
Kevin
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5d
I am going through the figure drawing fundamental course as well and this session clarified so much - awesome lesson!
26d
In the first example Stan shows in this sequence, I'm a little confused how we are seeing the front AND back planes of the torso. Is Stan just super exaggerating his upper box to have and intense curve?

Kevin
24d
I also find it to be a tricky one - however, it makes sense in my opinion if we consider the central lines (front and back).
For the back, we just see half of it, the part until the spine/central line (that we cannot see). Therefore, on your rectangle for the back, you should be able to see half of it.
On the front, you can clearly see the central line at the pelvic region, but it then disappears because it is masked by the shoulders. Therefore, the top of your rectangle should cross above the front plane.
So I thought it was exaggeration at first, but this is actually accurate.
Hope that helps!
1mo
Is anybody else sometimes annoyed by the disruptive trumpets in the backgroundmusic?
1mo
I am facing a challenge: my sketches after the demo are more static than before the demo.
The reason I believe is that I used CSI and a "quick sketches" mindset before the demo and used short "scratchy" lines after the demo to try to replicate the interesting shapes Stan creates. Unfortunately - mine don't render as good as his. I feel like I can either draw movement with very basic shapes or static drawings with interesting shapes.
Any tips on how to avoid making the confident CSI lines look static when adding the detailed shapes?
Thanks!
30d
Thanks both for your comments - I agree: keeping at it is the best way to solve this challenge. I am also following the course Figure Drawing Fundamentals and that helped for the gesture part.
Regarding the interesting shapes, I am still struggling with my line quality and the overhand grip - having more control over my lines will allow me to draw small deviations to my CSI lines which will eventually stop looking like random bumps!
Hope you have fun with it! :)
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