aminos
11-16-2009, 12:44 PM
I started to do some real art(drawing) only this summer, when I am in my middle 20s. I always love drawing/painting, but never had the resources and support when I am young. So I understand all the struggles and confusion.
However, this summer I made the right choice to get in an art studio for some serious learning. It was taught in Atelier style. It is then, I learnt so much in a month. I just want to share some experience I had.
I start to draw a cubic the first day for almost three hours. It is a copy piece with shading. I also practised doodle lines . I learnt how to sharpen my pencil the artists' way. Then I copied another piece of a sphere with shading for about three hours as well. Then learnt the names and relation of values. Then a cone. That was 9 hours of drawing for day One.
For day two, I drawn octagon, then had two pieces with three shapes together. This takes another 9 hours.
Day three, I simply drawn another copied piece and then life drawing of the shapes.
Day four, I copied an piece of an apple, a banana and a glass of water.
Day five, I copied grouped objects, fruits, vegatables and a stool.
I did copies of gouped objects for another three days, 9 hours per day.
Then I had life drawing of simple objects during the day (6hours), the first piece took me about 5/6 hours then I was pushed to finish my piece in three hours. In evening I start to copy portraits (3hours). I did this for another four days.
My teacher would increase the difficulties of each piece, but he will only let me move on to the next piece untill he's happy with the old piece. (Each piece is pushed to its perfection.)
When my teacher's happy with my life drawing and shading, then we moved on to painting. My daily schedule is 3 hours morning, 3 hours afternoon and 3 hours in the evening. My teacher asked me to do 6 hours during the day for painting and 3 hours in the evening for portrait drawing.
I may have drawn before but I have never really paint before, I struggled to tears the first day... Simple couldn't paint （copy from books) a banana. painted six times, but neither my teacher nor I am happy.. So I painted apples and bananas the whold day for about 10 hours.
Day 13, I painted a coke bottle, then several pieces of toasts and some flowers.
Day 14, 15 & 16, I painted groups of still objects (fruit, pots).
Day 17&18, I start to pain life objects.
Day 19&20, I did copies of still objects.
Day 21-24, I did copies of landscape.
From day 12-24, I did about 4 pieces of copies of portraits drawing.
Also I was required to do 3 sketches every day during the month.
That is the one month.(6 days a week) For the first week, I got bruise over my finger from shaperning pencils and my shoulder hurts from too much drawing. but after about two weeks, my body adjusts to the schedule.
My teacher and other people in the studio does more than 9 hours of drawing/painting (almost 6 days a week) for most of their life.... This is the REAL world of art.
However, this summer I made the right choice to get in an art studio for some serious learning. It was taught in Atelier style. It is then, I learnt so much in a month. I just want to share some experience I had.
I start to draw a cubic the first day for almost three hours. It is a copy piece with shading. I also practised doodle lines . I learnt how to sharpen my pencil the artists' way. Then I copied another piece of a sphere with shading for about three hours as well. Then learnt the names and relation of values. Then a cone. That was 9 hours of drawing for day One.
For day two, I drawn octagon, then had two pieces with three shapes together. This takes another 9 hours.
Day three, I simply drawn another copied piece and then life drawing of the shapes.
Day four, I copied an piece of an apple, a banana and a glass of water.
Day five, I copied grouped objects, fruits, vegatables and a stool.
I did copies of gouped objects for another three days, 9 hours per day.
Then I had life drawing of simple objects during the day (6hours), the first piece took me about 5/6 hours then I was pushed to finish my piece in three hours. In evening I start to copy portraits (3hours). I did this for another four days.
My teacher would increase the difficulties of each piece, but he will only let me move on to the next piece untill he's happy with the old piece. (Each piece is pushed to its perfection.)
When my teacher's happy with my life drawing and shading, then we moved on to painting. My daily schedule is 3 hours morning, 3 hours afternoon and 3 hours in the evening. My teacher asked me to do 6 hours during the day for painting and 3 hours in the evening for portrait drawing.
I may have drawn before but I have never really paint before, I struggled to tears the first day... Simple couldn't paint （copy from books) a banana. painted six times, but neither my teacher nor I am happy.. So I painted apples and bananas the whold day for about 10 hours.
Day 13, I painted a coke bottle, then several pieces of toasts and some flowers.
Day 14, 15 & 16, I painted groups of still objects (fruit, pots).
Day 17&18, I start to pain life objects.
Day 19&20, I did copies of still objects.
Day 21-24, I did copies of landscape.
From day 12-24, I did about 4 pieces of copies of portraits drawing.
Also I was required to do 3 sketches every day during the month.
That is the one month.(6 days a week) For the first week, I got bruise over my finger from shaperning pencils and my shoulder hurts from too much drawing. but after about two weeks, my body adjusts to the schedule.
My teacher and other people in the studio does more than 9 hours of drawing/painting (almost 6 days a week) for most of their life.... This is the REAL world of art.