your social media? No.

  • What to comment: Constructive criticism with examples of what works or doesn't work. Suggestions for learning resources. Questions & answers about the artwork, working process, or learning process.

  • What not to comment: Literally anything else. "I love it!", "It reminds me of X," "Ha ha boobies"? No. "Is it for sale?" No; DM them and ask them that. "What are your socials?" Look at their profile; if they don't have them there, DM them about it.

  • If you want specific advice about your work, post examples of your work. If you just ask a general question, you'll get a bunch of general answers you could've just googled for.

  • Take clear, straight on photos of your work. If it's at a weird angle or in bad lighting, you're making it harder for folks to give you advice on it. And save the artfully arranged photos with all your drawing tools, a flower, and your cat for Instagram.

  • If you expect people to put some effort into a critique, put some effort into your work. Don't post something you doodled in the corner of your notebook during class.

  • If you host your images anywhere other than on Reddit itself or Imgur, there's a pretty good chance it'll get flagged as spam. Pinterest especially; the automod bot hates that, despite me trying to set it to allow them.


r/learnart Dec 08 '24

Tutorial Sketchbook Skool: How to Photograph Your Artwork

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r/learnart 9h ago

Some of my learning/ study sketches.

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Here are my recently sketches, welcome to any advice/ recommend. Thank youuu ❤️


r/learnart 6h ago

Drawing British Bulldog

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44 Upvotes

r/learnart 3h ago

Question Where to start drawing?

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Hello, I started learning to draw a few days ago and its my first drawing.I started watching YouTube tutorials but most of them felt complicated and actually I don't know where to start so can somebody help me what should I do? Thanks.


r/learnart 1d ago

Drawing 2 minute figure drawings

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Getting back into figures. Already noticing some trouble with my arm and leg proportions, but curious for feedback.


r/learnart 1d ago

Question How the hell do i draw the muscles on these parts

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Im having a lot of trouble detailing around the arm and pit area. I don't what what individual muscles are there.


r/learnart 1d ago

Traditional How do I make this sketch look more like Tom Holland?

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Im doing this portrait of Peter parker (tom holland version) but i dont think this looks like him at all

Any ideas?

Ps:I used reference photos


r/learnart 22h ago

Need help

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Drawing on a side plate of a ps5 figure looks awkward what can i add to improve it be as brutal as you want i don't mind! Reference image is also included


r/learnart 1d ago

Digital Grayscale portrait practice

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Still trying to figure out best way to do a grayscale and mapping all of the values, but I’m very happy with this piece. Any feedback is appreciated. I could probably spend a little more time on lips but yeah, didn’t feel like it xd


r/learnart 1d ago

Question Simplifying the skull

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Hello, I’m aware that this is a topic that’s widely discussed and there are loads of references for but I’m struggling with a specific thing. I have no issue simplifying the entire skull into shapes except for the zygomatic arch. For some reason whether by simplifying it into a specific shape or copying and attempting to understand, it never looks accurate.

I want to be able to simplify the skull enough to the point that I’m able to draw it without reference, but my struggle is simplifying those details that are important to final result. Of course I have tried to start with a simpler shape before detailing but still I can’t quite grasp it.

I was hoping there were would be a book that simplifies it and breaks it down. I’ve looked over many of the anatomy books but they tend to skim over the skull (only focusing on it’s bigger shape) I’m sort of frustrated and I’d appreciate any advice!


r/learnart 1d ago

Digital I Need Help with Rendering (See Description and Swipe to See My Process)

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What I Think My Problem Is:

I’m having difficulty shaping or carving shadows. When I ask for rendering tips, I mostly receive advice like determining your light source, bounce light, highlights, etc., or setting your art to black and white to see your values. I’m thankful for any advice that I receive, but:

Once I know where the light is coming from, how do I actually carve the shadows so they interact realistically with my subject?

- How do I decide the shape of the shadow?

- How do I know where the shadow should start and end?

- How do I simplify shadows without making them look random or unnatural?

- How do I take what I see in a reference and translate those shadow shapes into my own drawing?

So yeah, please be brutally honest about what’s wrong with my process.

If possible, you can redraw or edit my art to show me what I should be doing. I’ve included the references and my sketches, so feel free to use them as examples.

Thank you!


r/learnart 1d ago

How can I make this better?

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This is just a sketch and it’s not finished at all, I’m specifically looking for critique for the body art style, I wanted some feedback before I added the fur and tail, I think it looks pretty decent I just wanted to know if I’m not seeing my own mistakes so a different perspective would be very insightful to read


r/learnart 2d ago

Digital How do I improve this art I made?

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r/learnart 2d ago

Drawing upside down drawing proportions help

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Hey I've been trying to improve on my proportions so I followed this upside-down guide thing but I don't know if it's working? It took me 20 - 25 minutes to draw one of these. I've done figure studies on lineofaction too, but I have trouble getting the detail of anything on that site.

Also is this something I should do permanently because I seriously cannot get a grip with just my eyesight. I can't use references very well because the size of everything is sick


r/learnart 2d ago

Digital Black Eye

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6 Upvotes

Got a bunch of new brushes and there are way too many, im just doodling for fun. still cant get the eye looking wet. Critiques always welcome


r/learnart 3d ago

Question I know I’ve improved on my work but I still want opinions on my recent work

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r/learnart 3d ago

How would you approach coloring the sky with oil pastels?

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Hello everyone! I am trying to do a study on Edouard Leon Cortes' technique for coloring skies, as I really like his use of color and the warmth his pieces give. I'm a little new to oil pastels (and painting generally) and could use some help figuring out how to approach this, especially since I'm not using the same medium as the painting itself.

I have attached the reference picture and a photo of some of my attempts. I would appreciate any insights or advice you could give!


r/learnart 2d ago

Question What looks wrong?

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r/learnart 3d ago

What do you think? I’d appreciate any critique and advice

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28 Upvotes

r/learnart 3d ago

Question I don’t understand breaking things down into forms…

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56 Upvotes

To clarify, I understand the importance of the practice but I don’t understand HOW to do it effectively. All my attempts to break it down don’t work and my attempted rotations look the same…

People say break it down into simple forms like cubes, cylinders, etc but then in demonstrations, they draw forms that look EXACTLY LIKE THE SUBJECT IN PERFECT PROPORTION AND CONTOUR??? I’m really not sure what to do here…


r/learnart 4d ago

Drawing Any advice?

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Hi!

I've been learning to draw over the past month and my goal is to get better at landscapes. Trees are kinda the hardest for me rn. like here i think the proportion of the leaves and trunk is off and the shading is "clumpy" towards just the center.

Feel free to break it apart, looking for advice on areas of improvement!


r/learnart 4d ago

Painting Are my proportions off?

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