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Zaamah,



If we have a question about what you mean, we will do our best to ask accurately. I have lived in countries that did not speak my native language before. It's a bit of a cultural head shock. I feel your shyness. But as long as you do your best, we will too.

If you like, try a few of the assignments, use all of the flashcards and post your work often. We have a great community here willing to help you along in your art journey.

I recommend you keep your first drawing and then pull it out a year after working on your craft. I think you will be surprised by your improvement if you diligently try to draw every day for five to ten minutes.



All the best,

JCML Fine Art

Scooter,



Me too! I have ADHD. I know it is stupid, but I had to purchase one of those digital timers. You know, so you only have, say, 30 minutes to do (Fill in the task here). I have been rebelling about timing things for ages. Something about it reminded me of school and teachers shaming me for not being prepared because my hyperfocus was not where they wanted it to be. Well, anyway. I gave in, and I have gotten so much done, and I can't believe how indisputable is the fact I have NO sense of time. None. I did not think this part of Adhd was genuine. But for me, it totally is. So this has been a life changer. I think it works because I can allow my Adhd to flow from task to task for a small amount of time. Maybe that school bell thing was not such a bad idea after all, well, as long as I get to control what happens next. Perhaps you will find it helpful too.

My timer looks like a supersized frog, and I know you can use your phone. But I am going to be authentic. That was never going to be a good idea—that damn Blue light.



I am a teterad artist. So you could say that colour is like, my jam. If you would like to get better at colour theory, I suggest doing two things.

One try the Mass drawing concepts on this group page. You will find it under assignments/events. There is even a due date. But I leave these up so that you can try them even if the date has passed because you were not yet part of the group. I suggest you comment with a due date you are going to finish it, and we can email and check in on you. If you would like such a thing.

Second, Draw your image for a while, then take a picture of what you have drawn on your phone. Then place the photo into a black and white filter. This is great because it teaches you that colour has value. Continue to do this with all your colour drawings. Every time you are unsure, check it with the B&W filter. Eventually, you will use theB&W less and less until you won't anymore one day.



I miss the sound of those bugs. To me, that, plus a mower in the background is the exact sound of summer. You should see the house spiders here. They are big and black, and fast. They look like a minny tarantula about one and one-half inches across. They give me the hebies because I am never suspecting them to pop out as they do.



Do you have any recommendations to repot bamboo? I got one as a gift and he looks like it is time. But I am afraid of killing it.



I can't wait to see you grow your colour skills.



All the best,



Michellerose Cusack

JCML Fine Art

Carlos and Lynxes,

Thanks for being brave and sharing.

If you want to draw faces, I suggest studying skulls, especially the eyeball sockets. This formation tells us much, like how physical racial differences display themselves in the mussels.

Since you both are starting, I would like to suggest that you go to your local library and see if there are any textbooks with drawing exercises in them. This is a great way to invest in your art education without paying too much dosh.

If you would like a good book(s) to try, I recommend "The Natural Way to Draw" by Nicolaides or Robert Hales "Drawing from the Masters". These are excellent books, and they have lots of exercises, examples and timetables to keep you honest.



I can't wait to see what you come up with in our group.



Welcome!



All the best,



Michellerose Cusack

JCML Fine Art

Rpk,

Presentation makes art. Make sure that you rotate your work so that when someone looks at your illustration, we see from the viewpoint you draw. This can be a put off for some not to critique or even look at your work. How much you care is the height of how much someone else will care for your drawings.

A few of these gestures feel pleasant, fluid, and dynamic for just a few lines. As to the drawings themselves, my main suggestion would be only to draw one gesture on a page. Or, if you are digitally drawing, you can not see any other form- giving you the appearance of a blank surface. You may want to do this because once you have more than one figure on the page, you are now in the realm of composition, meaning that you have to fit one image around the former image. It can hamper your flow, and slow down your progress.

All the best,



JCML Fine Art

Bislie,



You may not know, but when you are doing gestures it is never about the details, but rather being more correct about the overall proportions of the form. But even before that, we concentrate on what makes the figure most expressive.

I suggest you watch the flashcards fly by. Don't draw. Instead, tell yourself what makes that figure so compelling. After you feel you can do this well, (It can take up to half an hour for those who are not used to this exercise. And for some, this is enough to tire them out. If that is you, that is completely normal and a job well done. Even if you have not picked up a pencil.) Start your drawing sessions. If at any time you feel lost in the drawing, stop drawing. Wait until you have a good understanding again then pick up your pencil again.

I know this sounds like a strange tactic, not drawing, but it will increase your observation skills and your storytelling skills.



Enjoy using the website. If you wish feel free to join our Fellow artist-Creative Family group.



All the best,



JCML Fine Art

Gelatinggem,



I think if you are struggling more with stiffness, the best thing I find is to draw one figure per page.

It is not a waste of paper. See, when you draw more than one figure on the page, you are now in the realm of composition. When we compose, we have to consider all of the other figures around it, which can hamper our feeling of dynamic movement.

If you would like to help your anatomy, I would like you to consider the movement of your lines. The line can say so much. Your fast drawing is better, I think, than your longer poses because you are not thinking about how the line forms across the body consciously. You may be better at the fast stuff because you don't have the time to think about it. -Don't sweat this; I have been there myself.

I feel you would do well to read the Practice Line chapter in [url=]The Science and Practice of Drawing. [/url]

Above is a link to the audiobook on youtube if you can not get it in your library or are disinclined to purchase the book. Yeah, it is a bit wordy, but it is also chock full of golden drawing nuggets.



All the best,



JCML Fine Art

Tell us something you have had trouble withdrawing, but now have found solutions to that problem solve your former struggles. Tel us why you think you had a hard time understanding that concept of your former struggles.

Maybe your Eureka moment will help someone here who is currently struggling with the same issue. We all learn better when we work with each other.

Example:

I found it hard to place volume into my works via line quality. I never understood that if I layered circles or shapes over the top of each other they would give the figure Lots of volume! Why could I not understand this would work was... well I was scared of being too messy. I found if I used the pencil method and slowly started up the B pencil scale I could achieve both a clean drawing and volume. It took me about a year to be brave enough to place one circle, over an oval. I know really embarrassing. But I think when you direct your stubbornness to good use, everything is more likely to fall in to form

All the best!

Michellerose Cusack
JCML Fine Art

laitochris,



If you feel stuck, why not draw so many on the same page? Once you have more than one figure on a page you are now composing. This can cause distractions and limit your movements on the surface. I often recommend no more than three images per page, but if you are struggling, place only one per page. It is not a waste of paper, it is an investment in your talent.



The one thing I think you are doing really well is changing your line quality. You have a nice touch. If you would like to move up to the next level, why not try mass drawing? Take a bigger brush- if you are working digitally, or if physically- Use the side of your implement: and draw the form in chunks. This is a lovely skill and I feel it will definitely help you see your next level in your art game.



All the best,



JCML Fine Art

nenastik,

Overall these are rather strong, and often one can identify the model.

Why not amp up your skills and try mass drawing with your non dominate hand for 10 minutes before you start your drawing session? It's a known technique to intensify your observation mastery.



All the best,



JCML Fine Art

Which artists from Disney are on your list?

Charity,

Sometimes I find the best way to stay accountable is to have a body double. Which is sort of like a study buddy, but it does not mean you have to do or study the same thing. Instead, it's an agreement that you and your body double meet up and do whatever you, and often they, need to get done while in the same room physically or virtually.

Do you have someone in your life who would be your body double? If you don't, most of us on here would like that accountability too. As for me, I live in England, but my classes are on Central time due to going to school at SMSU. So if you are short one day or need a body double to keep you honest, I am cool with helping you reach your drawing goals.



I took a look at your work on Pinterest; Thanks for sharing! I think you would do well if you took the time to study the male nude. Since you are in high school, I understand that it may be challenging to get that content. (The study of the body is purely academic. Still, it can be difficult for underaged drafts peeps to understand how the body works without "seeing it".) But even if you draw the male figure in boxers, it will improve your overall character design.

Take some time to look at your hand. Do you notice how a hand sort of looks like those little kid house shapes? Box on the bottom and a triangle on top. This is the basic shape of the knuckles, and the fingers exaggerate this base shape. The fingers are always more believable if the hand's base shape is correct.

Another thing to help you with your hands is understanding how the arm works. If you flip your hand so that your palm faces up words on a table, then the ulna and the radial bones are straight-"The Open Handed Yes" But! If you have your hands pushed out like when your motion stop, the ulna and the radial bones are crossed in an X'd position- "The Closed Bones Pirot No." Both the Closed Bones No and the Open Handed Yes affect how the wrist sits in the body. If you look for these tells, your hands will be miles better.



If you would like an excellent book to study, try Nicolaides "The Natual way to Draw." It's a great book with lots of good content about staying on task, creating a drawing schedule that works for your needs, and exercises for you to try.



All the best,



JCML Fine Art



PS. I did the same thing when I was babysitting years ago. I picked up the wrong kid! and He went along with it for the first three blocks. So embarrassing.

Hello Nat,

Welcome to the group. Why not post your work and send us the links on this group page. Then we can help you get along.

Or try the perfect Shape prompt on our group page? I hope to post more and more exercises with due dates so you and the rest of us can keep getting better.

I find deadlines really help get more accomplished than without them.

What are your funny story and something fun you did this year?



Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I am celebrating in England on Saturday. So I may not get to the drawing table, but I will be full of food and fun.



All the best,

JCML Fine Art

Eleighs,

What's your funny story and something fun you did this year?

I am going to Southwest Minnesota State University, and I am about halfway through my education. Is this your first semester of college?



If you like try some of the assignments, or invent some for us as well. We all learn more when we share what works well in our drawing routines.



There is a cool book called The Artists Handbook. It's chuck full of techniques, materials, and tools. Give it a look in your college library. Most have one and they are a thrilling read to any art nerd.



All the best,

JCML Fine Art

Cadrawsy

Try drawing bigger and focus on mass of form instead of line expression. I also noticed you are pressing equally all over the figure. Try to vary your line quality.

Exercise to help you see the foundations of form which create the details:

Find a picture of an animal or human. Look for the basic shapes within the structure and draw them over the top of the image. This exercise will help you see what conditions create the details so vital to living more realistic art. I would suggest you try this with master artists sketches of people you find are your art role models.



Want a book? Try Robert Hales Drawing with the masters. It's where you can find this exercise and many more like it.



All the best,



JCML Fine Art

One Stroke Exercise:

Try drawing basic shapes in one stroke. Circles, triangles, parallelograms, eggs, squares- you get it. Flat shapes, like the ones you see in elementary schools. Make each shape as perfect, and even as you can. After drawing your first shape make each shape the same size as the one drawn next to it. Keep the spaces between shapes as eyeballed even as possible.

Do this exercise before you do your figure drawing until you feel you have warmed up. It helps you with control, proportion, and quality/economy of line.

Warning: This task is elegant, works really well when you take the time to do it right. But like all elegant things, they can be rather hard to put into action. Have a reward ready. On your first few goes, you may be too tired to progress to figure drawing. Don't let that turn you off this exercise. I promise you will see improvement when you get to the fun figure drawings.



All the best,



JCML Fine Art



Let me know how it goes.



All the best,



Jcml Fine Art