Fedodika the Koala

[Fedodika]

Thanks Kik, I can see it, and tbh i was quite proud of these drawings. Now my eye has passed them and all I see is mistakes, but I am grateful they look impressive at least at first glance. Some I still can't see mistakes in, but I'm sure I will in a few days/weeks.

So, I was thinking about the whole idea of grinding and stuff; That shit really doesn't work if you're not thinking. Really, if you're practicing well, I find, You'll get really mentally exhausted after just a 2 or 3 hours. And I think good practice comes down to acquiring new information. Of course in the beginning one should draw a lot, just to get used to the medium, even if they don't think as much; just get used to failure and putting in the hours.

But as you mature in art, you need to analyze things more, grinding won't help you at all really. I'm trying to think of an equivelant someone could have with my gnass experience for free. I guess someone could get a PDF or a book on gesture/dynamic anatomy and do the following:

1. Just look at an image for a minute or so in that book; 
2. Think about how your hand would move to create it, how you'd define the form and what the artist was thinking. 
3. Then close the book, do it from memory, trying to get it as right as possible. 
4. Then look at the book again and see how different yours is and make notes on even the tinest of differences. 

If you just copy a ref, theres no guarantee you'll learn anything, unless you can recall it without looking. And another issue is if you're even copying the reference correctly to begin with, which is why observation is extremely important to train.

Copying reference is good is you're learning edges/texture. But you should always understand the structure; I feel like I've said this a million times and just rambling at this point. But just read more, read a lot more art books and actually try to learn something. Grinding only gets your lines and boxes and curves to look nice, which, i mean is important, but it won't help you understand what you're drawing. But it can... ugh, nothings set in stone, so irritating. 

Here's a scribble before my next meeting with the coach; should be interesting what i have to do next, and I'm quite eager to know!

Also ordered a copy of Force by micheal matessi; he has some really cool insight on gesture, and I'd love to know more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07fusT-dwVE