Busy Dad Draws

[Tango_Mango]

Older hobbiest here. Picked up and dropped drawing/painting here and there for years, but finally decided to commit long-term.

I'm mostly drawing only 1-1.5 hrs a day with the majority of that being some kind of study. I draw for fun when I get a chance here and there.

Right now I'm focused on learning some figure drawing basics. I'll try to post weekly, as time permits. C&C always welcome.

[darktiste]

I suggest moving away from tracing.

You could to try more observational drawing and drawing from imagination.

In my opinion you get alot more return on investment that way.

I would say get to know the principle don't just go blindly drawing for the sake of drawing but you can absolutely do that to... but since you are committing to something long term i think it a nice thing to be able to see some progress.

Here some general guideline to adapt as you progress.I would say Take 10 min and look at what you have done so far and where you want to move toward. Then after that take 10min to prepare what you will do for each session during that time collect reference open the file you need before starting don't work without reference.


20min
reading and/or watch theorical content

10min warm up/gesture drawing
30min study applying the theorical principle above

20min drawing for fun or if you feel motivated keep applying the principle

Personally my advise would be to cut the 20min of theorical content since it not applying the principle but that 20min still as to exist in that day obviously it better to have the theory fresh in memory so it best to keep the theorical content time pair with the practical aspect.

Why i am including the extra time is because organization just solidify habit in my opinion.

Starting to work in a chaotic state will certainly drive the stress factor up and by having thing organize you can have a better flow state.

You can learn more about how to optimize your flow state here.
https://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-5494.html