that is actually very goodsome tips I've picked up over the years (not that I'm that good at it or anything)
1: draw what you see, not what you think you see: people tend to look at their subject for a few seconds then spend 20 mins rendering it on the paper. You should, infact spend more time looking at the subject than the paper, otherwise you are simply going on memory, rather than carefully interpreting the subject (there are arguments against this for various schools of art, but if you are going for accuracy....)
2) Practice, Practice Practice: the more you do, from life specifcally, the better. Even a few weeks spent in natural history museums, zoos, public places, just drawing from life and you'll see a difference.
3) Plan you picture first. Work out the basic distances, shapes, negative space etc. etc. If you get this wrong, then the picture will be wrong. Starting by drawing one eye perfectly, then doing an ear, then the mouth, the the jaw line, you WILL get it wrong unless you are amazing at drawing, or autistic.
(1: draw what you see, not what you think you see: people tend to look at their subject for a few seconds then spend 20 mins rendering it on the paper. You should, infact spend more time looking at the subject than the paper, otherwise you are simply going on memory, rather than carefully interpreting the subject (there are arguments against this for various schools of art, but if you are going for accuracy....)
2) Practice, Practice Practice: the more you do, from life specifcally, the better. Even a few weeks spent in natural history museums, zoos, public places, just drawing from life and you'll see a difference.
3) Plan you picture first. Work out the basic distances, shapes, negative space etc. etc. If you get this wrong, then the picture will be wrong. Starting by drawing one eye perfectly, then doing an ear, then the mouth, the the jaw line, you WILL get it wrong unless you are amazing at drawing, or autistic.
theoriginalsteve <this space intentionally left blank>,
Thu 26 Mar 2009, 13:51,
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*Takes notes*that seems like pretty good advice
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