StardustLarva's Visual Explorations

[ZandraDragon]

Thank you for commenting on my sketchbook! I read the book you recommended and it helped a lot. The sad thing is that I had the book for a while I just never sat down and read it.

One thing that helps me a lot when I am painting is to take breaks. I usually stop when I get really frustrated with a painting and come back so I can see it with fresh eyes. One thing I forget to do a lot when painting traditionally is to step back away from the painting to look for mistakes. One lesson that stuck to me while painting and drawing are to look for the light and dark pattern. When I paint I tend to overwork paintings because I try to blend everything.

For your early question about studying perspective, I agree with laleanna to study real life perspective. I know other people have suggested it before, but I also suggest getting Michael Hampton book on figure drawing. I like how he breaks down the body into simple and 3d shapes. Another good resource is proko https://www.youtube.com/user/ProkoTV/videos . He has a lot of good videos on figure drawing.
I am looking forward to seeing more of your work.