Comments on: The Guide to Graphite – Sketching

By: Kat Loveland

Kat Loveland — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 21:23:04 +0000

When your basic sketch looks like a finished masterpiece lol.

I love how the idea of a basic sketch varies as you improve more and more.

By: Linda Solomon

Linda Solomon — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 21:29:24 +0000

I love this Lesson. Thank you! Off to go sketching….

By: ESTEBAN PINILLA

ESTEBAN PINILLA — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 20:38:00 +0000

“Sketching,” says he. “Masterpiece,” says I.

By: Lori Miller

Lori Miller — Sun, 14 Aug 2022 19:06:07 +0000

Thank you! I am one of those that want to do it perfect now, this lesson I sketched, I actually saved the first ref in B&W started to do entire pic, but decided to zoom in towards top of towers . It looks horrible but that’s ok because I learned what I was and was not looking at, e.g focused on dark openings, vs, the ornate pillars I guess they are . No ruler or anything, that is a first for me. Sincerely, Lori Miller

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 11 May 2022 12:12:41 +0000

Hi Matt,
I am an absolute beginner who believed I could not draw and decided to challenge that belief. I bought a book before I stumbled on to your website and quickly became a member.
You have a natural, systematic way of teaching, which is a gift in itself and having completed the secrets to drawing I am now working through this course.
My aim is to work in colour pencil.
I am finding proportion and perspective an issue and was wondering if you have any suggestions on how to improve in this area. With this task for example, is there a way of breaking the diagram down to correctly establish scaled heights and widths of various aspects of the drawing to help with my sketch.
This is not coming naturally for me, so I am open to suggestions.
Thanks for your wonderful resources and I look forward to developing my “I can do it” attitude which is thanks mainly to you.
Bruce

By: matt

matt — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 20:44:40 +0000

In reply to Ekaterina Chanda. Hi Ekaterina, The videos appear to be playing normally and I cannot replicate the issue that you're having. If you are experiencing a stoppage in the video, this is usually the result of the internet connection. It may be fast, but if it is inconsistent you may notice buffering. If this is the case, you may try lowering the quality of the video by clicking on the gear icon that appears after scrolling over the video. If this resolves the issue, then it's safe to assume that the internet connection is the issue.

By: Ekaterina Chanda

Ekaterina Chanda — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 20:16:39 +0000

Hello Matt, it seems that the videos keep pausing and will not restart unless I reload the page. I tried using different browser and my internet is super fast, I have no problem watching videos online. Is there any problem on your side? Thank you.

By: Robert Bennett

Robert Bennett — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:32:00 +0000

In reply to Tammy Hall. Im having some trouble with this one i cant seam to get the sketching right at all on the building

By: Robert Bennett

Robert Bennett — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:31:30 +0000

In reply to Christine Robinson. Im having some trouble with this one i cant seam to get the sketching right at all on the building

By: Frank Pollara

Frank Pollara — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 13:17:47 +0000

Is the first sketch considered perspective… if so how do you approach the sketch free hand? I want to be able to sketch a scene like that though don’t know where to start
Thank you in advance
Frank