07-11-2014, 07:14 PM
Wow, fantastic sketchbook, such a variety of good foundational studies. I like that you are putting an emphasis on drawing and it is great to see the focus on structure as well, I think that when I compare it to your first pages, there is a pretty large jump.
Compared to the scope of the rest of the sketchbook, the imaginative work does seem rather light on ground. Even just getting a bit of sketching done everyday, like sketching some characters to practise the figure forms, will start to exercise that. Don't worry if it is a bit tricky at first (when I haven't sketches from imagination for a while I feel very 'stiff'), you'll loosen up over time.
I also think it would help to apply what you are learning to photostudies and life drawing. So for instance, the anatomy studies could be applied to a sketch from a photo, where you either build up the figure or body part from the forms you have learnt, or you sketch out what you see loosely, and draw the forms in so you learn what is going on under the skin. The same sort of process could be applied to life drawing - sketching basic solids to build simple objects like cups, bottles, phones, etc. Try to start simply (for both), like finding gestures, torsos in figure photos, or drawing simple objects, and as those get easier, build up to more complex things. I hope that makes sense.
Keep up the good work!
Compared to the scope of the rest of the sketchbook, the imaginative work does seem rather light on ground. Even just getting a bit of sketching done everyday, like sketching some characters to practise the figure forms, will start to exercise that. Don't worry if it is a bit tricky at first (when I haven't sketches from imagination for a while I feel very 'stiff'), you'll loosen up over time.
I also think it would help to apply what you are learning to photostudies and life drawing. So for instance, the anatomy studies could be applied to a sketch from a photo, where you either build up the figure or body part from the forms you have learnt, or you sketch out what you see loosely, and draw the forms in so you learn what is going on under the skin. The same sort of process could be applied to life drawing - sketching basic solids to build simple objects like cups, bottles, phones, etc. Try to start simply (for both), like finding gestures, torsos in figure photos, or drawing simple objects, and as those get easier, build up to more complex things. I hope that makes sense.
Keep up the good work!