Stages of learning

[vishmt]

Please guys !! If I have posted this question in the wrong place... please do tell me. I really need to know the answer :).

[LukArh]

i asked this question on another forum too hehe heres a quote


Don't get me wrong and don't study anatomy at all,that wouldn't be smart,you should do some seperate anatomy studies too,just balance them out.If i was to list drawing skills in order of importance..it would be

1.Perspective- If you can't create the impression of 3d/3d space,your screwed.
2.Gesture- the pose tells the story..very essential
3.Contour- hard to explain this one "the natural way to draw" by kimon nicolaides book explains this well.
4.Proportion -Probably can fit into gesture,you can learn all the anatomy you want,but if your proportions look off,thats a problem i.e. forearm too long,head has perfect anatomy,but its too big for the body etc..
5.Anatomy -Gets fun one you really get down to it.

[vishmt]

hey, thanks a lot for the reply...

Can you give me the link to the thread so that I can see the other comments too :)

-Vishakh

[Lunatique]

You really should be attacking from all directions. While you're practicing drawing simple shapes and constructing more complex shapes, also read about color theory and start observing how it affects the world around you. While you're practicing 3 point perspective, read up on composition and values..etc and so on. Drawing requires you to know different (perspective, values, anatomy, clothing folds, foreshortening, composition, surface textures, lighting...etc) and being able to apply them all at the same time, that's why it's kind of weird to learn one after another.

[vishmt]

Thanks a lot for the info :)

[Fodder1977]

Look into the book "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" by Betty Edwards. Although I did not like the portrait exercises (amongst others), she makes some very valid points about drawing. The main point being "DRAW WHAT YOU SEE." I am still struggling with coming up with drawings from imagination, but if you grasp her main point of learning to draw what you see and learning her techniques to do this it will result in a huge improvement in your initial drawing skills. My biggest suggestion is initially draw from references utilizing Betty Edwards idea of drawing what you see, learn your subject matter through practice, and eventually you should be able to draw most anything through inspiration (and an underlying understanding of how things fit together ... a result of repeatedly drawing what you see). I wish I had figured this out years ago.

[Fodder1977]

Another great way to learn is to teach. Read through people's questions in this forum (and others) and try to come up with ways to answer their questions on drawing, modeling, and painting techniques. There is no quicker way to learn then to try teaching others.

[srisha]

May be this site helps you.

http://www.drawspace.com/

[cattle]

May be this site helps you.

http://www.drawspace.com/

This page is realy awsome, especialy for such folks as me, who is in learning process. Tutorials in this page are high quality and are almost step by step from basic skills to advanced. When i'm drawing from this page tutorials i can't believe that i can do this after i'm finishing my work :)

[Amit_S]

I would recommend getting Kimon Nicolaides book. The exercises are not arranged in topics but in class structures as you would study them in art school. If you follow the schedule it would take you something like a year with around 3 hours per session.
I just started the course myself.

[nightwoodwolf]

srisha (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=307901) vbmenu_register("postmenu_4867790", true); thanks for the link there are some cool stuff on that page

[jjdon]

This page is realy awsome, especialy for such folks as me, who is in learning process. Tutorials in this page are high quality and are almost step by step from basic skills to advanced. When i'm drawing from this page tutorials i can't believe that i can do this after i'm finishing my work :)


Me, too - cool site and I can use the help, too.

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