01-13-2014, 10:13 AM
Thank you both for your comments:)
I begin to see that having a sketchbook thread really pays off. I mean, it's like some kind of structured retrospective of one's practice. It's an ongoing updating bulk of work and it feels good to feed it more and more content:) And it creates kind of positive sense of commitment and obligations, as it's public - and I get to have feedback, encouragement, critique, information, all in one:) It's like some kind of perpetuum mobile of practice.
So, yeah, I should have done this a long time ago lol:)
Today it's solo Hampton update lol:)
At this point, the book introduces practical exercises, with emphasis of drawing form shoulder.
I have a lot of trouble drawing from shoulder on a tablet. In fact, my lack of control is quite ridiculous compared to when I draw traditionally. Even more if I take into consideration that prior to using a tablet, I have drawn and painted solely from shoulder, even when going into full detail on a rather small piece. Actually, I see it as one of my stronger points.
And then it came his majesty intuos 4, with it's surface with ice rink qualities and I was like "what is this sorcery":) It's really discouraging, to the point that I often think that I am doing something wrong (although I can't really think of what could it be lol).
So, while I do try and practice it, I actually do it relatively rarely. I realize that eventually I should incorporate it completely somehow, but it's so frustrating that I am hoping to achieve it extremely gradually, if possible... Today I've tried some kind of frankenstein method with adding extra control with having pinkie fixed to the tablet and it was a bit better, but still quite bad. Ah, well:)
I begin to see that having a sketchbook thread really pays off. I mean, it's like some kind of structured retrospective of one's practice. It's an ongoing updating bulk of work and it feels good to feed it more and more content:) And it creates kind of positive sense of commitment and obligations, as it's public - and I get to have feedback, encouragement, critique, information, all in one:) It's like some kind of perpetuum mobile of practice.
So, yeah, I should have done this a long time ago lol:)
Today it's solo Hampton update lol:)
At this point, the book introduces practical exercises, with emphasis of drawing form shoulder.
I have a lot of trouble drawing from shoulder on a tablet. In fact, my lack of control is quite ridiculous compared to when I draw traditionally. Even more if I take into consideration that prior to using a tablet, I have drawn and painted solely from shoulder, even when going into full detail on a rather small piece. Actually, I see it as one of my stronger points.
And then it came his majesty intuos 4, with it's surface with ice rink qualities and I was like "what is this sorcery":) It's really discouraging, to the point that I often think that I am doing something wrong (although I can't really think of what could it be lol).
So, while I do try and practice it, I actually do it relatively rarely. I realize that eventually I should incorporate it completely somehow, but it's so frustrating that I am hoping to achieve it extremely gradually, if possible... Today I've tried some kind of frankenstein method with adding extra control with having pinkie fixed to the tablet and it was a bit better, but still quite bad. Ah, well:)