05-10-2021, 04:36 AM
hmm yeah, the hand studies are good. But for the figure drawings I think you're getting diminishing returns by continuing to work on them without also patching up your weaker areas (form, gesture, understanding the underlying structure), as I see the same kinds of problems repeated.
You're also getting severely diminishing returns on copying the same pose over and over again, trying to get it right. Without an understanding of the above and anatomy, they're going to consistently have the same mistakes. e.g. May 6th drawing 1 had the best gesture for the calf, the following ones were all worse in that area. I get that you're still learning anatomy/ gesture etc, but I'd recommend not trying to repeat the same study unless your previous one was *severely* wrong, and if you don't notice an improvement in your second/third attempt, then leave it and move on, for the sake of efficiency.
see crit I made for some pointers. When you understand more about form and figures, you can make informed choices on what bumpy contours to keep in the outline and which to streamline (ofc some is up for interpretation). And you will know which forms overlap which, and reflect that in your line drawings. And yes, there is a bump halfway down her calf. But it looks like you just tried to copy the outline of said bump without considering why its there and what form is underneath it. I picked the calves just as an example, the arms are a better than the rest though.
But I'd recommend that for now you focus less of the minutae , maybe even streamline each limb segment (thighs, calves, upper arm, ribs, stomach, hips) into one flowing line for each side instead of trying to draw the bumps of each muscle, at least until you have a basic idea of the muscles in each area.
You're also getting severely diminishing returns on copying the same pose over and over again, trying to get it right. Without an understanding of the above and anatomy, they're going to consistently have the same mistakes. e.g. May 6th drawing 1 had the best gesture for the calf, the following ones were all worse in that area. I get that you're still learning anatomy/ gesture etc, but I'd recommend not trying to repeat the same study unless your previous one was *severely* wrong, and if you don't notice an improvement in your second/third attempt, then leave it and move on, for the sake of efficiency.
see crit I made for some pointers. When you understand more about form and figures, you can make informed choices on what bumpy contours to keep in the outline and which to streamline (ofc some is up for interpretation). And you will know which forms overlap which, and reflect that in your line drawings. And yes, there is a bump halfway down her calf. But it looks like you just tried to copy the outline of said bump without considering why its there and what form is underneath it. I picked the calves just as an example, the arms are a better than the rest though.
But I'd recommend that for now you focus less of the minutae , maybe even streamline each limb segment (thighs, calves, upper arm, ribs, stomach, hips) into one flowing line for each side instead of trying to draw the bumps of each muscle, at least until you have a basic idea of the muscles in each area.