Comments on: 25 Days to Better Drawings – Day Thirteen – Texture Study #2

By: Maggie Meehan

Maggie Meehan — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:19:04 +0000

Well, that was awesome. I learned a lot. The layering technique works! My bricks almost look like bricks 🙂

By: Sue Lumber

Sue Lumber — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 20:35:48 +0000

You’re absolutely right Matt ….If you dont enjoy drawing your subject it does show in your drawing! Although the end result is ok ish I found that exercise extremely tedious and boring ….but I am determined to persevere and test my patience, take my time and think of each part as a learning opportunity to improve……… That certainly highlighted that I need a lot of practice with my shading, pencil pressure and pencil strokes even if I did nod off inbetween bricks and mortar 🙂

By: Nandini Bedi

Nandini Bedi — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 14:16:10 +0000

In reply to Jacqueline Simmons. can they be rubbed on sand paper?

By: Manja Weijers

Manja Weijers — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 15:40:25 +0000

In reply to Ida Johansson. Maybe you can cut out a square and place it over the part you are drawing, so you only see a small part and not get overwhelmed (but then you have to print out the reference)

By: Ida Johansson

Ida Johansson — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 23:02:19 +0000

In reply to Susan Strong. Now I see it too haha!

By: Ida Johansson

Ida Johansson — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 20:40:57 +0000

This course has taught me more than multiple drawing books, other online classes, and in-person drawing classes has. This lesson addresses what has turned out to be my biggest Achilles heel – patience.
I am looking for advice for not getting lost in the reference – especially in textured surfaces, I struggle to keep track of where I am, and I end up making random marks. I am OK with not making an exact copy of the reference, but I would like to be better able to accurately capture a surface texture. It feels like my eyes get lost when they move between the drawing and the reference. I hope this makes sense – does anybody else have this problem or have advice for how to improve it?
Thanks from Sweden!

By: Chris Hallas

Chris Hallas — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 18:02:55 +0000

Hi Matt, this is really helping me with the fundamentals of drawing and the different stages of producing a piece of art which I am pleased with. I really enjoyed this lesson. I don’t have much confidence in my abilities and my first effort was quite poor but when I watched the lesson again, and had another go, I surprised myself at how good it looked!! In fact I keep looking at it and thinking, wow I can’t believe I did that ha ha. Thank you for your advice. I really find your lessons easy to watch and follow with them being broken down into such small pieces. I feel that I can actually, stay calm and go through each process without becoming panicky and overwhelmed. I’m going to keep going over your lessons and I know that I can only improve with practice thank you!

By: Marianne Post

Marianne Post — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 17:56:44 +0000

I found this lesson almost meditative in slowly building up the texture with layers of values.

By: Susan Strong

Susan Strong — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 18:06:16 +0000

Even though you published this years ago, this series is still an absolute treasure to watch learn and practice. I never learned any of these basics, elements and principles in school. It is never too late to learn. Thank you so much. I have many hours of creative tutorials/ practice to fill my retirement.
I’m commenting on this lesson in particular for the humorous reason that the resource and your drawing especially captures an illusion of a creature, cat, elf, or whatever looking out of the broken brick. I can’t unsee it.

By: Ella F Holden

Ella F Holden — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 18:29:11 +0000

In reply to Simon Hughes. I used sandpaper, cleaned them perfectly, don't rub to hard.