08-29-2015, 10:57 AM
hey!
I think both practice and finished should be important. Practice should help further your finished pieces. And if imagination work is what got you interested in drawing in the first place then don't stop those if it's fun for you.
From what you write it seems the most frustrating thing for you is that you can't get the accuracy right.
So you can focus on that, make a drawing where you really push yourself to get the likeness of what you're drawing.
If you find figures too hard you could practice with simpler things like still lives of simple shaped objects, apples, oranges etc. And do them from life too. This will help develop your observational skills and how to translate a 3d object into a 2d surface.
Don't rush through them , spend the time you need to make it look real.
It's ok if the first ones aren't as good as you'd like them to be, as long as you keep pushing for accuracy. You dont even have to post them anywhere, these are just for learning. As you get better at accuracy you move onto more complex shapes.
If you have time I really recommend to do one still life a day, doesn't have to be a drawing, it could be a painting of a simple object since you mention you like to paint, and remember to go for accuracy, if it's the main thing you're trying to learn at the moment. In a few months you will see improvement , or maybe faster depending on how you learn ^^
This would be a complementary exercise by the way, everything you already enjoy doing, (your own works, gestures, figures, etc) you should keep doing if it's important to you.
I think both practice and finished should be important. Practice should help further your finished pieces. And if imagination work is what got you interested in drawing in the first place then don't stop those if it's fun for you.
From what you write it seems the most frustrating thing for you is that you can't get the accuracy right.
So you can focus on that, make a drawing where you really push yourself to get the likeness of what you're drawing.
If you find figures too hard you could practice with simpler things like still lives of simple shaped objects, apples, oranges etc. And do them from life too. This will help develop your observational skills and how to translate a 3d object into a 2d surface.
Don't rush through them , spend the time you need to make it look real.
It's ok if the first ones aren't as good as you'd like them to be, as long as you keep pushing for accuracy. You dont even have to post them anywhere, these are just for learning. As you get better at accuracy you move onto more complex shapes.
If you have time I really recommend to do one still life a day, doesn't have to be a drawing, it could be a painting of a simple object since you mention you like to paint, and remember to go for accuracy, if it's the main thing you're trying to learn at the moment. In a few months you will see improvement , or maybe faster depending on how you learn ^^
This would be a complementary exercise by the way, everything you already enjoy doing, (your own works, gestures, figures, etc) you should keep doing if it's important to you.