Drawing tips for other exercises

Hello.

I've started figure drawing 1 week ago and I wonder if I have to switch up with the other things such as expresisons, hands & feet, animals, simple forms and backgrounds. Except I can't find any tips on those, just the human figure from the starting tutorial.

I'm new to drawing, but I want to learn the basic skills in order to better deal with other fields.

How can I proceed?

Just to be honest, if you already know how to draw a stable line that is where all progress is going to stop.

I am not making any of this up, this is the end line. I have been drawing random people badly (which is what gesture drawing is all about) for the last few months and I still don't know what I am even doing. All tutorials and outside media are made by people who already know anatomy, yet anatomy cannot be learned unless you know gesture drawing, can you see the logic here?

the alternative is to draw each shape of the body the same way an architect would, you'll need to learn 3d shapes subdivided regularly that bend in different directions, but that requires so many construction lines you'll not be able to see the drawing.

My biggest advice is: draw like you have nothing to learn, do stuff at random, chase all the wild geese you want and be shure to get distracted enough to not let your frustration ruin the process. In my case I have been turning pokemon designs into simple shapes. If you want I can teach you those shapes

• Idon'tknow edited this post on October 29, 2024 11:14am.

Just to be honest, if you already know how to draw a stable line that is where all progress is going to stop.

These are all my figure drawing I made in a week. I can't tell if my line is stable enough or not.

draw each shape of the body the same way an architect would, you'll need to learn 3d shapes

So I should takle the basic figure's classes in the site for that or I have to study resources like Drawabox or the likes?

chase all the wild geese you want

Actually, one of the reasone why I started to take on drawing was not only to shape my thoughts better, but also being part of what my favourite artists are.
I hope this influence map of mine does not look too much.

There's a lot to study, but studying is part of my life and I'm not gonna shy away from ordeals.

Ok, there is still something you can learn at the moment. let's start from the line. the way you draw makes me think you move the hand really slowly. Well when I am talking about stable lines I mean make each line with a simple swoop, do not put time or effort into it. flick your entire Forearm to make it as much natural as possible. In this case every single tutorial can help you with that. Try the drawabox site where you can find descriptions and so on or you can look at the BaM Animation channel where they can give you some exercises on how to train your arm in doing said lines. usually this video was the one that taught me to fill a page with lines.