Zelkheart - Art School Journey

[Zelkheart]

Hello everyone!,
Im Zelk, 24 years old and art has become a important hobby to me. I drew years ago and had a long pause on it. I recently started again and im more serious about learning and getting better!
So i started the Art School journey and im very excited about the experience. Im looking forward to learn from other artists/students and im open for critiques and hints to learn from mistakes
Currently i am using Procreate on a ipad

I will soon post some of my drawings/studys!

[adamjwass]

I also came back to art after a long hiatus. I've never used Procreate or a smaller device so I'm interested to see how you get on with it.

[andysawesomemovies]

Great to have you Zelk! I've never drawn much outside of my youth either but recently started investing in my art skills, so I'm looking forward to improving with you!

[Zelkheart]

Hello guys ,

so this is the start of my Art journey, well i had a bit rough start because on procreate its kinda different from photoshop but after a time i got it.

But i have to say by the last picture i have kinda problems to get hang on it how to use the hue, saturation, and curves. Well this was my first time to work digital on a picture soo i guess it is kinda ok and there is of course room to improve!

[Zelkheart]

Here i have the very first try of Gesture drawing,
i have to say the time limit stressed me out and i know the results are not very good.
The first picture was the first time and was in 45 sec time limit.
The second picture is a few days later in 1 min time limit.
I will keep practicing more because its very new to me this kind of study

Thank you for your time reading this
Criticism is always allowed and appreciated

[Lockenheim]

Keep it up! Gesture drawing was so hard when I first started, I hated it so much. Keep at it and it will get easier! If you feel like you aren't getting anything out of the shorter times bump it up to 2 mins.

[Zelkheart]

Thank you for your advice i will bump it up !

[Lockenheim]

One thing that works really well for me too. Is if I get to a body part that I just don't understand sometimes ill take as much time as I need to just figure out that specific part, then I will restart the gesture until I can get it in time. I also found it helpful to look back through marcs previous feedback videos and find gestures of other students I liked and I studied them and tried to analyze the decisions they made. I also stop after each drawing and observe mine and the reference for the same amount of time. Those all help me maybe some will help you!

[adamjwass]

With gesture drawing you could make the initial gesture line in a different colour so that we can separate it from the rest of the drawing.

I think you are often drawing where you believe the spine is rather than trying to capture the action, form and pose of a subject, which is mistake I made a lot too at the start.

[Zelkheart]

Ah yes, I see! I think thats the mistake i often make with the line of action!

[Zelkheart]

Yes i also believe that i make it wrong for myself or the state i am in now. I did it with a timer and moved on to the next drawing without analyzing the gesture if it was correct.

[Zelkheart]

It`s been a long time
i had many private things to do and lost track of my art journey, but recently i revived it
So this are some of my latest exercises of gesture drawings. At the moment i draw with a limit of 1:30 min. If you guys have something to critize you are welcome, i want to improve after all. Thank you for your time to watch my drawings

[snakker]

Nice, keep at it!

[Zelkheart]

Thank you,
Yes i will