Tordek in the post "Lesson 3: Drawing Plants (version 3)"
2015-12-18 01:05
I took a long hiatus but I finally decided to try again.
(Continued from the last time.)
Tordek in the post "Lesson 3: Drawing Plants"
2015-07-01 03:57
adding confidence to your lines
You know, this is line actually changed the way I thought of the whole exercise. I was doing the lines because they just were part of the exercise, so I was thinking of them not as structural guides but as elements of the picture... so I was doing them with the same uncertainty as the rest.
Starting with a bad foundation, the rest would be just as unstable... but thinking of them that way "freed" me, so to speak. I started to draw the flower again by first marking a big circle of where the flower exists, then splitting that into where the petals go... which in turn let me detail the curly edges of the petals without having to worry about where that tiny bit fit into the whole, because the tiny bit only needs to fit within a slightly larger bit...
We'll see if it actually worked as well as I think when I'm done :P
Tordek in the post "Lesson 3: Drawing Plants"
2015-06-26 21:24
Alright, I see.
But if I draw lots of these elements, won't I end up with a drawing full of extraneous lines? I mean, say I want to do a simple flower, I'd start with a couple of circles: the inner and outer limits of the petals, then start filling in my petals; or with a fern, each "fractal" leaf will start as a flat leaf, then get broken down, right?
Or is it just because I'm doing it in ink here and it looks too obvious but it wouldn't be so much if I did it in pencil and inked later?
Tordek in the post "Lesson 3: Drawing Plants"
2015-06-26 06:24
You do try to start off simple, but you're not yet identifying the major forms
What do you mean by major forms?... basically, "more details in the lay-in, less details in the details"?
, and you're generally in a hurry to move onto the detail part of the process.
Guilty as charged...
Take this (which is the one I like the most out of what I've done)... should I be worrying more about contour lines and the like, and do less/no shading?
Thirdly, your lines are very sketchy and rough.
The camera no longer lies, I guess ;[... my phone definitely hides things, but the scanner kinda exaggerates things...
In your lay-in stage, you should be focusing on drawing complete, closed forms. Before you go into breaking down those forms,
What do you mean by "breaking down" the forms? (Sorry, I'm not familiar with the phrase, English is my second language).
And draw bigger.
How big is "bigger"? should I be filling a page with a single drawing?
Thank you for your comments, I really appreciate your help :)
Tordek in the post "Lesson 3: Drawing Plants"
2015-06-25 03:12
Here's my attempt at this lesson... plus a bonus Cthulhu.
Tordek in the post "Lesson 3: Drawing Plants (version 3)"
2015-12-19 04:38
Oh, I missed the announcement. Thanks for your efforts and best of luck finding a place! :)