This is going to be a quick update, mostly just showing some newer life drawings because I don’t want to mess with my scanner right now. I’ve been spending a lot of time studying and practicing (excluding the week I got sick) and I think I’ve been able to see a good deal of improvement.
I had a pretty good realization when I got frustrated with my drawings. I realized that I tend to see a good deal of improvement, then I start taking on other challenges and slowly start to lose sight of what I know I should be doing every time I go life drawing. Of course, this leads to sloppy, sad drawings that don’t make me happy and don’t encourage me to keep drawing. The problem is, once I start to see so much improvement, I stop reminding myself to compare everything, I stop whispering muscle and bone names under my breath, I go back to just trying to be fast and slop something out quickly. Of course, if I slow it down, study the forms, look more than draw and remind myself to “compare everything” as Henry Yan said, then I get a much more accurate drawing even quicker. Partially because I don’t have to waste so much time wondering why something looks off.
Someday, I think these things will be more instinctive and I won’t need to constantly remind myself of them, but until then, I need to stop trying to jump the gun and just slow it down a bit.
These are in reverse chronological order… for no reason at all. Starting at the top here are some drawings from earlier today when I decided that this girl’s hairdo is maybe my favorite hairstyle to draw ever. I’m also doing something new this time… including some 2 minute and five minute drawings! I usually hate those but I’m getting faster so, check em out.
I’m still trying to get more accurate with my proportion and anatomy, but I’m also doing more work trying to be more accurate with faces and values. Frankly, I need to balance my values like no one’s business.
*PS., Happy Birthday Tom!































