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Originally posted by roentgen
I'm more interested in expression(mainly the eyes) than any other feature when I draw. I'm often really tempted to draw the eyes first, but I know that it would end me up with a frankenstein drawing and a lot of headaches later on.
ok so in my class we were doing a portrait of some model. she was sittin on a chair and i was pretty much under her just to the right of her so i can get a good angle on her beautiful nose and to catch the right light. so im working furiously for 15 mins trying to make it look like her as much as i could. after about ten mins and being satisfisfied with my portrait, my teacher pulls me aside and critiques my work. i would hope that he would notice the angle of the face being consistent with the nose and the quality of shading of the forehead and particularly the eyes. he takes my book and starts flippin to a clean page and draws that same model while he explains my technique and what i could improve upon. i wasn't too interested at what he was saying but rather how he drew this model. a buncha circles, lines, and squigglies lines later, i noticed something different with his sketch and my drawing. his approach was much simpler than mine and his shading was just a brush of an ink pen. thats it. just one stroke. even when he began i noticed the conjoining circles that he made actually looked like the head of the model, even tho it was just a circle, where as i would make an imperfect sketch of the head and tole myself "i could fix it later" and completely diminish a brand new eraser. i compare the two and even tho his sketch was way rougher than mine.. i could tell this guy was talented... it even loooked more realistic than my so called realistic drawing which took me five times longer with shading and the works. he never even used an eraser. from that point on my technique has changed and my view on realism changed also. i told myself it doesnt matter how the light looks or a particular detailed area if your basics isn't there.
i guess my point is we're mixtures of shapes and form. circles, triangles, squares, ovals other geometric and ambiguous shapes. thats the basic. if you wanna achieve realism begin there. Although lighting and shading is a very important part of drawing... it's only part of it. im in no way discouraging it. but tap into your full potential and dont be stuck in only one part of it. work on proportions and perspective and 3d vs 2d. theres more but i forgot d=)
keep it up. i hope i get to see more of your work and progression.
p.s. sorry if my critiques sound judgemental. thats how they come off and i cant help it. they should be comments helping you to progress as an artist and not to discourage. hopefully your open minded to these comments. remember to keep drawing! d=)
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01-05-2003 06:08 AM
