04-14-2020, 03:00 AM
Thank you for the thoughtful comment Pubic Enemy. The years of not being able to draw were very hard for me and I feel quite rusty.
I appreciate the kind words on the one forest picture. It took me quite a while, and that's also one thing that bothers me, I want to become way faster. I used photo reference for the plants, the fabric I referenced from Ingres' paintings and I've actually stolen the composition from Borovikovsky here: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Boro...ukhina.jpg ...
So from your comments I take that my gesture drawings are nicely dynamic, my anatomical landmarks seem mostly correct, but some shapes are wrong and the proportions are occasionally wrong. There are problems with features on turned and tilted heads. (You can get as nitpicky as you feel like, by the way. ) Gesture drawing won't help me with learning to do finished stuff. I should focus on the things that I have the most trouble with (OMG, I should make a list of those XD). And it would help to draw from memory more.
Thanks for the book recommendations, I love book recommendations... and books. I avoided using Hogarth for years because I found his style just hideous, but now I feel that his style is actually really helpful for drawing from imagination. So I'll definitely study his books. And drawing comics is actually my goal.
I do those gestures because it was easy for me to integrate them in my daily routine. So here is today's 30 min of figure drawing. Today I was studying from How to draw by Robertson and messing with Clip Studio's perspective rulers.
I appreciate the kind words on the one forest picture. It took me quite a while, and that's also one thing that bothers me, I want to become way faster. I used photo reference for the plants, the fabric I referenced from Ingres' paintings and I've actually stolen the composition from Borovikovsky here: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Boro...ukhina.jpg ...
So from your comments I take that my gesture drawings are nicely dynamic, my anatomical landmarks seem mostly correct, but some shapes are wrong and the proportions are occasionally wrong. There are problems with features on turned and tilted heads. (You can get as nitpicky as you feel like, by the way. ) Gesture drawing won't help me with learning to do finished stuff. I should focus on the things that I have the most trouble with (OMG, I should make a list of those XD). And it would help to draw from memory more.
Thanks for the book recommendations, I love book recommendations... and books. I avoided using Hogarth for years because I found his style just hideous, but now I feel that his style is actually really helpful for drawing from imagination. So I'll definitely study his books. And drawing comics is actually my goal.
I do those gestures because it was easy for me to integrate them in my daily routine. So here is today's 30 min of figure drawing. Today I was studying from How to draw by Robertson and messing with Clip Studio's perspective rulers.