06-18-2013, 01:35 PM
oh sweet, lots of drawing!!! I usually do gestures free on the page, trying to fit them in charts like that seems like it would be kind of restrictive to me, but maybe it's helpful for drawing things at the right size :/
Matt Jonez and Rad Sechrist are a couple of my current favorite artists who do really appealing, simple gestures, might be a nice source of inspiration for you to look at. And definitely get Walt Stanchfield's Drawn to Life books if you can get your hands on them.
I don't personally like posemaniacs, I think it's a step better to draw from websites with real people like quickposes or pixelovely. It's again a step better than that to do gesture drawing from films where actors make notable gestures a(Chaplin and Buster Keaton films are favorites of mine for that) and the top of the stepladder is getting out and drawing actual real people from life.
Oh and if you're lucky enough to live near a zoo take advantage of that and go animal drawing a lot. Remember to have fun!
Awesome to see you're taking your summer seriously and trying to use your time to learn well. I have one critique, your rule of doing only hard studies and no doodles sounds AWFUL AND BORING, make sure you have fun. And apply your studies to the fun stuff you're drawing! I guess you might be keeping a second sketchbook for silly doodles, if so then that's all good XD
I spent a summer doing pages upon pages of gestures and Bridgeman studies, and I got just about NOTHING from it since I wasn't really thinking about what I was drawing and using it in my own work. SO just a warning: always think about what you're drawing and apply it to your own work. And remember to have fun!
I think you might be drawing too small, I'd maybe try drawing heads 2 or 3 times the size yours appear to be have room for searching lines and construction lines without everything looking too busy or detailed. And I don't know haw many of these are form observation or imagination, but it seems like you;re getting a mix of both which is ideal. I'd suggest drawing from reference and then drawing the same head in a different position to practice turning forms in space. And you don't seem to be drawing any women or children or smiles so add some of all of those in your routine.
And remember to have fun! :D
Matt Jonez and Rad Sechrist are a couple of my current favorite artists who do really appealing, simple gestures, might be a nice source of inspiration for you to look at. And definitely get Walt Stanchfield's Drawn to Life books if you can get your hands on them.
I don't personally like posemaniacs, I think it's a step better to draw from websites with real people like quickposes or pixelovely. It's again a step better than that to do gesture drawing from films where actors make notable gestures a(Chaplin and Buster Keaton films are favorites of mine for that) and the top of the stepladder is getting out and drawing actual real people from life.
Oh and if you're lucky enough to live near a zoo take advantage of that and go animal drawing a lot. Remember to have fun!
Awesome to see you're taking your summer seriously and trying to use your time to learn well. I have one critique, your rule of doing only hard studies and no doodles sounds AWFUL AND BORING, make sure you have fun. And apply your studies to the fun stuff you're drawing! I guess you might be keeping a second sketchbook for silly doodles, if so then that's all good XD
I spent a summer doing pages upon pages of gestures and Bridgeman studies, and I got just about NOTHING from it since I wasn't really thinking about what I was drawing and using it in my own work. SO just a warning: always think about what you're drawing and apply it to your own work. And remember to have fun!
I think you might be drawing too small, I'd maybe try drawing heads 2 or 3 times the size yours appear to be have room for searching lines and construction lines without everything looking too busy or detailed. And I don't know haw many of these are form observation or imagination, but it seems like you;re getting a mix of both which is ideal. I'd suggest drawing from reference and then drawing the same head in a different position to practice turning forms in space. And you don't seem to be drawing any women or children or smiles so add some of all of those in your routine.
And remember to have fun! :D