Rebooting my art learing journey - feedback appreciated
2yr
Geert-Jan
So i've been practicing drawing (almost) daily for the last 2 years or so. But I lack focus and structure. After listening to the draftmen podcast (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od1xbX2ESP8). I've decided to bring in more structure. The podcast mentions this Redit post (https://www.reddit.com/r/learnart/comments/dapk62/from_the_guy_who_made_the_most_comprehensive_list/) with a full curriculum. My challenge will be to follow this curriculum as close as possible.
I've created this topic mostly to keep myself accountable. But i will post created work regulary, and any feedback/ critique from you guys is greatly appreciated!
Some personal info:
-39 years old
-fulltime job outside art
-On average i have 1 hour each day to practise (a bit more in the weekends)
-Not a native English speaker, so please forgive me the grammar and spelling mistakes :)
The first unit is figure drawing. I've already followed Stan's figure drawing course before, so im revisiting the course. Here are some 2 minute and 30 second gesture drawings (drawn in Procreate). Please let me know what you think of them.
Week 62: Finished Marc Brunet's 30 day challenge, also did some gesture drawings. A new lesson in Proko's drawing fundamentals course was released, so I started with that assignment as well. :)
week 61: I did the same thing every day this week:
-Some warmups
-1 Notan Study
-5 Gesture drawings (1 minute or 2 minute per gesture)
-1 Assignment from the 30 days challenge
-1 quick sketch of a cartoon character as fun/ cooling down :)
Week 60: Continued with the value notan studies. Also did some longer gesture drawings and I've started the 30 day drawing challenge by Marc Brunet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5AV42mgAe0&t=340s
For fun some masterstudies. I think I did a lot of work this week!
Week 59: Continued with the drawings fundamental course. Starting with the values section. Created some value scales this week and done some Notan studies. For the fun part, I did some copy studies of Scott Pilgrim and Primal :)
Week 58: Continued with the drawings fundamental course. For fun I did this plant character digitally
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I love the tree house!! Keep up the good work!
Week 57: Getting back at Stan's fundamental course. Drawing cross contour lines on Ginger root people and lobsters and crabs :)
Good for you. I've been messing around with this stuff since the summer of 2002. But I keep having at it. You can never give up
Week 56: Since I'm a bit behind with Stan's fundamental course, I've decided to concentrate on that one the couple of weeks. Did the last assignment, drawing cylinders on vehicles, which was very hard to do! Drew the tanks from imagination.
Week 54: Some more drapery studies + I did an (unpaid) commission for a birth card. Drawn from imagination in procreate. I'm pretty happy with the inking, but I'm also struggling with adding highlights and shadows in a cartoony drawing.
it's absolutely lovely, but tbh i am not sure where the lightening is coming from (top-left?), I think children faces confuse me and the bird's tail
Week 53: Continued with drapery and clothing, sketching clothing from Pinterest references
Week 52: I had to get back into the game, so I did different exercises from different lessons: Loomis heads, some gesture drawings, cubes and line studies of drapery and clothing.
I have also started this past week with the same curriculum. Figure drawing is hard to grasp. I look forward to getting better each week. What term are you on? After a year or doing the curriculum you must be a little under halfway.
Due to personal circumstances, my art journey have been paused for the last few months. However I'm picking up again! Hope to post some new sketches this week.
I’m in a similar boat to you I want to reboot my art education. I am starting to be more consistent, thank you for the inspiration 🙂
Week 51: Started with the clothing and drapery unit. I did mostly quick studies from references from different sources.
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Nice job, @Geert-Jan!
Have you been using any book or a course as a study resource, or are you focusing just on the practice?
Week 50: This week I've focused on repeating some lessons from previous unit's and the fundamental course. For the fun side, i've tried to create some stylized portraits from reference photos.
I think you have a great sense of direction and movement of the gesture, but I think you can be a bit looser and see where the "rhythm" of the drawing takes you.
Nice one! I am really impressed that you have managed to practice daily for about two years. I started a similar journey to yours about two years ago but have not been able to keep the practice consistent.
I started with the figure drawing course but got stuck at the perspective part and therefore I was so happy that Proko added this fundamentals course.
I am following your journey now - very inspiring!
Thank you for your kind words! Comments like these help me motivate. I too struggle to draw daily, but i've set the bar really low for myself: I just have to draw one line at a minimum every day. That often leads to a full drawing session and sometimes a quick 5-10 minute gesture practice session or something. How do you like the fundamentals course so far?
week 49: I've not given any updates the last couple of weeks, because I was finishing up my commission work i've mentioned before. However I'm back in the game (I hope). So to start off again I will be repeating some exercises from various previous lessons just to repeat. I also have a project in mind to work on my own, but I will post about it later. For now some Loomis heads to start :)
