02-17-2021, 10:18 PM
Nice to see you back here again! I really dig the advice from Craig Mullins! I have also fallen into the trap of not producing enough small test paintings to try and see what hues work well, how to make good texture in painting, and such. I think I will try to follow that advice as well once I'm less busy.
I like your February 16th sketch, but I would advise you to try and really THINK before you draw and not just sketch mindlessly. There is a lot of good opportunities here to practice construction, how folds work, how to draw different materials like hair etc. Every one of these sketch pages could be a good opportunity to think and study the subject you are trying to put down on paper.
I'm only saying this, because I remember myself spending a lot of time drawing small, mindless doodles back in the days in order to fill up my sketchbooks as quickly as possible, instead of actually trying to think about what I was drawing. In the end, even if I got some mileage out of it, it was a bit of a waste of time.
I like your February 16th sketch, but I would advise you to try and really THINK before you draw and not just sketch mindlessly. There is a lot of good opportunities here to practice construction, how folds work, how to draw different materials like hair etc. Every one of these sketch pages could be a good opportunity to think and study the subject you are trying to put down on paper.
I'm only saying this, because I remember myself spending a lot of time drawing small, mindless doodles back in the days in order to fill up my sketchbooks as quickly as possible, instead of actually trying to think about what I was drawing. In the end, even if I got some mileage out of it, it was a bit of a waste of time.