Cam1989

I have been thinking too complex from the get go which has really been sabotaging my drawings before they even begin. This is a very common beginner's mistake which I hope to overcome. I need to analyze the pose in a highly logical manner and set up my drawing lightly and fluidly with the intention this being a preliminary step in my work process on top of which I can apply a finish. If one thinks about it logically, it really does make a lot of sense to work this way. The trick however, is actually getting yourself to have enough faith in the process so as to actually use it efficiently because it is not very natural to use a layered approa

Been a while since I posted a new journal. I just wanted to leave a small reminder for myself in regards to gesture. The worst thing an artist can do is get hung up during the gesture stage. It kills the flow of the drawing (and I'm not talking about rhythm, but the fluidity of my work process). The gesture is meant to be light and loose.

It's so funny. I've heard Vilppu's saying "no rules, just tools" so many times and yet it is only lately that I have really begun to actually understand the meaning of those words. All of this time I was so concerned about my procedure that I would disregard all else while drawing, essentially turning it into a rule that I MUST follow the procedure, I MUST  use this method. Lately I have begun to understand that the procedure doesn't matter so much. It really doesn't. Everything that I have learned about constructive figure drawing is meant to assist me in communicating the action of a pose. In other words, It is all just a series of tools fo