01-08-2014, 06:02 AM
If those Scott Robertson DVDs, you are watching are the ones on perspective, try to apply that knowledge when placing items on paper for still lifes, it will give you a solid drawing from which you can easily focus on shading.
In my opinion you should work on your proportions and form, for those, Hampton is great, revisit his book and try to do what he does when you are doing figure studies, I'm talking about the ''rubber band'' technique and simplifying forms into 3D looking shapes, do it with a couple of figure drawings, for practice.
And even if they are gesture drawings, applying line weight will help you, I see some of it, but you could improve it, take a look at how Ryan Woodward does his gesture drawings, he really captures the gesture which is something I rarely see in people's sketchbooks in general, not enough exaggeration where it is needed and too much where it is not, try starting with a line that describes the flow of the pose and work from it.
Oh, and Proko uploaded a video with Glenn Vilppu doing gesture drawings, watch it.
I believe there was something else I wanted to say but I forgot, besides that, good work with this sketchbook, you are pushing yourself.
The first sketch of your last post has some good things in it, the red lines have a good flow in most parts.
Keep posting, I like it.
In my opinion you should work on your proportions and form, for those, Hampton is great, revisit his book and try to do what he does when you are doing figure studies, I'm talking about the ''rubber band'' technique and simplifying forms into 3D looking shapes, do it with a couple of figure drawings, for practice.
And even if they are gesture drawings, applying line weight will help you, I see some of it, but you could improve it, take a look at how Ryan Woodward does his gesture drawings, he really captures the gesture which is something I rarely see in people's sketchbooks in general, not enough exaggeration where it is needed and too much where it is not, try starting with a line that describes the flow of the pose and work from it.
Oh, and Proko uploaded a video with Glenn Vilppu doing gesture drawings, watch it.
I believe there was something else I wanted to say but I forgot, besides that, good work with this sketchbook, you are pushing yourself.
The first sketch of your last post has some good things in it, the red lines have a good flow in most parts.
Keep posting, I like it.