Drawing Everyday

Dragonofpeace1985

Hello to the 2D side of Polycount.    I was listening to a lot of artist emphasizing the importance of fundamentals, like drawing gesture, anatomy, volume and so on.  I'm originally a 3D artist by trade but always looking for valuable improvements to my skills that does not get replace by newer softwares.  So here I am going to basics.  Drawing everyday, doing circle exercises that I found online, using Scott Eaton's resources for figure drawings, and (Non Nude) Daily Life Drawing Session Figure on Youtube.  Any feedback would be appreciated!  Thanks.

Dragonofpeace1985

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I found some circle exercises to practice on.  I'm doing these everyday!! 

VShane

good practicing, gesture poses are invaluable

Dragonofpeace1985

Another Day! More Gesture.

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Another day drawing while watching the Overwatch Tournament.  Cheering for the LA team to win.

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I couldn't do a full drawing yesterday so I just did some these exercises.  This one below is to connect the dot.  I would make two dots and try to draw the perfect straight line from one dot to another.  And try this going both direction.  It feels awkward going certain directions but I think mastering the eye hand coordination is important.  I refuse to rotate the paper.



I think this exercise is called running the track.  First, you do a random doodle and then you continue to trace it on direction and then the opposite direction.  



Hopefully, i can post another figure drawing tonight.

Dragonofpeace1985

Lunch time sketch.  Having a hard time getting the proportions, the angles and everything else.  The better question would be, what did I do right.  "Put the pencil to the paper" . Hhhm.. Very true. 
Cheers 

Dragonofpeace1985

Another Drawing for the night.  Thank you good night.

 

Dragonofpeace1985

I found a Peter Han youtube video and started doing the HW.

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Doing some more Peter Han's HW.



Did some New Master Academy's youtube Daily Life Drawing.

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More Dynamic Sketches.

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Some more drawings.

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I don't know what I'm doing most of the time but each draw, i'm trying to figure out what's working and not.

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Another day of practice.

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Still practicing!  Learning the Loomis technique for heads.  Not easy but hopefully I'll get it.

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On our 1 yr anniversary, rented a cabin in the woods.  Spent time together and drew.  

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I started a subscription with the New Master Academy and doing the portraits for beginners.

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Doing more heads.

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Some perspective drawing.

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A quick sketch.

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A longer sketch.

ahtiandr

wow! You are really putting a lot of effort into it. Just keep moving

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My first attempt with this face.  I had a co-worker who is an artist do a correction on it.

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My second attempt on the face.  I'm calling this one done but would love to hear what you guys have to say.  This one took me 4-5 days but I work full-time.  I would say a good 20 hrs.

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My first life drawing workshop.  3 hours of drawing a real person.

EricElwell

You're making a lot of progress. Keep them coming!  

Dragonofpeace1985

EricElwell said:

You're making a lot of progress. Keep them coming!  

Thanks Eric, you also have awesome work!

Did some more fundamental exercises. 

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Drawing from Photo

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Did some faces.

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The Sunday Night figure drawing.

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Another drawing from photo.  First time trying to shade with Charcoal pencil and stump.  Very difficult for me.  Time to move onto another drawing.

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 I'm am sort of pleased with this one since I had a horrible result with shading on my previous drawing.  I did some line work and shading exercises before I  started the drawing.

Dragonofpeace1985

I feel embarrassed to just post gesture drawing but its really all I've been doing.  My wife and I have been going to Figure Drawing every week and planning on adding another session per week.
My 1 minute poses.



8 Mins

20 mins

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Here is one that I did during lunch.  I only had 10-15 minutes to draw after I'm done eating my lunch.

Dragonofpeace1985

Hello all, I went to another session this past Sunday.  I hope you guys see improvements because I don't.  I just wanted to keep uploading as my record.  I just received my Andrew Loomis book "Successful Drawing" and now reading through or trying to.  Reading books puts me to sleep. ZzzzZzz.

3 Minutes Figure Drawing


5 Mins



10 Mins


15 Mins

Dragonofpeace1985

Hello Polycount people,
I went to another life drawing session and this model was tough.  She was super tall and super skinny.  A challenge for sure.  My anatomy book just came in so time to study it.

Dragonofpeace1985

Hello everyone,
Did a few exercises this weekend.  I couldn't go to a figure drawing session but did an online one that was pretty close.  




Thank you all.  I hope all is well.

Dragonofpeace1985

Hello Polycount peeps,
I decided to do something a little different during lunch today.  My co-workers were playing D&D and I wanted to sketch them as they play.  It was fun watching them act as their characters and getting some practice of drawing people moving a lot.  Very tough.

Dragonofpeace1985

Hello Fellow Artist,
One HW down from Watts Atelier!!  Did the pencil sharpening test and I passed.  

Now I'm working on my next HW.  Creating and shading the basic shapes.  This is taking longer than I thought.  The problem of charcoal on rough paper, I spend most of the time blending and erasing.  It's difficult to find smooth newsprint that isn't giant size, 18"x24".  If you guys know where I can buy a smaller smooth newsprint, let me know where I can get them.



I hope someday I get to post something amazing but I understand the importance of the foundation.  I hope all of you guys are doing awesome.
-Bless

melviso

Nicely coming along. Keep it up :- )

Dragonofpeace1985

@melviso Thanks so much!!  I can't wait to gather the skills to create decent art.

Here are the rest of the HW for Watts Atelier.   Pass or Fail.  Here we go!  



Thanks guys.  I hope to make you guys proud.

Dragonofpeace1985

I couldn't wait to show this off.  I just received my Proko Skull last night.  Did short sketches during lunch!!  Yaaaaaa. 


Here is where I bought mine.
https://www.proko.com/skull/

Dragonofpeace1985

Hello Polycount, 
Another wonderful day of drawing.  Finished another HW.  I haven't heard if I pass or failed my previous HW yet but until they respond back weather I was successful, I'm just gonna keep on going. Weeee.  
~Bless

Dragonofpeace1985

Good Morning Polycount peeps!
Did a head drawing which I'm not happy with but I'll keep at it.  Btw, is there anyone going to the LightBox Expo?

 


~Bless

Dragonofpeace1985

Hello Polycount,

I start posting my stuff on Instagram now.  If you would like to follow me.
https://www.instagram.com/millanartisan/
Thanks,
~Bless

artenazrud

keep working on it ,you will be good 

Dragonofpeace1985

Hello Polycount Peeps,
I figure I should update this thread here and there as I continue on my journey to mastery.  I'm still attending Watts Atelier Online, Watts Atelier Live Stream Courses, and Live Figure Drawing at Concept Design Academy every Sunday.  I'm planning on taking Character Sculpture Phase 1 at Gnomon if it lands on a weekend or evening on a weekday Or Kevin Chen's figure classes.  Practice practice practice.  See you guys on another update.

Dragonofpeace1985

Happy New Year Polycount peeps!!  I hope you all had a wonderful and blessed year.  I'm looking forward to the new year and pray that I improved more this year.  I decided to do something different instead of the 9 most liked. From top left(earliest) to the bottom right(latest) are my drawing skills progression. Each tile is a display of where my skills are at at each month. Hope it's an improvement.

Dragonofpeace1985

On my New Years day, I wanted to take advantage of my day off from work and continue my Watts Atelier Online HW.  So here it is.





Enjoy.

Dragonofpeace1985

Hello Polycount peeps,

I sure have been awhile but I haven't stopped drawing daily.  I hope I have improved. 
Part 1 of my art drop.