Trying to Get Back Into it

Hi hi!

Just trying to get back into drawing in general but figure study specifically. I'm going to try to post every time I remember to work as a way to force myself into doing it more. 

I definitely feel that I need to work on proportion and relation in my studies. I feel that I glide past the neck and shoulder too much when I gesture, so they usually lack accuracy. So, that's definitely something I need to work on. I would like to eventually get back to built value detail work but I think I'm gonna tackle broad anatomical study and once I'm more solid there again, I'll work on developing detailed accuracy on top of that. 

Thanks for looking <3

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Hiii

I think your approach to gesture drawing is quite cool and inspiring, you have a good understanding of silhouette, and the way you draw with the scribbly/continuous lines to get the overall shape of the figure is quite cool, especially seeing the difference in your 5 min in contrast to your 30 second drawings. I'm somewhat  still figuring out what approach best works for me so its cool to see your different approach and how it works for you. There's clarity in the poses and you don't hyper fixate on small details which allow you to capture the overall forms quite nicely.

Keep it up PLEASSEE

also i guess id like to ask if the you actually draw in the line of action or is it something you see subconsciously and also how do you ensure you're maintaining realistic proportions?

Hi!! 

So at least for me, I'm a little bit more of a rhythm sketch person if that makes sense. Line of action is super important and helps people keep things loose and fluid, so I definitely keep it in mind while drawing. Generally speaking though, I don't usually draw it out, I look more for the movement of lines. My mother, who is also an artist, once said that there are shape people and line people and the trick of art is learning to see both. I think line of action is an interesting practice because it reduces shapes to a singular line, which is a great way to bridge those lenses. For my part though, I typically view shape and line as rhythm of movement, so it's definitely something that I need to work on.

I hope this made sense!