GETitOFFmeNOW in the post "How strict is the "no reference" rule when free drawing?"
2023-01-19 21:36
Lots of artists use references all their lives. Never heard of a "no teference rule."
GETitOFFmeNOW in the post "When you want your drawings to actually look good, do you still draw the construction lines like spheres, cylinders etc or do you you just imagine them in your mind and draw without them so the drawing looks cleaner?"
2021-12-12 01:11
Yeah, by the time I left art school, I could draw anything without an extra mark made. I was drawing or painting for 22 hours a week in class and another 5-10 hours at home.
I am drawing far less now and I have to go back to the beginning; making complex forms by assembling simple forms.
Can't lose if you plan a little bit and lightly lay out the whole composition, developing it all at once instead of one area at a time. This seems to be the most efficient use of my time at this point.
I have a set of tarot cards made from the designs of a very old deck of hand-drawn cards from the 16th century. Some of the figures are really badly done. If only the designer had sketched his skeletons first! But back then, they didn't even know what a skeleton really looked like.
GETitOFFmeNOW in the post "When you want your drawings to actually look good, do you still draw the construction lines like spheres, cylinders etc or do you you just imagine them in your mind and draw without them so the drawing looks cleaner?"
2021-12-12 00:58
Yeah, look how many studies Michelangelo made when preparing for a painting. https://www.google.com/search?q=michelangelo+details,+studies,+practice&sxsrf=AOaemvIB1NGSk_lJ-l6QrR8wXYJhpkLYqQ:1639270548002&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjj39DVht30AhXummoFHZ9PA90Q_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1777&bih=907&dpr=1.6
GETitOFFmeNOW in the post "How strict is the "no reference" rule when free drawing?"
2023-01-19 22:58
Oops, sorry!