Almost a month gone huh? Feels more like a year though, time crawls very slowly for me which is a good thing I'm told.
Sketchbook
Trying to do anatomy studies traditionally. Hardest thing is shading with graphite.
Basic Reptile heads, focusing on shapes.
For fun drawing, found some sort of cape on pinterest and turned it into something,
Gesture sketching using the technique inspired by Brohawx's.
First page of the sketchbook I've been sketching in. 19/08/2022 - 03/09/2024, 2 years of sketching on and off.
After this, its a "new" sketchbook (old one I haven't been using).
Used a ref of a dinosaur skull to get a basic shape done then imagination took over. Spent ~2 hours drawing on a train.
Most recent gesture/figure drawings. Again, thanks to
@Brohawx I've got a much better grasp on gesture and rhythm so my figures come out much better.
Digital
Spontaneous sketch after getting inspired by the "pillow" method of gesture drawing. No refs.
Another inspired thing, I wanted to know which kind of brush to use to get results similar to another artist. Still figuring out which ones to use and how. Left to right, top to bottom: Standard paintbrush, dry textured, wet paintbrush, watercolor brush.
Longer figure drawing, untimed. I'm putting into practice the pillow/shape method for drawing abstract rhythms. Then applying structure
Same as above but shading instead. I really struggle with the smaller softer shadow shapes, as well as thin soft ones caused by the ribcage. That and I kinda don't know how to use the pencil brushes properly.
I'll also formulate a post in the critique section sometime soon when I have time. I've been bit by the art bug recently and really want to improve.
To finish off I'll link to a Muddy Colors article. The author talks about how to approach drawing and how to think more like an artist. It really helped and gave me a new perspective on how to approach drawing, recommend to give it a read.
