Sketchbook Spontaneity
Sketchbook Spontaneity
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Sketchbook Spontaneity

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Sketchbook Spontaneity

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Marshall Vandruff
For years, I filled sketchbooks without planning, embracing spontaneity. I started lightly and pressed harder as the image formed, working in stages. But, sometimes the best work comes when we don't overthink. In this lesson, I'll explore drawing without planning, focusing on the process over perfection
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@blazedai
One area where I can at least excell in quantity if not quality. These other sketches put mine to shame. But I do try and fill up sketchbooks fast. This book I filled from 10/8-11/14. I try to watch sketching videos and imitate people I admire like Kim Jung Gi, Peter Han, or Karl Kopinski. I like experimenting with different materials and paper. I like iterating on similar themes and doing comfortable drawings to warm up.
Pär
2d
well you do exercise the imagination and isn't that the most valuable thing! Also, these are nice as is and how cool will it be when you start turning the creatures with form in full perspective 😀
@ickabod
2d
these are good, if you varied line quality they would look awesome just as they are
Carlos Pérez
it makes sense now , that we are focused on "stages and simple to complex " sinced we want to get good at the constructions on things to finally draw from imagination and that it is believable
@blackhand
10d
Sometimes I feel like the “scribbles” are better than the final drawing. Case in point from Birdtober.
Cameron Moore
I recently started a sketchbook for life drawing with ink. Lot to learn but it's been a blast.
Andreas Kra
There seems to be wisdom on both sides of the spectrum: the intuitive, expressive 'feel it out' approach and the more calculated 'figure it out' method. Here, I used an iterative process to develop my drawing. I’m really drawn to the cartoon-style Darth Vader. Another thing that helped was refining the idea with each iteration, focusing on different aspects and staying open to adding more details along the way.
Maja
13d
Wow! I guess I never realized how my art works... I just did it. As a kid, I always drew from imagination or by watching anime and trying to replicate the characters without stopping the show. I was very creative as a kid I must say. And fearless. But then as I grew older, things have changed. I can't even remember when was the last time I drew without a reference photo, because I like to be precise. Thank you for showing all these spontaneous artworks, I love them all! They inspire me to draw whatever comes to my mind. I will keep a mini sketchbook around so I can draw whenever the inspiration fairy visits me.
Johannes Schiehsl
Keeping a sketchbook - yes ... but ... fill it with WHAT and HOW? There are so many approaches to drawing! Drawing from imagination, drawing from reference, drawing from observation, brainless habit drawings (doodeling), warmup sketches, anatomy studies, life drawing, master studies, notes during courses, style studies, technique experimentations ... analog ... digital ... ! ... My sketchbooks are all over the place in their approach, contents and also stylistically ... I tried to categorize some but its still a mess. I envy artists that have a unique style that makes them recognizable right away and have sketchbooks that look like carefully pieced together published art books.
Rachel Dawn Owens
Style come with mileage. Whatever you fill your sketchbooks with will help you develop your unique style. Keep doing what you’re doing.
Andres Rojas
Tried sketching random shapes and lines and then letting my imagation take it where ever it wanted.
Donna Milligan
I’m excited after tripping over those rulers. I’ve got a leg up on improv, it’s my everyday and I can’t wait to get even better
Shayan Shahbazi
Amazing, Combination of Dedication and magic 🔥.
Dermot
15d
Really enjoyed this video. Amazing drawings. I love the Carousel drawing with living horses !
Carlos Javier Roo Soto
This is something I need to work on, I have sketchbooks, but I don't really use them much, and must is just studies and not really playing around much.
@pepesandtana
I should do exactly the opposite as I wish to make my art more solid and real hahaha
Randy Pontillo
Same here, I usually only got a few pages in as well.
@aegiey
15d
Love love love the explanation of this lesson. It's something I often struggle with, to find the balance between methodical stages and improvising on the spot what my mind and hand want to create. I definitely need to follow your example in drawing more in my sketchbook and trust that, with time, the fundamentals will be so ingrained that they'll be there before I realize it. Also thank you for all the brilliant examples used
Matija Vuk
15d
hi Marshall, just got into your course today, you're a wonderful teacher with positive funny personality :) this will be an amazing journey!
Clayton Trotz
As a lefty, I admire your lack of smudging and crispness of the scans
Blondie the good
I always love Marshall's pen&ink horse drawings!!!,even his simple sketches in his sketch book look like fully rendered pieces.
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