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@eldragdrag
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1yr
added comment inAny good book to accompany Figure Drawing Fundamentals?
I've been reading 'Figure Drawing' by Jake Spicer. I would recommend it. Here's a good breakdown of the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxzaBJYDZQc
@eldragdrag
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1yr
Today is day 14, but I missed a day (broke the chain) and have been doing exercises since. Life gets in the way sometimes. I want to draw with good proportions and perspective, but I haven't been able to draw anything that I'm happy enough to share with anyone. I've focused on the proportions exercise in this course and read about drawing. Going forward, I will do at least one 5-minute sketch every day with the lowest barrier to entry so that I can build on the habit over time.
@eldragdrag
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1yr
Day 6 (missed 2 days over the weekend ...responsibilities...)
- After missing 2 days, I tried to draw something hard.
- I started with the box containing the object, then carved the shapes out of it.
- I didn't draw the photo, so the light and angles are different.
- Unfortunately, I think it turned out like a lob with no structure.
I've been listening to the Proko podcast and some other resources, and some things I would like to do:
- Try drawing photorealistic. If I make a mistake, it's immediately clear what the mistake is.
- Spend longer on a drawing. I am trying to do these daily challenges in <30 mins but often spend >60 mins. I want to have a project that spend several hours on over the course of a few days.
Thanks for reading!!
@eldragdrag
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1yr
Day 4 – Running out of time today so quickly sketched the corner of the room.
I think I need to pick simpler objects to draw. It should be that 'each drawing can take 5-30 minutes'. I'm not happy with the stand below the screen because I was rushing.
@eldragdrag
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1yr
Day 3 – I wanted to draw what was in front of me.
When the proportions and angles and everything were so far off, I wanted to see how accurate I could draw. On the right is my second attempt, carefully measuring each point on the page, then filling in the shapes with alcohol markers. It took me so long I wasn't able to draw everything on the desk but it was useful to see how much of a difference accurate perspective makes and how everything looks like it is in the same 3D space.
I wasn't going to post this but I have run out of time to draw anything else today.
Did you draw the first one just by putting down what you see as you see it? I am asking because two drawing are very different. For example on 2nd image, the vertical line near far-right corner of the table is in totally different place on the first image, almost in the middle of the table's side.
@eldragdrag
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1yr
Asked for help
Hi all,
This is my third attempt at the snail. I keep falling into the habit of using my wrist to draw instead of my whole arm. I cleaned up my lines but these are too pressured. I wish I had left in more of the C, S & I construction lines where I was more confident and loose.
I wanted to try again, focusing on the CSI lines. I traced my drawing, put it back on the page and focused on big, fluid lines for the shapes with a darker pencil. You can see where I struggled to get one flowing line and needed to several attempts. My pencil broke, sharpenings went everywhere and the page turned into a real mess! Tried to clean it up but that's why the page is so dirty, and now my hands too!
@eldragdrag
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1yr
Asked for help
Hi all,
I'm posting here as I would love some help with some gesture drawings I made. As I am typing this post, I find I critique myself more so than looking at what I have done so it's useful.
The first 8 are 30 seconds, the second are 2 mins. I did label the page too. For the 30 second poses, I often found I didn't have enough time to draw more than a stick man. For the 2 minute poses, I tried to emulate how Stan uses sweeping lines for the shape of limbs rather than a single line.
I find the hardest part to be the shapes of the forearms/lower legs, and the S shape around the muscle and the bone. Studying this anatomy might improve this.
Am I misunderstanding the concept and drawing gestures wrong? Or should I keep practicing and I will get there? I would appreciate any advice or instruction.
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1yr
Hi @eldragdrag, nice studies! There are many different ways to approach a gesture quicksketch, so I wouln't worry about doing it the wrong way. However it could be relevant to think of what your art goal is. What is your art goal? If you want to do animation for example, there is a lot of things worth considering in a gesture sketch, and there's a tradition of how to go about drawing the figure. If you want to do Florence Academy like painting, then you might go about it in a different way.
I think you have a pretty nice flow in your drawings. What I think you should focus on in your next set of drawings, is to feel the pose. Imagine that you were striking the pose yourself. Where is the tension? Can you feel the arm reaching? Where do you feel force? etc. Really try to empathize with the model, then focus on describing what you feel with your drawing. Maybe even strike the pose yourself to actually feel the forces.
In the third drawing from the left in the top row of image one, for example, you have a person sitting on the ground leaning against their arm. But I'm not really feeling this as I look at the drawing, because I'm missing lines describing it.
Draw a line that describes the butt pushing against the ground. And a line that shows the shoulder being pushed up as the body lean against the arm. This will do a lot for the gesture. Then add aditional lines that enhance the feeling of what's happening. Maybe make the arm straight to make it look tense, like it's a stick holding up the weight of the body pushing down at it. Maybe lean the body more, to make the story even clearer.
Yeah, so much of it, is thinking about the logic of the pose. What is happening and how can I describe it?
If you wonder whether to move on to the next lesson or not, it depends a bit on how long you've stayed on this lesson and if you feel like you've got something out of it. Gesture is a fun subject and in my experience there is always more discover :) So don't expect to "get there" and never have to do it again. As you learn other drawing concepts, you'll get a greater context for how gesture is used, and you'll have more tools to do figure quicksketches sucessfully, so moving on doesn't hurt.
I would also highly encourage you to take the Drawing Basics course as well, it's packed with great stuff that you'll benefit from! If you have to choose between the Drawing Basics course and the Figure Drawing course I would say: Focus your efforts on the Drawing Basics course!
I hope this helps :) Keep up the good work💪😎👍
