Small update, ill at least finish this one.
I dont know if i am totally wrong or if that maybe just accounts for me but when i copy from ref pics i torally dont get it how to construct all these things. Maybe if i would deconstruct the ref pics that is lay primitive objects over the ref pic i might be able to get it.
Bourbaki,
Heh, yes I bet it’s total chaos there! 
I personally try to avoid crowds, but I’m sure it’s exciting to have the world descend upon your home country.
As I mentioned earlier, I think what will really help you with structure is to do some traditional drawings / master copies from the Portraits thread. Hope to see some!
Cheers,
~Rebeccak
I think i will try to copy this piece here next its one of my favorite pictures and one of the artists i like best because of his often funny paintings.
Bourbaki,
That seems cool, but I would make sure to find a better reference for this image before starting. What is the artist’s name? You might try looking here:
Also, I highly recommend doing a traditional sketch first, scanning it, and painting on top.
Cheers,
~Rebeccak
His name is Carl Spitzweg, here are some more paintings of him
http://www.reproarte.com/painter/Carl_Spitzweg/index.html
I also totally love the bookworm cause these two pictures are describeing me quite good 
For the traditional pencil thingies, i will scan some of the things i have drawn soon and will also start a sketchbook i think. Id also like to get some oil pastel chalks or something like that to colour the sketches do you have any recommendations?
Bourbaki,
Nice to see these! Are they recent, or older?
What I’d really like to see you try is to draw one feature, such as the eye, and to really break it down in terms of planes, and to draw a detailed version. I think that will really help you to look more closely at forms, and to translate them onto the page. What do you think?
Cheers,
~Rebeccak
HuHu,
Well these are recent drawings of mine.
Here my trial of constructing an eye.
I have to admit that i havent been able though to decompose it into triangles.
I had the idea to draw a rectangle then build a hemisphere on this rectangle.
Then i draw the eyelid over the hemissphere the more halfcircles you draw on the rectangle the easier it gets to follow the surface of the eyeball. The last thing to do then is to find the sillouhette of the eyeball between the eyelids.
I think the image shows the method best and it also uses 3 half circles.
I think though that since the sillouhette is most important to find it surfices that you draw the “offside” halfcircles that is the ones that show the eyeballs surfaces you wouldnt see.
If you can point me to a place where i can see an eye that is constructed with triangles id be happy to see it.
Sorry for the last image i scanned a page that was drawn on both sides.
Bourbaki,
Good to see your work! Am headed out of town for a bit, but I really recommend purchasing one or more of Burne Hogarth’s books. Try this one for example. He does excellent breakdowns which make form much more easy to understand.
Cheers,
~Rebeccak
Bourbaki,
Welcome back. If you would like, I can point out a few things in your drawings through a paintover. Glad to see more of your work.
Cheers,
-Rebeccak
Hi Bourbaki,
I did the following paintovers, I hope they help - I went a little overboard on the tone one, heh, but I hope it at least shows the process:
[left]Cheers,
-Rebeccak[/left]
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Hope to see you sketching more often!