Hey Guys,
Back for more!
Still dealing with the backlog so I will get back on sketching once I have caught back up on the blog... I don't like having to chase the blog posts especially weeks behind. Anyway I still have my slippery slope moments but they are mostly tied to the changing of the pose. I can draw women standing pretty easily now and I know how to correct it... then I go to women sitting/laying/leaning and things get a bit trickier. I see glimmers of hope in my quicker sketches (aka my exercises - IMG 1-2) but my 5 minute ones lack the dynamism where my longer Unknown length ones are a bit of a mixed bag but if i spend long enough I can make them work... Something to look at...
(IMG 1 - 45 Sec - 03/03/2020) Twisting & Sitting female pose series revisited x10 - "Be careful with your proportions”
(IMG 2 - 45 Sec - 03/03/2020) Various Beans from Female Pose Series Tests 62 - "Your twist is getting better - FGH"
(IMG 3 - 5 Min - 03/03/2020) Female Sketch from Bean "Try to get the dynamism of your quicker poses"
(IMG 4 - 5 Min - 03/03/2020) Female Sketch from Bean "Better but try to achieve more exaggeration"
(IMG 5 - Unknown - 03/03/2020) Female Sketch from Bean "Stylistic, keep forcing and exaggerate the twist - keep it up!"
I have come to find that 5-15 minute sketches (IMG 3-4) are where my main weakness lies at the moment. I seem to get a bit complacent with the time and wind up either with a sub par sketch with little detail or a pose that is just flat wrong. When I'm drawing fast i don't have time to think about anything I just try to get down as much as I possibly can. When I do longer (Unknown) length sketches I don't worry about time because the goal is to achieve something without limits. In between those two extremes is a sweet spot which works some of the time but fails mostly. This is probably a sign telling me to do just 5 minute sketches for a time until I get comfortable... Food for thought!
Over & Out,
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