Is there any drawing method outside using Construction line?
https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtFundamentals/comments/rrt6c6/is_there_any_drawing_method_outside_using/
2021-12-30 05:05
octor_stranger
Does anyone really hate idea of using construction like what Proko is teaching in the figure drawing course ? Cause that's me.
Does George Bridgman using construction in his drawing book? He don't make the shape had to be cylinder, or round. He only using square shape, and a litter bit of contour line, to make the form pop out 3 dimension.
He seem like to draw what he see? Not using a generic formula. Does Glen Keane using construction ?
If not, what's the drawing method does these guys using, cause i want to learn it. Can you help me to identify it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydjCzCyOI4A&ab_channel=LightsCameraJackson
And drawing method of Steven Zapata too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UJuQ0Ma1L4&ab_channel=StevenZapataArt
Uncomfortable
2021-12-30 16:58
This question, being more general in context, is probably better suited to /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw, as this subreddit is reserved for those working through the lessons on Drawabox.com, as explained here.
That said, Drawabox is a course that is highly focused on construction, but I can explain a little more about the way in which we use it to help answer your question. Construction is, above all else, an exercise. It is the process of breaking complex objects down into simpler forms, so those forms can be manipulated as needed, before building them back up on the page. In doing this exercise - which is a lot like having students solve a 3D spatial puzzle where they start with simple forms and gradually build up complexity by introducing new forms, and considering the way in which those additions relate to the existing structure in 3D space - the student is forced to develop the part of their brain that understands the things they draw as though they exist in a 3D world, which the page itself merely looks out upon like a window.
It's this capacity for spatial reasoning which will allow you to draw more freely, without relying on construction as strictly. Of course, construction is still very useful as a tool to solve complex spatial problems (when we can't quite figure out how to tackle a specific bit of foreshortening, for example), but it isn't strictly a technique that has to be used in your own illustrations.
Those you've linked have no doubt spent years developing their spatial reasoning skills (perhaps with construction, perhaps by other means), and are now more capable of just winging it as they see fit. This preliminary work also makes them far better suited to drawing from their imagination, or using reference more loosely (being able to make alterations to it so they don't need to find the perfect reference every time).
You can also think of it like the drills soccer players do, while not playing matches. Of course, they could develop highly precise control of the ball by only playing games, but doing so isn't terribly efficient - practicing drills outside of games helps develop their skills more effectively, and the same goes for drawing. You can just strive to draw what you see day in, day out, for years, and your abilities will certainly improve. It'll just take a while.
The other side of this is true as well - there are a lot of students who are so firmly focused on using construction in all cases (rather than primarily as an exercise) that they'll find themselves getting too stiff and locked up when trying to draw their own work.
I hope that clarifies things for you, but if it doesn't, be sure to ask over on /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw for alternative explanations.