01-27-2016, 07:04 PM
A-Star: Thanks for the encouragement, I found that painting dark (black) stuff is actually harder than light stuff. Don't exactly know why, maybe because it is harder to show form with such a limited value range and still make it look real.
Good question about the drawing methods. I don't have a final answer though, since I consider myself a student still. But what I thought for a long time, is that constructive drawing is supperiour and the way to do it. The more I learn, it seems that there is no such thing as a superior way to draw.
Maybe you shouldn't try to seperate them, since both of them leave stuff out of the equation? I feel like observational is good for correctly depicting stuff that is in front of you and constructive is good for making stuff up. But the you depict from life, the less you need to construct stuff. Marco Djurdjevic draws an arm in one of his youtube videos without constructing anything, that is impressive knowledge and visual library.
http://ryanlangdraws.tumblr.com/post/915...-an-photos <<< in this tutorial, ryan Lang shows his process on an amazing art piece, he constructs his figures from primitive shapes, so I guess we all should do the same haha.
Maybe try to see both of the processes as glasses that you switch. The abstract shape of a thing is equally important as the correct orientation in space. I would say you should practice 50/50 if you need a number. When you do observational to much, you will have trouble constructing something properly yourself in space and simplifying stuff. When you do constructional too much, you will try to make stuff correct instead of pleasing to much. So neither of the too should be overweighing the other. Hope that helps and everything I said could change depending on what I learn in the future :P
Good question about the drawing methods. I don't have a final answer though, since I consider myself a student still. But what I thought for a long time, is that constructive drawing is supperiour and the way to do it. The more I learn, it seems that there is no such thing as a superior way to draw.
Maybe you shouldn't try to seperate them, since both of them leave stuff out of the equation? I feel like observational is good for correctly depicting stuff that is in front of you and constructive is good for making stuff up. But the you depict from life, the less you need to construct stuff. Marco Djurdjevic draws an arm in one of his youtube videos without constructing anything, that is impressive knowledge and visual library.
http://ryanlangdraws.tumblr.com/post/915...-an-photos <<< in this tutorial, ryan Lang shows his process on an amazing art piece, he constructs his figures from primitive shapes, so I guess we all should do the same haha.
Maybe try to see both of the processes as glasses that you switch. The abstract shape of a thing is equally important as the correct orientation in space. I would say you should practice 50/50 if you need a number. When you do observational to much, you will have trouble constructing something properly yourself in space and simplifying stuff. When you do constructional too much, you will try to make stuff correct instead of pleasing to much. So neither of the too should be overweighing the other. Hope that helps and everything I said could change depending on what I learn in the future :P