Where to start...

[Wart]

Hey there. I've recently gotten back into drawing constantly. While this is good, I don't have a good handle on anatamy quite yet, so I plan to start working on it. The thing is, I have no idea where to start. Self portraits? Use a mirror? Find a life drawing class? Randomly do image searches via google (I guess thats the lazy mans way...)?

Any help would be greatly apreciated.

[talmir]

Do it all.. As long as you are drawing and trying to do something with your drawings. And draw ALOT.. then you cant fail :) Self portraits have helped me a whole lot with head drawings.. even though I've only made one complete sp I've drawn my eyes and nose about a thousand times.

Life drawing class : I have no experience with these. But going to cafés and such has helped me a bit.

Photographs : My main source of drawing material.. As long as you´re doing it fair (not tracing and keeping a little distance) then its ok.

cheers

[Wart]

Good advice- Think I'm going to do a lot of self portrates and a few drawings of some stuff off the net (yay for google image search!). I'll post some stuff once I get a hold of a scanner. Heh, my first attempt has been sucessful yet wrought with errors- you'll see when I upload it.

I bet you're crapping your pants in anticipation.

[Wart]

And here's what I did:
http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/v29/wartman/Me.jpg

Sorry about the size.

This is the first time I've done something like this by the way. Keep that in mind when criting it.

(Oh, and I didn't spend more then 3 seconds on the hair)