Warmup - Circles

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Warmup - Circles

Lesson by

Stan Prokopenko

in Drawing Basics

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Assignments 41Lesson NotesDownloads 5

Give them all a try! Once you find a few you really like, add them to your daily warmup routine and practice them… a lot.

@deadsm

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Great warmup, ir doesn't matter how far you go. Circles are important.

Agnieszka

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25d

@goobish

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2mo

Circles drills any advise would be appreciated.

@clickbrick

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3mo

I hate circles

Tom Goul

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3mo

Circles are really important. I start with an HB pencil, then switch to a coloured pencil and then follow up with a micron pen so I get triple the amount of circles on the same page. Draw your circles from right to left and then go in the opposite direction. One direction will feel more natural to you but train yourself in both directions. Keep up the good work.

@joel2311

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3mo

Made some circles

@arthiecio

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3mo

Its nice warming up with circles, i find a little bit boring doing with pacience but need to keep up.

Jack H

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4mo

It was a nice reminder to warmup circles. Usually I just draw them without warming up first, and they look awkward.

Giovanni Mackie

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5mo

Any tips on how move my arm around when making small to tiny circles?

Diana Sorin

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5mo

Circles on top of circles, I also ghosted on top of some them. let me know what you think!

Zander Schmer-Lalama

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5mo

Hey! I really like this warm up! I did a mash up of cookies and donuts for the first page, which I think I did alright on. The second page I try to do Micky Mouse ears…didn’t do the best on them and they look more like bears lol. Feedback would be greatly appreciated! Have a great rest of your day.

ryan morigeau

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10mo

can we, should we drag our pinky finger for stability?

Rolf

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6mo

I also used my little finger for stability. However, the problem for me was the edge of the paper. There is also the risk of smudging your drawing with your finger. So in my opinion, it's best to practise without.

@karlyn

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11mo

Alex Watson

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1yr

My shoulder feels like I just practiced my tennis serve for 2 hours haha

Noveze

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1yr

My circle practice. I also have been doing line warmups everyday

hArtMann

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1yr

Got them done, became more accurate over time.

Yvonne Oliea

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11mo

Very well drawn circles

The guy from BluishDot

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1yr

Here’s a page of circle warm-ups. The first pass was with a pencil. The second one was with a fine liner. The second pass was really difficult. Having a specific circle you need to draw as accurately as possible was way more challenging than just drawing random circles. This is definitely a good exercise for the warm-up routine. Thanks!

Maryse

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1yr

Hell lipses

@daniellee

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1yr

Love the perspective!

Andre Arrache

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1yr

this looks like a challenge! way to go!

T.M. Dusablon

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1yr

Great creativity with circles!

Eric A

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2yr

I like these warmups so much, I combined them with the mushroom warmup. Also, I have a cheap sketchbook dedicated to just warmups and do them every time before I draw.

@boilerpharm

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9mo

That's a great idea! My kids make a lot of scrap paper when they draw and do crafts, so I repurpose their partially used cast-off sheets for warm ups. I also try to sneak in a few warm ups on the scrap paper I create during my full time (non-art) day job.

Pink Valeranth

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2yr

Casually did my circles while listening to David Finch explain gesture drawing. I’m not certain if it’s wise to be studying both anatomy and the fundamentals at once, but here are my circles next to an anatomy quick sketch I did. I’ve taken figure drawing before, but I want to be able to create my own characters or accurate fan art. So, I’ve decided to come back to the basics to fill the gaps in my knowledge and not give up this time. Excited for this course, Stan! Your lessons are a source of encouragement.