Lale's Traditional and Digital sketches!

[Adam Lina]

I just want to add that a similar technique I found that accomplishes the same as what Kim said. Glenn Vilppu does this thing where he'll ride along the contour for one section then he'll find what ever convenient area to switch to form mode and wrap a line across the form. If you watch the New Masters Academy videos where he does demos he talks about it a lot. He calls it "going with and then through". They also use a similar technique at the Watts Atelier.

You slap a place holding oval shape in for the head come down the connection point of the mastoid muscles of the neck to the pit of the neck and cross the clavicles. Now you have the neck and shoulders then find the center line down the body to the crotch. Drop rhythm lines down from the sides of the neck to to the sides of the corresponding greater trochanter. Then lines down from the acromion processes to the the crotch. Using the diamond shape those 4 lines form as general guides place the ribcage oval and indication for the pelvis bones. And wallah! Instant head, neck, shoulders and crotch.

With those techniques used in conjunction you constantly jump between thinking about contours, form and rhythm automatically. Something else thats helpful for doing this is to try to draw the whole figure with one continuous line without lifting your hand or stopping. It keeps your stream of thought one continuous flow without all the stops and starts of placing individual lines. Hope thats helpful.