CreasySilo
July 18th, 2006, 04:49 PM
Hello:
I've sketched on and off for years but have decided to get a little more serious about it. I own a few books on drawing and am beginning to do exercises in them, but I tend to shun regimentation. I just want to pick up the pad and draw whatever at any given time. Maybe a bird, a female, the human head, a cat, a car, etc. I am mostly interested in drawing figures and heads and hands, but it's all so overwhelming.
The other day I tried copying a picture of an Asian girl from the cover of a magazine. There was hardly any "mood" lighting which made it all the more difficult for me. Without being able to see the shadows, I didn't know what to tell my pencil to do. I didn't know where to begin either. I outlined the basic shape of the head and put in some guidelines, then did eyes, nose, mouth, etc. Then I worked on my shading. It wasn't awful, but it didn't capture the look of the model and I didn't really know what the hell I was doing.
Does anyone have pictures they can post of a drawing (or series of drawings) in progress so us newbies can study the art of the process?
Thank you.
I've sketched on and off for years but have decided to get a little more serious about it. I own a few books on drawing and am beginning to do exercises in them, but I tend to shun regimentation. I just want to pick up the pad and draw whatever at any given time. Maybe a bird, a female, the human head, a cat, a car, etc. I am mostly interested in drawing figures and heads and hands, but it's all so overwhelming.
The other day I tried copying a picture of an Asian girl from the cover of a magazine. There was hardly any "mood" lighting which made it all the more difficult for me. Without being able to see the shadows, I didn't know what to tell my pencil to do. I didn't know where to begin either. I outlined the basic shape of the head and put in some guidelines, then did eyes, nose, mouth, etc. Then I worked on my shading. It wasn't awful, but it didn't capture the look of the model and I didn't really know what the hell I was doing.
Does anyone have pictures they can post of a drawing (or series of drawings) in progress so us newbies can study the art of the process?
Thank you.