03-10-2020, 04:45 PM
Hello again.
Not much of anything new today, on second thought I'm not sure the daily post commitment is the best idea as I think I might fall into simply spewing arbitrary stuff out and I don't really want to waste anyone's time. (More than I already have
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Today I figured I would try actually measuring something's proportions and capturing its form (to a degree, I simplified the top) instead of just messily sketching everything. If i'm on my way to figure/portrait drawing I think a disregard to accuracy/measuring could make things significantly harder than they have to be. I must admit I sort of hate sighting and prefer attempting to "train my eye" by eyeballing everything but that sounds like something I shouldn't do in interest of learning how to be accurate. ( I especially don't want to fall into the trap of being opinionated on something I don't have the expertise to form any valid opinion on, as many beginners seem to.)
![[Image: QQfXj9z.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/QQfXj9z.jpg)
![[Image: FiUf5Ok.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/FiUf5Ok.jpg)
(my subject- I drew it from life, not the image)
Whenever I have an eraser in hand I tend to be an aggressive perfectionist- to the point to where I had to stop myself doing this one for the interest of time. I know accuracy is important for a beginner, but to what extent? I'm unsure if correcting every minor mistake is valuable to my learning or it just produces a prettier picture.
Also, per darktiste's request, here are some of my lines and ellipses. It seems I'm not very graceful with the scanner, but I think it's enough to get the idea.
![[Image: Jaxb6dh.png]](https://i.imgur.com/Jaxb6dh.png)
![[Image: lKxsVy0.png]](https://i.imgur.com/lKxsVy0.png)
Not much of anything new today, on second thought I'm not sure the daily post commitment is the best idea as I think I might fall into simply spewing arbitrary stuff out and I don't really want to waste anyone's time. (More than I already have
)Today I figured I would try actually measuring something's proportions and capturing its form (to a degree, I simplified the top) instead of just messily sketching everything. If i'm on my way to figure/portrait drawing I think a disregard to accuracy/measuring could make things significantly harder than they have to be. I must admit I sort of hate sighting and prefer attempting to "train my eye" by eyeballing everything but that sounds like something I shouldn't do in interest of learning how to be accurate. ( I especially don't want to fall into the trap of being opinionated on something I don't have the expertise to form any valid opinion on, as many beginners seem to.)
(my subject- I drew it from life, not the image)
Whenever I have an eraser in hand I tend to be an aggressive perfectionist- to the point to where I had to stop myself doing this one for the interest of time. I know accuracy is important for a beginner, but to what extent? I'm unsure if correcting every minor mistake is valuable to my learning or it just produces a prettier picture.
Also, per darktiste's request, here are some of my lines and ellipses. It seems I'm not very graceful with the scanner, but I think it's enough to get the idea.