5:02 AM, Wednesday July 6th 2022
that's great thank you for the detailed critique. i'll do my best to implememt the points you've raised in lesson 7
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6:28 AM, Thursday June 9th 2022
that’s awesome. hmm i have a few more questions but i don’t want to spam your thread. are you on the dab discord?
5:11 PM, Tuesday June 7th 2022
your line quality really stands out to me, also in your submission for lesson 1. can i ask, have you practiced a lot? and if so, how? because i just can't seem to draw consistent lines. hmm my handwriting is terrible as well
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2:39 PM, Saturday June 4th 2022
atomic habits by james clear and deep work by cal newport. i recommend reading these two books
5:14 AM, Saturday June 4th 2022
nice :) thank you
8:01 AM, Thursday June 2nd 2022
awesome okay that makes sense. thank you for taking the time and clearing those things up for me
here's my revision of lesson 5
i reread your critiques a couple of times over the span of a few days. it's a lot to take in and i'm not sure if i was able to apply everything you mentioned correctly, but i tried
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8:08 AM, Wednesday June 1st 2022
those are awesome
9:57 AM, Wednesday May 25th 2022
There’s one thing that somehow prevents me from moving on. I’ve uploaded this album with some sketches from other artists to illustrate my point:
A lot of these artists start their drawings with a loose sketch, they seem to think on the page, they draw 2d shapes and they use silhouette to describe form. All of which is very much frowned upon in this course. So i‘m having this constant cognitive dissonance while doing the exercises and that sort of prevents me from fully embracing the method as it’s instructed.
I understand that these are just exercises and that they’re not supposed to be works of art. But I do wonder if we‘re building towards eventually breaking these rigid rules (of construction and markmaking) or if this way of drawing, or more importantly thinking, will train us to approach a drawing more from the perspective of an industrial designer, rather than as an artist.
It would be tremendously helpful if you could clear some of these thoughts up for me. Thank you
edit: i was actually in the natural history museum and working from life while i was doing the homework
9:57 AM, Wednesday May 25th 2022
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8:42 AM, Wednesday May 25th 2022
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