Ok, May got away from me. Over the spring I've been trying to learn how to write, so there hasn't been a lot to see.
Compound that with the fact that I have vehemently hated pretty much every single line I've put on paper all year , and I came perilously close to hanging up the pencils and calling it quits.
But, like the blog says, I can't stop drawing, even if my work is utterly lacking in merit or potential. And, in any case, I'm not the type to quit just because I got to the hard part of the learning curve.
So, instead of quitting I study harder. I copy stuff from anatomy and life-drawing books until I understand what I'm looking at.
For my daily sketches, instead of working on character likeness, I spend a few weeks working on anatomy and construction.
I keep drawing, every day. Eventually, it's going to have to get better. Right?
References:
http://www.amazon.ca/Constructive-Anatomy-George-B-Bridgman/dp/0486211045
http://www.amazon.ca/Figure-Drawing-Andrew-Loomis/dp/0857680986
http://www.amazon.ca/Atlas-Anatomy-Artist-Stephen-Rogers/dp/0195030958
http://www.amazon.ca/Anatomy-Complete-Artists-Joseph-Sheppard/dp/0486272796
References:
http://www.amazon.ca/Constructive-Anatomy-George-B-Bridgman/dp/0486211045
http://www.amazon.ca/Figure-Drawing-Andrew-Loomis/dp/0857680986
http://www.amazon.ca/Atlas-Anatomy-Artist-Stephen-Rogers/dp/0195030958
http://www.amazon.ca/Anatomy-Complete-Artists-Joseph-Sheppard/dp/0486272796
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