Ronin's Sketchbook of Practice....ness

[Ronin Inc]

Hi!

Don't worry too much about doing "value studies" and learning about lighting just yet.

Draw lots. lots and lots and lots. Learn how to draw all the basic shapes freehand (after learning about their construction, ofc) quite well. Put your time in lots of gesture drawings, produce tighter drawings now and then. You'll see progress quite fast if you put in the time.

You'll see that when you know how to draw quite well, learning about lighting and values will come that much easier to you.

Im not trying to put you down or anything, quite the opposite! I just see so many people bogged down in doing color and value studies when they probably should focus on drawing. I know i did for the longest time and i believe that really hurt my progress.

These are just my two cents, hope they help! :)

Thanks Bag I really appreciate the crits! I have never really drawn from life extensively, so maybe going to basics is truly the first step for me.

However when drawing shapes what should I be focusing on? Accuracy? Familiarity? Application in images? I plan on doing some of these suggestions today and hopefully henceforth.

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Suggestions applied. Gesture drawings are extremely enjoyable, only did a 60 second limit and seemed like was always on my toes!

The shapes....I have no clue.