02-23-2019, 01:51 PM
Nice to see some decent studies and in charcoal too and focusing on actually important fundy drawing skills. You're gonna level up big time if you continue this mate :)
Can i ask how big you are drawing? A2 or minimum A3 newsprint and drawing larger can help you hone your edge control until you get the dexterity upskilled. If you really want to isolate and work edges, doing 20 min layins (enough time to be challenging not enough to waste time) with edges but no tone at all until perhaps the very end if there is time, is a massive skill and hand-eye booster.
Bradwyn Jones on yt has some good videos showing the same process we've also been doing at the studio classes which is heavily Reilly /Watts focused. You might also want to read Harold Speed's book on Drawing which is all about the academic method and probably help you flesh out the context and why these things are so important.
As fedo mentioned your proportions and edges likely could do with more accurate mapping which will likely be shown in analysing the refs. But your accuracy will come on quick and improve big time if you keep doing the focused layins.
Can i ask how big you are drawing? A2 or minimum A3 newsprint and drawing larger can help you hone your edge control until you get the dexterity upskilled. If you really want to isolate and work edges, doing 20 min layins (enough time to be challenging not enough to waste time) with edges but no tone at all until perhaps the very end if there is time, is a massive skill and hand-eye booster.
Bradwyn Jones on yt has some good videos showing the same process we've also been doing at the studio classes which is heavily Reilly /Watts focused. You might also want to read Harold Speed's book on Drawing which is all about the academic method and probably help you flesh out the context and why these things are so important.
As fedo mentioned your proportions and edges likely could do with more accurate mapping which will likely be shown in analysing the refs. But your accuracy will come on quick and improve big time if you keep doing the focused layins.