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| Bio:
Pen control will be what let's you improve the most during the early stages. You can't learn to draw, if you can't draw. |
| Massaca:
Thank you very much, I really appreciate it. I don't have anyone to draw or check with but no matter. I do already have a book, Spiral bound on the long side, bit short of A3 size with those slightly thicker pages. Anyway, read through the first 14 pages of Fun with a Pencil. I'll go through when I get home and start with it, see how things go. Nice to have a place to start. Thanks again. --- Quote from: Bio on September 06, 2015, 05:27:35 AM ---Pen control will be what let's you improve the most during the early stages. You can't learn to draw, if you can't draw. --- End quote --- That's something I didn't consider before and I imagine it's certainly a contributing factor. |
| pineyappled:
Check out Perspective Made Easy imo. Also I like Hampton muuuch more than Loomis (buy a physical copy of his figure drawing book after getting throuhg fun with a pencil and skip every other loomis book). Bridgman is alright too but miles less comprehensible. Buy a cheap plain sketchbook and bring it with you everywhere. e- Go to a cafe, park, or library to draw! |
| Mеа:
--- Quote from: kinoko on September 07, 2015, 02:37:46 AM ---Also I like Hampton muuuch more than Loomis (buy a physical copy of his figure drawing book after getting throuhg fun with a pencil and skip every other loomis book). Bridgman is alright too but miles less comprehensible. --- End quote --- Hm I might have to get one myself. What else would you recommend? I'm going through one of the Bridgman anatomy PDFs and having some trouble since it pretty much only lists muscles and their actions with a couple limited example pencil sketches thrown in. |
| Kitten4u:
If you're just looking for a place to start then I actually recommend copying other things you see, whether it be other paintings (even then it can be anything from a photograph, to a old master painting to a random image on Danbooru that you like) or objects from life. Drawing from another 2D image will be easier because then you can just focus on the shapes rather than try to figure out exactly how to translate a 3D object to a 2D surface. Also, to clarify, I mean copy, not trace. Tracing will not help you, but copying is much more useful than it sounds, and I'm surprised it doesn't get recommended more often. For me, the first hurdle with painting was training my eyes to see what's actually there rather than what my brain thinks is there. In order to avoid overwhelming us with information, our brains developed a very effective auto-correct system and simplification system that we as artists have to learn to look past in order to accurately portray what we see. By copying something, you're learning to look at what's actually there rather than what you think is there. It's important to take it really slow so that you make sure you're really paying attention to everything there. Besides helping you learn to train your eyes, if you're copying photographs or other works that you consider 'good' or 'high quality' you're giving yourself a baseline for your own work. You'll just start understanding whether or not something is 'correct' because you've been looking at it and emulating it for so long. This will help you spot mistakes in your own work so that you can go correct them. For techniques, there's one that I think carries over regardless of what you want to draw, the medium you want to use, or any other techniques you find you like: an iterative approach. What I mean by that, is that you don't want to jump into details right away, rather you want to start with the simpler shapes and then fill in the details so that you can see the whole image first and make sure your composition's good, your proportions are correct etc. This post shows it better than I explain it. See how the artist blocks out the simple shapes first and then starts adding details? For medium, most of what you learn from one medium will carry over to others just fine; you'll have to learn the quirks of whatever particular medium you want to use. So, if you know you want to do digital I don't think there's anything wrong with picking up a tablet and diving right into it. If you're not sure you'll like the hobby, or just can't afford a tablet right now, then starting out with a pencil and paper won't slow you down any if you decide to switch to digital later. Don't worry about it too much, the important part is just drawing. With all that said, in my opinion, the most important thing you can do to learn how to draw is draw what you like. Learning how to draw can be frustrating, so it's important to keep it fun. Besides, no one becomes an artist 'to get better,' they do it because there's stuff they want to draw. So, be sure to do whatever's fun for you. |
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