Messages du forum par Bugorama

Thanks everyone for your comments. I think this is a really useful observation about contours versus volume. I do tend to think it terms of lines when I draw. I know that shading and volume are my weaknesses, so I will need to work on leaning in and growing in that direction. Thank you for pointing it out! This was even more helpful than I expected!

These are interesting to me -- they are very different than how I approach figure drawing! Your approach seems very systematic -- looking for precise shapes inside the figure. I know that's one approach that many people like, but it does end up looking more like mannequins than people. There's not the same sense of FLESH, you know? I'd be curious how you might progress if you set this approach aside for now and tried looking more at the outside shapes to see what patterns lie there. In the shorter gesture drawings, what would it be like if you never lifted your pencil? On the longer ones, how can you make the final drawings look more like they have flesh?

Those are just suggestions from a learner! But your sense of the relationship of the inner shapes is quite strong and I wonder how thinking about figure drawing differently could help you grow even more.

I think these are quite strong! I don't feel like I am experienced enough to give much feedback otherwise yet. I do wonder, just as an experiment, what it would be like if you didn't lift your pencil while doing the quicker gestures? They would be messier of course but would you capture even more sense of movement and be able to keep your eyes on the photograph more of the time?

Welcome! I'm new too! Are you looking to incorporate what you learn from the realistic drawing toward your other work? Or will you apply that same style to your figure drawing practice here?

Thanks Papa Koshka! I put intention toward that in my 30-min session today.

Hmmmmm ... the embedded images are showing up for me! Here's a link. I'll add to original post too.

Hi all! I'm new here. I studied art in college but then took a big LOOOOONG break to pursue a completely different career. I'm switching gears now and working to build on my old skills to launch some kind of writing/art career. I'm especially interested in someday working in comics or writing a graphic novel, so really understanding the human figure is important to me. I was so happy to discover recently that there are figure drawing sites online!

Any input welcome! Thanks!

If these embedded images don't work, here's a link to the images.

• Bugorama edited this post on April 25, 2021 10:03pm. Reason: To embed photos rather than use a link
• Bugorama edited this post on April 25, 2021 10:05pm. Reason: Adding link
• Bugorama edited this post on April 25, 2021 10:14pm. Reason: Maybe I finally fixed my embedded images?! LOL!
• Bugorama edited this post on April 26, 2021 2:36pm. Reason: Fixed maybe for real? LOL!