02-23-2014, 12:23 AM
Samsyzm: Yeah have tried to visualize those to forms and draw them before I get into any figure drawing,
So this past week as part of a "Don't break the chain" type thing I have been doing with my friends, I've been making a comic everyday, and woah, my weaknesses have never been so apparent to me than when I have tried drawing comics certain things, like cars, figures in motion, faces from different angles, expressions etc. It forces me to draw things I would normally never draw, so it has been a good and actually quite a fun way of me accurately identifying weak spots (and there is a lot XD) So this week I have been drawing a lot of figures in motion and in natural poses, to try and start understanding how they move (been trying to simplify those major forms, I've also been trying to focus more and take more time on construction, not just for figures but for everything I draw.
In regards to the still life challenge, it's been tricky, Doing so many had made art quite boring for me, and even though I do learn, sometimes I feel like I could learn just as much if not more by really tackling my weaknesses, and not just painting a pencilcase so I can add another still life to my list, even though I know you can still learn a lot from painting a pencilcase, it is a a bit of a dry way of learning it, and I would really like to use more of my time for imagination stuff as these few months has just been study study study. I will still do still lifes of the objects in my house but not as frequently and not for some type of challenge as I don't want it to get to a point where I am just painting it cause I have to and lose all enthusiasm for art, it should be because I want to. After all I am only 15 and enjoying what I am doing should be the main goal right now.
Anyway sorry for the wall of text here is some stuff, the comics are quite badly drawn and are just stupid inside jokes between my friends and I so it's kinda >_>
So this past week as part of a "Don't break the chain" type thing I have been doing with my friends, I've been making a comic everyday, and woah, my weaknesses have never been so apparent to me than when I have tried drawing comics certain things, like cars, figures in motion, faces from different angles, expressions etc. It forces me to draw things I would normally never draw, so it has been a good and actually quite a fun way of me accurately identifying weak spots (and there is a lot XD) So this week I have been drawing a lot of figures in motion and in natural poses, to try and start understanding how they move (been trying to simplify those major forms, I've also been trying to focus more and take more time on construction, not just for figures but for everything I draw.
In regards to the still life challenge, it's been tricky, Doing so many had made art quite boring for me, and even though I do learn, sometimes I feel like I could learn just as much if not more by really tackling my weaknesses, and not just painting a pencilcase so I can add another still life to my list, even though I know you can still learn a lot from painting a pencilcase, it is a a bit of a dry way of learning it, and I would really like to use more of my time for imagination stuff as these few months has just been study study study. I will still do still lifes of the objects in my house but not as frequently and not for some type of challenge as I don't want it to get to a point where I am just painting it cause I have to and lose all enthusiasm for art, it should be because I want to. After all I am only 15 and enjoying what I am doing should be the main goal right now.
Anyway sorry for the wall of text here is some stuff, the comics are quite badly drawn and are just stupid inside jokes between my friends and I so it's kinda >_>
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