Sketchbook Thread of Russo

#21

[left]Hello,[/left]

[left]I just bought the Bridgman´s Life Drawing book. Next month I´m going to buy Constructive Anatomy and Bridgman’s Complete Guide to Drawing From Life. I already have: Burne Hogarth - Dynamic Figure Drawing, Drawing the Human Head, Drawing Dynamic Hands; Andrew Loomis - Figure Drawing - For All It’S Worth, Drawing Heads and Hands; Jack Hamm - Drawing The Head and Figure; The Vilppu Drawing Manual; Paul Richer - Artistic Anatomy.[/left]

[left]I have this lot of materials, but I don´t know the best aproach to study from these books.[/left]
[left]What do you suggest?[/left]

[left]Above is my 4º Head:[/left]


04 - Head # 010 - BELLINI, Giovanni
David with the Head of Goliath

#22

you progress is very very good
congrats :smiley:

#23

Gisaiami: obrigado!

Can someone give me a suggestion?

I just bought the Bridgman´s Life Drawing book. Next month I´m going to buy Constructive Anatomy and Bridgman’s Complete Guide to Drawing From Life. I already have: Burne Hogarth - Dynamic Figure Drawing, Drawing the Human Head, Drawing Dynamic Hands; Andrew Loomis - Figure Drawing - For All It’S Worth, Drawing Heads and Hands; Jack Hamm - Drawing The Head and Figure; The Vilppu Drawing Manual; Paul Richer - Artistic Anatomy.

[left]I have this lot of materials, but I don´t know the best aproach to study from these books.[/left]
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[left]P.S. Sorry for the repetition![/left]

#24

R-Russo,

I would select a book that appeals to you most, and begin to copy the drawings and follow the steps in these books. What you’ll learn from the most is copying from master artists - choose one, and simply start to copy. You’ll learn a lot. :wink:

#25

Rebeccak: thanks for the suggestion. But, what of these books do you recommend for me to start? Sorry to be annoying (Is this correct?).

Above follows what I have so far for my 5º head. I don´t know if I SHOULD improve it.
Critics and comments are always welcome.

[left]Thanks,[/left]

#26

Hi
i’m going through Burne Hogarth’s “Drawing the human head” these days and it’s really helpful. I did try to get Loomis’ “foolproof technique” for drawing heads first though.
once I’m through this book from Hogarth, I’ll be studying from his “Dynamic figure drawing”.

Since the head is one of the most important bodyparts of a human being, it works best for me to focus on the head first and then expand my studies to the neck and shoulders, torso, arms, the hands,the legs and the feet. Not nescessarily only in that order (I focus on heads the first 2 years but I do study other body parts to keep variation in my studies, the anatomy lesson workshops here at cgtalk are excellent for this, but as soon as the workshop is over I concentrate on the heads again)

Anyway, I’d go for Burne Hogarth - Drawing the Human Head first…

#27

NR43’s points are very good and I would second his opinion. :slight_smile:

#28

NR43 , Rebeccak: Thanks a lot. As son as possible I´m going to study Hogarth´s Drawing the Human Head.

#29

One suggestion I might have is learning one thing at a time. By this now I don’t mean only the head or only the arms, but the lines or hatching. How well can you construct the head without raising the pencil from the sheet. Doing that gesture. You should really watch Bobby Chiu’s video tutorials, he says great stuff there. For example how he was concentrating only on the lines for about half a year. And that is great.

So, what I want to say is, that decide what is your main goal from these studies. Is it anatomy, is it proportion, is it linework, is it hatching/shading, etc.

#30

razz: Thanks for the advice. I´ll watch the videos you recommend me.

I realy would like to learn everything. Anatomy, proportion, linework, hatching/shading, colors, values… but I know that I need to make one step at time.

Actualy I want to focus on Figure Drawing cause I want to be able to draw my own pictures from memory.

#31

Hey, Russo!
I’m here to retribute the visit for you and I really liked the sketches I saw in your sketchbook. It’s good to see someone focused in his goals. Burne Hogarth’s a grest master and his books will be very helpful for your journey as said before. É bom ver conterrâneos por aqui, hehe!

Hugs, Kim.

#32

Just a little update in my sketchbook while I don´t start studying Hogarth’s book:

[left]I´m still going to correct a lot of mistakes before the final render.[/left]
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[left]I need to draw more, but I don´t have time…[/left]

#33

wonderfull dusso
great evolution

#34

Another update before sleep:

#35

As Kim says, it’s great to see you focused. Keep going…you’re doing great. You’ve gotten some really good advice from Rebecca and others, so I’ll just lend my support.

Cris

#36

Cris: There are a lot of good artists here and their advices are great. Thanks for the support of all of you. I think I´m learning a lot.

Here is just another little update from the last head. I still didn´t have time to finish it.

#37

[left]Hello.[/left]

[left]Well, I abandoned for a while the last head cause I think the objective isn´t in rendering it, but in the construction of the head.[/left]

[left]I was a little absent in the last weeks cause I was busy studying for a theater play (is it the name?) that will happen in december 1, 2 and 3.[/left]

#38

Hey there

I think the objective isn´t in rendering it, but in the construction of the head.

I think that’s not such a bad idea, ya know.
At school we are doing line studies now… at a moderate pace, say 30-45 min per head, trying to accurately construct the head in profile on paper (I’ll post the results this weekend in my sb thread, so you can have a look at what exactly I mean).
Doing plenty of this kind of exercises allows us to get the feel of how a head really exists, getting really used to the proportions etc…

I think you will learn faster if you do a lot of these “faster” studies, combined with an extended study every now and then…
It works for me, maybe it will work for you to :slight_smile:

You definetely did a great job on those last two, especially the one on the left
Keep going!!

#39

Thanks NR43.

I´m trying to construct the head faster and then define the major areas of shadows.

Well, all critics and comments are very very welcome. Always.

#40

Afer a long time without nothing new to show, I´ll post some gesture work from my sketchbook. I think I´ll let the heads to the future.