7:09 PM, Saturday September 12th 2020
So, I'm submitting two drawings of the same bear from the same reference. The reason is that I'm a little confused about how to apply construction to very furry animals. With less furry animals, like a horse, the viewer sees a lot of the animal's musculature, and it seems to make sense to build all that up by massing forms on top of each other and wrapping forms around the basic sausages of the legs, etc. But when the visible part of the animal is mostly fur, it seems like building up the exterior of the animal by massing forms yields worse results. With furry animals, it seems like after laying in the basic structure with spheres and sausages, it's better to "outline" the furry parts rather than try to build them up by wrapping additional masses around each other. In the drawings I'm submitting, I first tried to build everything up by adding sacks of flour on top of each other (admittedly not very well). But in the second drawing, I outlined the furry parts of the legs and neck without building out the additional forms as extensively. The second drawing strikes me as more successful, but possibly not in line with the method you're trying to teach us here. So any guidance you can offer would be appreciated. I looked at your informal bear demos, but since they are older and don't use the sausage method, I wasn't sure what to take away from them.
Anyway, I hope these two at least demonstrate careful attention to observing the reference. Also, I'm happy to submit a drawing of a different animal if my drawing the same animal twice was against the rules--or if you think that I need to do more drawings before moving on.
My drawings: https://imgur.com/a/qgdVJ0j
Reference: https://www.flickr.com/photos/silvanofabris/8200620924/
