03-03-2019, 08:57 AM
Hey Beau, nice going in here.
Sorry to hear about your diagnosis - hats off to you for not letting it get in your way!
I see you have received a lot of advice already about linework so I won't labour the point with you but I feel that you would benefit from putting effort into cleaning up your linework. I also recommend the Dorian Iten accuracy guide.
Just one thing I've found that helps me to clean up my linework is to slow down - I've found that it takes a lot of effort to focus on line economy and accuracy - if you're anything like me, I have to keep fighting the urge to mindlessly put lines down when I should be measuring and using a single stroke.
Be aware that line-economy and accuracy takes a lot of effort, if you're doing a figure study I recommend doing it it stupidly small steps - maybe just do two or three carefully measured strokes and then step away from the piece, splash your face, do some exercise and then come back. Sometimes I have to tell myself that it doesn't matter if one drawing takes me several nights to complete (I get maybe an hour a day to do my art). Try keeping your goals "stupid small" that way you will be able to build momentum and smash it in the long run :).
Hope that helps, please feel free to ignore if not :).
All the best!
Sorry to hear about your diagnosis - hats off to you for not letting it get in your way!
I see you have received a lot of advice already about linework so I won't labour the point with you but I feel that you would benefit from putting effort into cleaning up your linework. I also recommend the Dorian Iten accuracy guide.
Just one thing I've found that helps me to clean up my linework is to slow down - I've found that it takes a lot of effort to focus on line economy and accuracy - if you're anything like me, I have to keep fighting the urge to mindlessly put lines down when I should be measuring and using a single stroke.
Be aware that line-economy and accuracy takes a lot of effort, if you're doing a figure study I recommend doing it it stupidly small steps - maybe just do two or three carefully measured strokes and then step away from the piece, splash your face, do some exercise and then come back. Sometimes I have to tell myself that it doesn't matter if one drawing takes me several nights to complete (I get maybe an hour a day to do my art). Try keeping your goals "stupid small" that way you will be able to build momentum and smash it in the long run :).
Hope that helps, please feel free to ignore if not :).
All the best!
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