This week, I decided that I'm going to relearn how to draw from scratch. I haven't drawn anything seriously for a little over a decade, and I was never very good to begin with. I realize now though that my old drawings suffered from a lack of construction, so I will be studying various sources of constructive drawing. I'm…
Thanks for the reference sheet, Muzz! That should come in handy. Here are the drawings from the past week! First off, a couple more baldies that I drew during the work week. After that, some hair studies that I did over the weekend. For the first two sheets of male hairstyles, I tried to draw the examples from this…
This is fantastic. Already seeing massive gains. If you can't get to a live model session, there are always public spaces to sit and draw people. Especially since you're doing heads. Trains, buses, airports, cafes, anywhere people are waiting for something is a great chance to draw faces.
Thanks! I'll keep that in mind. Here are the last few drawings before I leave on a three week holiday. I will be drawing every day for sure, but I won't have access to a scanner. Instead, I'll pop by every now and then to mention what I'm studying. Then after the holiday, I can update those posts with the actual scans.
Thanks for your comments! I definitely do plan on working on the full body as well, although not straight away. I have given myself three months to really focus on heads exclusively, as they have always been my weakest area. After that, I will start on Proko's figure drawing course, which I have already bought. My goal is…
Already looks like a completely different person is drawing then from day 1. Great job on understanding the forms of the face. This isn't just iteration for iteration sake.
Something that helped me was to draw a live subject, and try to pick apart the structural forms. Seeing something stereoscopic is really different from using photo ref.
Yeah i don't think you need to do full shading, but it's more that if you put shadows to one level in one are of the drawing you should try and make it consistent. Style works off of internal consistency in the drawing so breaking the rules you made in one part of the image in another doesn't tend to work. Shading also…
Thanks! :) My plan is to continue doing the head studies until the end of this month, hopefully improving my pencil technique on them. After that, I plan on taking Proko's figure drawing course.
Thanks, that's a great idea. There's something I can focus on during the weekend when I have more time, for sure! I think I should also start drawing the heads larger then, so I have more space to properly construct the features. I've been drawing them about 2 inches tall, which may be a bit too finicky for that purpose.…