Right Radius & Ulna, 3.29.15
I’ve been wanting to get back to my anatomy book, so I did this drawing of a right radius & ulna (from in front on the left, from in back on the right) on Sunday. It looks like I haven’t done any anatomy in about a month! That’s hard for me to believe – but it looks like I mostly focused on Andrew Loomis stuff in March. That sort of counts as anatomy, I think.
I also did some gesture drawings over the weekend. Can’t exactly remember when each of these were done, but I did some drawing on both Saturday & Sunday. Here’s what I think I did on Saturday:
Gesture Drawings, 3.28.15
Gesture Drawings, 3.28.15
Gesture Drawings, 3.28.15
Gesture Drawings, 3.28.15
Gesture Drawings, 3.28.15
I also watched some Proko videos on gesture drawing – not sure if it helped, but I think I might have a better idea on how to go about it. It’s just the execution of that knowledge that’s a bit tricky! But I feel like when I warm up, things start to improve.
Here’s what I did on Sunday:
Gesture Drawings, 3.29.15
Gesture Drawings, 3.29.15
Aaand, that’s that. I think Sunday went a little better. I’m going to keep doing these as often as possible, in addition to other drawings. At the very least, when I don’t have a lot of time to draw on some days, I know I can work on gesture drawings.
In other news: a bunch of you are doing the “draw everyday” thing, which is so great – I haven’t really been doing that, but I’ve decided to give it a go in the month of April. I can’t guarantee a post everyday if I don’t have access to a scanner, but I will try my best to draw something everyday & post the results when I’m able to. I’m also attempting to do the same thing with writing music – not that I’ll post the results here, but now that I’ve said it publicly, I’ll feel more accountable to actually do it.
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Nice! Looking forward to your daily work! Love your gestures. They feel v fluid and real.
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Thanks!
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These are great. I want to do gestures like this.
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You should give them a try! They’re a quick thing to draw.
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I do try them, most every day. But they never come out so smooth and human, like yours, Mine are always sticks that get bent out of shape. I’ll keep trying!
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Ah, I see! Do you post them on your blog ever?
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with simplifying the lines even more to sticks – in fact, I’ve seen that recommended for shorter sketches (30 seconds or so), but mine are about 2 minute sketches. Anyway, don’t feel bad – I’m not super pleased with mine either. I think it just takes a lot of time to get better.
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I tend not to post them because they are so crazy bad. Maybe this evening I’ll try that website that has gestures you can draw. As in everything: keep trying, right?
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Agreed!
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These gesture drawings are really coming along! I’m doing an everyday drawing challenge but don’t necessarily post everyday on my blog (though I try to on instagram). Sometimes I feel like it ends up being too much admin of editing photos/creating posts that takes away from the actual experience of drawing. But keep it up, I look forward to see how you do in April.
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Thanks!
Yeah, I know what you mean – I’m trying to do at least 30 minutes a day of drawing, but often more, & all the extra stuff that comes from having the blog takes up time! It’s fun, though, & I’m not sure I’d be as motivated if I wasn’t doing it here – it’s like a project, & projects are really good for me.
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The gestures are great, and I also love the solidity of your bones.
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Thank you!
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I really love your Sunday gestures. All of them look great really but the ones from Sunday look particularly smooth and solid.
I really need to try to do more gesture drawings myself. They still seem a bit scary to me.
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Thanks – yeah, I think Sunday was the best for me. I think I had reviewed some video how-to’s & that might have helped.
I know what you mean – gesture drawings scare me too!
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