07-23-2015, 11:27 AM
Adam, great to see traditional studies!
Oh Lyra, you been owning this exercise way better than I have!
I got that book back from the library, and the author strongly recommends using a view finder for studying composition. To get a view finder, get a piece of thick paper like one side of a shoe box or orange box or a regular amazon.com box, measure out some rectangle or square, then cut it out with a blade. Not to give myself excuses, but it's been real hard to fight fatigue after work and do work like study and draw. Here is the only 1 drawing that represents a composition instead of a sketch of an object on table....
Oh Lyra, you been owning this exercise way better than I have!
I got that book back from the library, and the author strongly recommends using a view finder for studying composition. To get a view finder, get a piece of thick paper like one side of a shoe box or orange box or a regular amazon.com box, measure out some rectangle or square, then cut it out with a blade. Not to give myself excuses, but it's been real hard to fight fatigue after work and do work like study and draw. Here is the only 1 drawing that represents a composition instead of a sketch of an object on table....