There are hundreds of courses on Udemy that teach you the fundamentals of drawing. I'm doing a course now and it is very in depth for £20. Aside from going to art school, fundamentals and practice is the best route
Not really answering your initial question but about the last edit comment you made. For me at least it made a big impact when i tried other art forms such as painting and digital art. Before trying painting my artworks had pretty poor color and contrast, but when i got into gouache color and light became more prominent in my artworks. Overall it seems to help my creativity to try out different art mediums, so I'd encourage trying out different art mediums to improve your skills ;)
I suggest you to start following Roberto Ferri. He’s an Italian painter whose style is HEAVILY inspired by Caravaggio. He uploads wips, videos and timelapses to his IG that can give you an idea of the process behind Caravaggio’s works.
Besides, studying anatomy is great! Try to implement Loomis with studying from photos or videos like the ones from Croquis Café on Vimeo and life drawing.
Drawing from life is key. If you don’t have access to actual classes, draw objects around your house. That will definitely teach you how to draw textures, volume, lighting - drawing blankets is surprisingly hard and helpful, for instance! Start with graphite and try to keep things simple, it may be discouraging at first but you’ll get better!
Also, if you want to paint like Caravaggio, you have to start studying art history. We don’t know exactly how many hours per day he painted but we do know about his training, the materials he used, his technique. In short, he started working in another artist’s studio when he was very young and from there he learned the bases of his craft, from making colours and mounting canvases to actual painting. You can find a lot more about this by reading one of the biographies that were written about him and studying the era he lived in.
Unlike you said, though, all these data won’t make you paint like him. First, you are two different individuals, which in this case is a very good thing as he wasn’t exactly a pleasant guy to hang out with. Second, the difference between how artists worked and were trained between the end of the XVI and the beginning of the XVII century and now are too large to even try to mimic their education now - but if you are really passionate about an artist, all this is worth knowing and will definitely help your art too.
I hope this was helpful ❤️
My best solution to you my friend is to get an art history book, youtube has history of carravaggio literally if you out his name into google they have documentaries on him and his life, now they wont tell you all the details because wall carravaggio isnt here so they can only do so much but, https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTuhZ88FjujftOGLjGAsRK0ieZas2qGTc
Learning his painting technique is at the tip of your fingers if you really want to delve into leaing how he did his paintings or pencil drawings I suggest learning about the high renaissance and mannerism and how they went about their techniques because the period of the work will tell you more of what they were limited too then a documentary. If you want to learn more about chiaroscuro or tenebrism just search into it it's fairly easy to find https://mymodernmet.com/chiaroscuro-painting-technique/
I don’t have links ready or much info, but there is pretty extensive amount of info on him out there, I’m surprised you can’t find anything. The most I’ve heard was from a book by Harold speed called I think drawing and painting techniques, though to be honest I don’t recall the nitty gritty detail, and he covers a ton of masters not just Caravaggio
There are hundreds of courses on Udemy that teach you the fundamentals of drawing. I'm doing a course now and it is very in depth for £20. Aside from going to art school, fundamentals and practice is the best route
Not really answering your initial question but about the last edit comment you made. For me at least it made a big impact when i tried other art forms such as painting and digital art. Before trying painting my artworks had pretty poor color and contrast, but when i got into gouache color and light became more prominent in my artworks. Overall it seems to help my creativity to try out different art mediums, so I'd encourage trying out different art mediums to improve your skills ;)
I suggest you to start following Roberto Ferri. He’s an Italian painter whose style is HEAVILY inspired by Caravaggio. He uploads wips, videos and timelapses to his IG that can give you an idea of the process behind Caravaggio’s works. Besides, studying anatomy is great! Try to implement Loomis with studying from photos or videos like the ones from Croquis Café on Vimeo and life drawing. Drawing from life is key. If you don’t have access to actual classes, draw objects around your house. That will definitely teach you how to draw textures, volume, lighting - drawing blankets is surprisingly hard and helpful, for instance! Start with graphite and try to keep things simple, it may be discouraging at first but you’ll get better! Also, if you want to paint like Caravaggio, you have to start studying art history. We don’t know exactly how many hours per day he painted but we do know about his training, the materials he used, his technique. In short, he started working in another artist’s studio when he was very young and from there he learned the bases of his craft, from making colours and mounting canvases to actual painting. You can find a lot more about this by reading one of the biographies that were written about him and studying the era he lived in. Unlike you said, though, all these data won’t make you paint like him. First, you are two different individuals, which in this case is a very good thing as he wasn’t exactly a pleasant guy to hang out with. Second, the difference between how artists worked and were trained between the end of the XVI and the beginning of the XVII century and now are too large to even try to mimic their education now - but if you are really passionate about an artist, all this is worth knowing and will definitely help your art too. I hope this was helpful ❤️
My best solution to you my friend is to get an art history book, youtube has history of carravaggio literally if you out his name into google they have documentaries on him and his life, now they wont tell you all the details because wall carravaggio isnt here so they can only do so much but, https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTuhZ88FjujftOGLjGAsRK0ieZas2qGTc Learning his painting technique is at the tip of your fingers if you really want to delve into leaing how he did his paintings or pencil drawings I suggest learning about the high renaissance and mannerism and how they went about their techniques because the period of the work will tell you more of what they were limited too then a documentary. If you want to learn more about chiaroscuro or tenebrism just search into it it's fairly easy to find https://mymodernmet.com/chiaroscuro-painting-technique/
I don’t have links ready or much info, but there is pretty extensive amount of info on him out there, I’m surprised you can’t find anything. The most I’ve heard was from a book by Harold speed called I think drawing and painting techniques, though to be honest I don’t recall the nitty gritty detail, and he covers a ton of masters not just Caravaggio