drawing and painting tutorial lesson no1

hi there everyone ,dear ones, in this post i would like to share some art tutorial for those of you who are painting, drawing, struggling? well i hope you will find this lesson useful and some tips , i will do my best,
so first thing i would like to point to ,is the main important in accurate drawing what you see, is not so much a matter of techniques ,but rather a matter of observation, this is the secret .this is what is all about and the most important thing in drawing and painting accurately,and what i mean by that is it is learning how to look and where to look that make all the difference, from years of experience i learned that you need to look not at the contour of the elements ,that is common mistake of many beginners , you need to focus you attention at the form as a whole ,to see the form together as one piece, and not as linear contour . so this is the first tip and it need a little exercises.the second thing is to focus your attention always on the light , also when you paint the shadow ,the focus is always on the light .that make you coordinate with how things are in nature itself . and in nature only light exist really , the shadow is only a reflection.a result of the light , so light always comes first,it is primary, this is another common mistake to focus sometimes in the light and sometimes in the shadows , and that create disharmony.so the focus of attention and observation should always be at the light in the middle of the form and not in the contours,

another thing that is important to practice is to see as mach the big masses and less the details at the beginning of the drawing or painting and to build the painting from the main masses to gradually the smaller forms and smaller
another tip is ;go to nature , nature is a great teacher for artist ,and the mature way is not to be attach to much to the result ,but rather focus on the learning itself,and another thing is when you paint try not to bring any past knowledge to your new painting , no wards , no past, no need for that , for true learning is always new in this clean moment ,the mistake i saw of many of my student was painting what they think they know about the object Rather then painting from true observation in the moment,and this is what is the most important in visual art to my opinion is to develop that true observation , the way i teach my student all the exercises i developed is pointing to that ,to learn to look , to learn to observe and to translate this into your painting ,observe things as they truly are is what it is all about , and when you develop a skill for that then there is no translation even,there is pure flowing of truth to the painting . and truth and beauty is one and the same.i will post soon lesson no2 the drawing is after Leonardo a study ,and the other drawing is pastel a horse study.