Forum posts by Writero

Greetings,

Life drawings are very important to grow, but, you need to learn the way the human figure works. Get a book about anatomy. See how the muscles work. Where they are. What volumes they take on.

Structure and how to build the human figure is also important.

Learn about action lines. These are very important when drawing from life.

Draw alot. And I do mean, draw alot! The old saying, practise makes perfect, still stands.

Make master studies. Learn the tricks from the the likes of Leonardo da Vinci.
But most important, have fun while learning. The good news is, you will never stop learning!

I have a burning question, what should I critique? I can give you these pieces of advice though. If you wish to endeavour in to the art of drawing I would suggest learning basic anatomy, although you have a preference for a certain style, if you lack the basics, you can not truly draw it.

What you want to avoid as a aspiring artist, is when you do a drawing two people, is give them to faces who are alike. Makes them look very unnatural. I would suggest doing some portraits. Learn how a face works, wich proportion a face has and what volumes make the face. This will help you in the long run too.

Developing a style means drawing a lot. You have got a certain feel for it, but it needs to be refined. Look how other artist approach the figure.
Now, I can recommend a few books you can read concerning anatomy and fun with drawing.

Fun with a pencil "Loomis"
Drawing from life "Bridgeman"
Dynamic Figure drawing "Hogarth"

Good luck and foremost, have fun drawing!

The trick is, what I feel is missing, is volume and structure. The rendering is there, but the volumes are not . Did you draw this from a photograph? The ears are a bit off, so does the mouth and the eyes (The quasimodo effect) I did a redline, and I found that the proportions are a bit on the wack side too.

No probs though, just practise the planes of the head a bit and not to mention proportions, you are good to go :)

Dominique,

A little thing I noticed; The gesture itself seems stiff, not only that, proportions are off and anatomy wise seems lacking. The good news is however, these are things you improve upon.

If you are drawing someone, try to think of what they are doing, find references before blindly drawing. Study the poses. Do not copy but analyse. Find the gesture lines, rythem if you would say so. This will help you immensely.

Get more books over basic body structure and draw from life too. Most imported of all, have fun drawing!

I included a drawover. Basicly  I tried to focus on anatomy, so here's the thing, learn that and you are well on youre way to be able to become a good artist. Dont worry about style yet, that will come with time.

With kind regard,

Writero

I would say that you must learn the structure of the body. This means, getting grips with the human anatomy. This means drawing lots of naked people. By doing this you will learn some things. I could recommend a few books about this, like Bridgemans book about anatomy and Andrew Loomis's books. Not forgetting Burne Hogarth wonderful work concerning human anatomy.

Remember, structure will aid you in knowing what to draw.

In short, focus on anatomy and form. Gesture drawing is at the basis, then structure.

Kind regard,

Writero