Hi,
my name is David and i'm trying to learn drawing, I mean with really good bases.
DrawABox is really helpful and gives nice advices, thanks to his creator, really !
I tried to do my best with my current level, hope this is not so bad.
I look forward to having constructive comments to make it better.
Have a good day
hi david!
i think overall your line quality is really good :)
on the rough perspective exercise you rushed a bit through (like me! if you click on my critique for lesson 1 you will see). your boxes will get better a lot once you start the 250 boxes challenge...
cya there!
Next Steps:
250 box challenge
Thanks for the comment
You are right, I may have rushed the organic perspective a bit. But it's hard for me to really see cubes in my imagination.
I can see the faces and edges in front of me, but not the edges and the distant faces, I have to test them on paper to find roughly the right line and angle. I am not able of envision with cubes, more with spheres, I hope it will come with practice, I am currently about 100 cubes of the 250 challenge, I have not yet the feeling I would like.
It is the same for you ?
I looked at your homework, I think the quality of your lines is very good too.
Your were really successful with the rotated boxes. And yes maybe a little rush in the organic boxes. The ellipses are fine too, maybe, as I do, more difficulties with little ones, the tracing with shoulder for little forms appears not convenient for me.
And finally, about your challenge, maybe an advice, you have the Y with angles over 90°, but the opposite angle the nearest from the observer, I think have to be over 90° too.
Bye
uh you have 100! nice, i'm in my 70ies still (havent uploaded them for a few days)
hah! yes the opposite Y has to be over 90° you're right... :) but when i'm trying to construct the boxes i never looked at this, i just tried to get about two sides of the vanishing point right and the third was always off.. but i think i'm getting better now.
Michael Hampton is one of my favourite figure drawing teachers, specifically because of how he approaches things from a basis of structure, which as you have probably noted from Drawabox, is a big priority for me. Gesture however is the opposite of structure however - they both exist at opposite ends of a spectrum, where structure promotes solidity and structure (and can on its own result in stiffness and rigidity), gesture focuses on motion and fluidity, which can result in things that are ephemeral, not quite feeling solid and stable.
With structure and spatial reasoning in his very bones, he still provides an excellent exploration of gesture, but in a visual language in something that we here appreciate greatly, and that's not something you can find everywhere.
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