Feb 27

I started to do some silhouette drawing or negatives space drawings. They really show me how bad my proportions are. Which makes me think I need to work on the larger shapes and bigger picture. Beside just silhouette drawing is there anything else I can do to work on proportions Are still lifes a good idea. Any help would be really appreciated

Feb 28

A very quick still life just trying to focus on proportions

I think this will be a good exercise for my observation skills and to help with my bad proportions

Mar 3

3.3.25
2 minute poses gesture drawing

A 5 minute portrait, I was seeing if its a good idea to set time limit on portraits

Mar 4

4.3.25
2 minutes gesture trying out different approaches

After the first few I just drew the line of action and tried a gestural silhouette

Some portraits done on around 1 minute each, really just trying to get proportions not worried about any details

Mar 4

Trying to get a 2 value painterly look

Mar 5

5/3/25
gesture 2 minutes drew line of action, circles for head pelvis ribcage, then focused on silhouette

Portraits took a different approach I drew the silhouette then added guidelines on top
I feel the silhouette helps me with proportions. So the construction was done after the silhouette.
Very random and rushed perpsective practice, Trying to find the right reference.looking for that more 1st person look

29d

6.3.25
2 minutes gestures

About 10 minutes per portrait Really cant get the features to look accurate

28d

Should I try to stop drawing symbols or will it go away naturally
do I need to slow down and get the details right?

26d

I'm not much further in my art journey than you but I do think they go away eventually, with the right mindset of trying to draw what you see rather than what you think you're seeing. To get there however require a lot of intentional observation exercises. I can definitely see improvement in your last 3 posts, so you're on the right track.

Only suggestion I can give right now is to study the individual facial features, I think that'll level up your overall construction. The nose especially in some of these is a bit flat looking, so I'd start there. Keep it up! :smile: