07-27-2016, 07:43 AM
@John
Thanks for spotting that error with my box drawings. I think it's because, even if I know how linear perspective works and everything, I messed something up when I drew these freehand. I guess I'll stop drawing boxes freehand and actually use a ruler and get over the fact that it "feels like cheating" or some other excuse I come up with to not use a ruler.
Also, with the mannequin thing...that was from Loomis. I was really confused when you recommended Loomis and also noted that my mannequin approach is wrong because the mannequin thing is from Loomis (it's in the early pages of Figure Drawing for All It's Worth) - both the mannequin frame and the bulky mannequin (it's the simpler of the two mannequin w/ bulk that he draws).
I guess this means that, even though I'm studying Loomis, I'm studying him wrong. Specifically, as you noted, my proportions are wrong.
But then Loomis writes in his book that focusing on making poses dynamic is more important that making the figure accurate (at least, at first) because "a vital expression is more important here than accuracy" (41).
I hope this does not sound like I'm arguing. I'm just really confused as to what to do now in terms of studying the human figure because two people are telling me two different things.
Also, when I look at Loomis's anatomy drawings, I don't know how to interpret it. As in, I see the lines, but I don't follow as to how they represent the 3D form, per se. The drawings feel flat to me or something.
Because of that, I decided not to draw stuff related to the figure today. I think I need a day or two to figure out what to do and what to change with my daily drawing routine.
~Wing
Today's drawings:
Thanks for spotting that error with my box drawings. I think it's because, even if I know how linear perspective works and everything, I messed something up when I drew these freehand. I guess I'll stop drawing boxes freehand and actually use a ruler and get over the fact that it "feels like cheating" or some other excuse I come up with to not use a ruler.
Also, with the mannequin thing...that was from Loomis. I was really confused when you recommended Loomis and also noted that my mannequin approach is wrong because the mannequin thing is from Loomis (it's in the early pages of Figure Drawing for All It's Worth) - both the mannequin frame and the bulky mannequin (it's the simpler of the two mannequin w/ bulk that he draws).
I guess this means that, even though I'm studying Loomis, I'm studying him wrong. Specifically, as you noted, my proportions are wrong.
But then Loomis writes in his book that focusing on making poses dynamic is more important that making the figure accurate (at least, at first) because "a vital expression is more important here than accuracy" (41).
I hope this does not sound like I'm arguing. I'm just really confused as to what to do now in terms of studying the human figure because two people are telling me two different things.
Also, when I look at Loomis's anatomy drawings, I don't know how to interpret it. As in, I see the lines, but I don't follow as to how they represent the 3D form, per se. The drawings feel flat to me or something.
Because of that, I decided not to draw stuff related to the figure today. I think I need a day or two to figure out what to do and what to change with my daily drawing routine.
~Wing
Today's drawings: