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@the_indic_sage
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3yr
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Hello everyone. I am new here and want some advice on how to progress in anatomy and perspective.
Amanda Rutledge
3yr
I would suggest taking an art class somewhere. In my opinion I think the structure of a class can help someone with where to start and also the feedback from an instructor or classmates that can be right next to you is really beneficial.
If the possibility of taking a course in person somewhere isn’t feasible don’t worry, there are a lot of other places that can help you.
drawabox.com is nice to learn perspective
and here on this site you can find a lot of anatomy lessons of course from Proko!
there is a thread somewhere on the site with some really good books as well, I want to say it’s pinned to the top of one of the sections.
One thing for sure though is to draw, draw, draw. Jump into it. Go watch the anatomy proko videos and do the assignments. Draw from life! Do perspective assignments. Design a room in 2 point perspective. Design boxes in all different directions and perspectives.
Post here for feedback or find other likeminded art people around you.
You're doing it right. Work for a focused period, then get up and take a break. Sometimes you'll get in a flow state and want to work longer, and that's fine. Just make sure you are doing longer studies and not only 30 minute studies. As long as you are practicing doing finished work as well as short studies, I think it's good. We have this weird idea in modern day culture of the 9-5 job, where you work 4 hour chunks. But how much of that time is checking email, zoning out, chatting with friends, and generally bullshitting? Better to do many highly focused intervals than one sloppy 3 hour chunk
I second that. Work in a way that’s best for you, there is not a one size fits all type deal and every day can even be different. One day I’ll go on for hours, other times I’ll need to stop every 20 minutes, and sometimes I’ll just have a hard time concentrating and switch to something else for the time being.
But like Peter said, I also think it’s important to be doing both long and short studies (just because it’s a long study doesn’t mean you need to sit for hours, in the atelier it’s typical to do a 2-4 week pose every day for 2-3 hours, but there are numerous breaks during the working hours lest the students and model go insane).
Dan B
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4yr
These look wonderful! You’ve really captured a sense of being there rather than just ‘pictures.’ Looking forward to seeing more :)
Yiming Wu
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4yr
These are looking pretty! I especially love the "flow" feeling in the first three, maybe the forth is a bit less of that but still nice! And you can draw on-location! wow! I never feel comfortable doing drawings outside.
I like your "minimal" approach, this way the image will not look that "adjusted", and appears to be more natural.
@Yiming Wu Thanks. Drawing in public took some getting used to. It can be nice to meet people but can also be a bit distracting if there are people always coming by since there is always someone who will come behind me (sometimes a bit too much in my personal space) to look at what I’m doing and/or to talk to me.
But I think the pros of being outside, walking, and enjoying the sights/sounds outweigh the con of sometimes being interrupted.
