11-08-2024, 07:09 PM
What really determine the result is how many hour you will spend (not to many and not to few) everyday preferably but more importantly how focus you are and how much effort you put in. You are trying to form habit so small incremental repetition is important.
What i see differently is that it would take you 2 years and 3 month to have a overview of all the subject matter that because each unit is separate in 1 month of work what i am doing is basically dividing that amount by 4 the reason is simple you get a faster idea of the different fundamental a lot quicker at the cost of it being less in depth. Also very important if you follow this approch instead you need to divide every challenge by 4 otherwise the goal would be impossible.
I would personally
do 1 week of perspective
1 week of gesture
1 week of composition and then
1 week of reviewing the 3 first week
Here why i suggest this approach. This is to give you a quicker overview of the fundamental you got to get to know the vocabulary which is essential to develop your own approach and make search on the internet for additional related content. Beginner might find it harder to concentrate on long period of similar subject matter for a whole month so bonus you avoid burn out. Negative you don't have as much of time to practice and solidify the content.
The idea is to do the week in a specific order
not necessary gesture mix with composition mix with gesture inside the same week that for the first 3 week i tell you why.
When you get perspective in front of everything you just solidify the result whatever come next without perspective it pretty much a waste of time because you can be lock in a 2d copying mindset where 3d shape are only being interpreted by the brain in 2d anyways i don't want to bother you with that it somewhat of an advance concept to understand.
By separating your week as they are shown in the plan i suggested above you gain clarity because they fall into 1 week subject
The first 3 week of each unit is separate into different subject every week there a new subject and then the last week it putting all those principle into synergy.
For example week one you learn how to create a scene using perspective
Week two you learn how to capture the gesture
Week 3 you learn about how to frame suvject matter
Week 4 you create a scene where you capture the human figure inside the frame in perspective
The biggest issue with self learning is when it come to practical exercise what he suggest i feel is a lot of repetitiveness when there is no feedback being given by peer or a teacher .That why if you follow my approach you are choosing to have a reduce curriculum to your need in about 6-7 month in instead of spending 2 years and 3 month.It two years like you better be sure what on the list make sense to be there... if you did not read it fully i really recommend you figure out if you need to cut anything but for that you need to know a minimum about what you want.
For example there a section on animal anatomy like are you even interested there a section on environment and caricature those are still very niche subject matter. By thinking about where to cut you will save time you can always loop back to some subject matter if you feel like exploring more but you should have at least somewhat a few priority that why i say if you really don't know a direction try a a quicker exploration term if you really have no idea of what you like to draw but if you know what you like you should probably cut some of the curriculum. Obviously it also interesting to expand your field of interest it really up to you.
Also some parting word in the resource of each unit he gave both Youtube channel and book suggest. Since some are book you need to be able to either find the free version like maybe at the library or buy the book online. The book is alot like the instruction manual without it you don't really have alot of help when there gap in the question you might have regarding certain fundamental the book is like the teacher answer without it you are stuck doing alot more research and that time wasted you could be drawing. Not saying doing research is a waste of time but it good to have something you can always refer back to when in doubt the problem with using video to help fill the gap is you have to listen to alot more content to get to the information than if you search in a book that as a specific chapter that dedicated to that issue... for complex question it not always a one step answers so there also a part of studying and reenforcing what you learn by reading and listening that is hard to quantify.
Look at the term sheet if very important to see what you are doing with that time don't go blindly following my or someone else plan just because it feel liberating.
If anything i think i would recommend simply to finish the term one and then do some personal project find what you like to draw a lot more and then from there try to organize that battle plan. The key is to not overthink there as to be order as much as there is flexibility.
What i see differently is that it would take you 2 years and 3 month to have a overview of all the subject matter that because each unit is separate in 1 month of work what i am doing is basically dividing that amount by 4 the reason is simple you get a faster idea of the different fundamental a lot quicker at the cost of it being less in depth. Also very important if you follow this approch instead you need to divide every challenge by 4 otherwise the goal would be impossible.
I would personally
do 1 week of perspective
1 week of gesture
1 week of composition and then
1 week of reviewing the 3 first week
Here why i suggest this approach. This is to give you a quicker overview of the fundamental you got to get to know the vocabulary which is essential to develop your own approach and make search on the internet for additional related content. Beginner might find it harder to concentrate on long period of similar subject matter for a whole month so bonus you avoid burn out. Negative you don't have as much of time to practice and solidify the content.
The idea is to do the week in a specific order
not necessary gesture mix with composition mix with gesture inside the same week that for the first 3 week i tell you why.
When you get perspective in front of everything you just solidify the result whatever come next without perspective it pretty much a waste of time because you can be lock in a 2d copying mindset where 3d shape are only being interpreted by the brain in 2d anyways i don't want to bother you with that it somewhat of an advance concept to understand.
By separating your week as they are shown in the plan i suggested above you gain clarity because they fall into 1 week subject
The first 3 week of each unit is separate into different subject every week there a new subject and then the last week it putting all those principle into synergy.
For example week one you learn how to create a scene using perspective
Week two you learn how to capture the gesture
Week 3 you learn about how to frame suvject matter
Week 4 you create a scene where you capture the human figure inside the frame in perspective
The biggest issue with self learning is when it come to practical exercise what he suggest i feel is a lot of repetitiveness when there is no feedback being given by peer or a teacher .That why if you follow my approach you are choosing to have a reduce curriculum to your need in about 6-7 month in instead of spending 2 years and 3 month.It two years like you better be sure what on the list make sense to be there... if you did not read it fully i really recommend you figure out if you need to cut anything but for that you need to know a minimum about what you want.
For example there a section on animal anatomy like are you even interested there a section on environment and caricature those are still very niche subject matter. By thinking about where to cut you will save time you can always loop back to some subject matter if you feel like exploring more but you should have at least somewhat a few priority that why i say if you really don't know a direction try a a quicker exploration term if you really have no idea of what you like to draw but if you know what you like you should probably cut some of the curriculum. Obviously it also interesting to expand your field of interest it really up to you.
Also some parting word in the resource of each unit he gave both Youtube channel and book suggest. Since some are book you need to be able to either find the free version like maybe at the library or buy the book online. The book is alot like the instruction manual without it you don't really have alot of help when there gap in the question you might have regarding certain fundamental the book is like the teacher answer without it you are stuck doing alot more research and that time wasted you could be drawing. Not saying doing research is a waste of time but it good to have something you can always refer back to when in doubt the problem with using video to help fill the gap is you have to listen to alot more content to get to the information than if you search in a book that as a specific chapter that dedicated to that issue... for complex question it not always a one step answers so there also a part of studying and reenforcing what you learn by reading and listening that is hard to quantify.
Look at the term sheet if very important to see what you are doing with that time don't go blindly following my or someone else plan just because it feel liberating.
If anything i think i would recommend simply to finish the term one and then do some personal project find what you like to draw a lot more and then from there try to organize that battle plan. The key is to not overthink there as to be order as much as there is flexibility.