Lesson 4: Applying Construction to Insects and Arachnids
12:08 AM, Friday May 1st 2020
Alright posting this as a new attempt at a lessons as instructed.
Still having trouble with 3 dimensional shapes unfortunately. Nothing new - I've always had a hard time getting things to look like they're not just a mess of basic shapes. The same goes for accuracy.
Some of the sloppyness is from wanting to draw each singular form quickly and in a single stroke. I'm trying to apply what I learned from the previous lessons to this one. I seem to be failing at this. Ghosting is a little difficult for more complex or larger shapes. It's difficult to know what it will look like until I've drawn it. As a result something appear way out of proportion.
A lot of the 'looseness' of the images is due to the fact I'm unable to correct or erase anything. My only option is to either move on or start all over again. I have had several re-attempts at something because I either make a major mistake or too many small ones to contiune. After the first mistake everything else tends to get worse.
I'm having a hard time ghosting some of the more nuanced forms that the insects tend to have. Even if I attach smaller shapes to bigger ones I still manage to get things wrong
The paper I'm using is very close to A4, It's Strathmore 9x12in. sketchbook. I'm using these because I have far more paper in the sketchbooks right now than I do printer paper laying around.
No idea if I have ADHD. If so it's simply another obsticle I need to overcome.
I'm concerned about how to improve. I watch the videos but I feel like I'm trying to do whats in them but, failing at it. The silent ones are of no use - watching them does nothing for me. I can see the difference between the final results in them and my work but, I'm not able to see what I'm doing wrong.