Lesson 5: Applying Construction to Animals
4:18 PM, Friday October 16th 2020
Dear Uncomfortable/teaching assistant,
this was a really fun lesson! Since animals are such a complex subject, my drawing are filled with errors. My personal observation tells me I am making a lot of proportional errors (luckily proportions are not at the forefront of these exercises) and not using detail sparingly enough (mostly with furry creatures).
What confuses me the most though is head construction. Since there are so many planes and the transitions between them are very subtle it is hard for me to simplify the construction. There are several ways to go about constructing the same subject and this makes me wanna go into too much detail too soon. I realise we have to go from simple to complex but I don't have enough experience to know what the most efficient solutions are at a given point in a drawing. I tend to add too many planes witouth a proper, simple construction underneath it, and making contradictions along the way.
Another thing I am having trouble with is leg construction. More specifically, adding a correct intersecting line between two sausage forms. I try to observe my refference as best I can to make these decisions, but there is a lot of going with my gut involved as well. I'm sure I made several mistakes in this area - hopefully there's a simple solution for developing a good understanding of this.
Thank you in advance for the review,
MisterSpades