12-14-2020, 05:21 AM
Hey Joseph, I'm loving your figure studies too - nice work!
Just my two pence worth on constructing vs drawing from observation (please ignore as you see fit) - in my own journey I have considered this and come to the conclusion that if I want to draw stuff from my imagination, it is better to practice constructing - but if I want to just draw from observation then I can just carefully place my marks and not worry so much about construction. I will caveat this with the statement that I believe it is better to know how a thing is constructed even if we don't actually do the construction work.
For me I want to draw figures from my imagination so I have a heavy construction bias in my approach - I will start with a stick figure to get my proportions right and then construct boxes and cylinders and then overlay these with more organic forms.
Hope this helps but if not please ignore - either way - good luck with your journey :).
Just my two pence worth on constructing vs drawing from observation (please ignore as you see fit) - in my own journey I have considered this and come to the conclusion that if I want to draw stuff from my imagination, it is better to practice constructing - but if I want to just draw from observation then I can just carefully place my marks and not worry so much about construction. I will caveat this with the statement that I believe it is better to know how a thing is constructed even if we don't actually do the construction work.
For me I want to draw figures from my imagination so I have a heavy construction bias in my approach - I will start with a stick figure to get my proportions right and then construct boxes and cylinders and then overlay these with more organic forms.
Hope this helps but if not please ignore - either way - good luck with your journey :).
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