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Life Drawing : After 6 months, no real improvement ! - Markus

Markus — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:58:35 -0700

There's improvement! keep doing it!

Life Drawing : After 6 months, no real improvement ! - Shiraz

Shiraz — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:43:00 -0700

Hi there,

I paid a lot of attention to your "life drawing" posts.

I am a 3d artist and I decided to improve my drawing skills a while ago. I am highly interested in life drawing and I am really really, but really- bad at it. I just can't make it look right. I do not see any progress in my drawings too and I find it to be very frustrating.

Unfortunately, I do not draw well (enough) in order to give you any advice regarding your drawings. However, I can refer you to some information that I've found very useful to me;

I recommend the book "Force: the key to capturing life through Drawing" by Mike Mattesi. My drawings are usually very stiff and you can tell I pay too much attention to the contour and the proportions of the body. However, this book teaches you how to think in the terms of energy- like drawing what the model is doing and what is the direction of the force in the body. The results are very dynamic drawings- very "alive". It is amazing what the author can draw with just a few lines.

Also, I recommend reading Glenn Vilppu's lectures on awn.com ("Vilppu's drawing how to")- at least the first 2 lectures: "never underestimate the power of life drawing" and "vilppu drawing online: Gesture".

Lastly, there is an interesting post in the blog "Temple of the seven golden camels" (Mark Kennedy) that is worthwhile reading : http://sevencamels.blogspot.com/200...

I hope this information can assist you.

Life Drawing : After 6 months, no real improvement ! - code/crzyfkr

code/crzyfkr — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:20:46 -0700

i see improvement! its in the proportions and confidence of the lines. having such a heavy schedule doesnt allow too much relaxation time for drawing so dont be too hard on yourself. besides, art is in the eye of the beholder

Life Drawing 3rd month : worst than last month ! - brettkun

brettkun — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:49:47 -0800

I like it !

Life Drawing 2nd month ...still bad !! - evilwoobie

evilwoobie — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:57:10 -0800

those are nice sketches! you have the gift....

Life Drawing 2nd month ...still bad !! - Debo Hobo

Debo Hobo — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:05:39 -0800

I think your work is pretty good.