JP - Just want to learn to draw.

[Fedodika]

always yummy these posts....

i have 2 suggestions

A. Start a project or theme and like draw a few characters to fit that. use reference to put it all together, dont try to do it 100% from imagination.

B. Do a more sustained effort on a reference drawing.

When you add tone, it seems like youre using a brush that doesnt have any hard edges, so it looks really slurry and undefined. Also your values, theyre really like... harsh? it seems like you use a 10 dark value, like a 5 value and an all white value

http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/attachme...1019-2.jpg

Take this one, proportions are not bad at all. youre indicating even a few advanced things im seeing some adductors and sartorius, nice calf shape etc. but... the only edge on this that works are the shadow on the calves. everything else is sloppy and blurry

I think youre ready to move into refining these drawings with tone and edges. Zoom in on things, try to wrap your strokes around the form. pay attention to how things are either sharp or soft. Also try using the lasso tool with the airbrush in photo shop to render and make razor sharp edges. Try practicing to figurative artists you like, im sure you know some, and try to mimick their edges. you could google image "russian atelier figure drawing" for some examples of stuff to copy.

That, i think, is the next step for you, not Bsing the faces on these and working with tone and edge since your proportions are getting solid. Im not saying color, just tone. great work on these, keep it up!