practice for beginner
3yr
Weely Chen
i already know and planning what course should i take and practice but do i have to take a course with same topic or i can just move on to another topic like after i finish dynamic sketching from peter han , should continue with draw a box course, or john muir laws video or i just can move on to anatomy or perspective ,Thankyouu
3yr
Hello @Weely Chen
I will tell you about my experience as a beginner artist, as I have the chance to be guided though a program by an art instructor.
The idea is to go to the next course once you finish the reps and assimilate very well what the course had to teach you.
For me, I started training on the cubes and drew like 100 cubes before moving to gesture drawing - I guess it is the same thing as dynamic sketching- where I drew something like 100 poses.
Actually after cubes and before gesture drawings I also trained on ellipses and cylinders.
So after the first N reps* of the exercise, you can use it as warm up when you practice for the next course.
For example, before I start my session of practicing the human structure / mannequinisation, I would spend 10 minutes drawing circles and ellipses, or doing quick gesture drawings.
*N depends on the time of the rep, e.g.:
N = 100 for cubes or gesture drawings, as one rep takes 2 to 5 minutes
N = 5 for structure of human figure, or simplified anatomy of the human figure, as one rep would take 30 to 60 minutes
Hope this can be helpful =)
Let's keep in touch as I'm also a beginner artist, we could motivate each other ;)
here my IG https://www.instagram.com/dudts_draws/
Becca
3yr
Hi there, I’m a beginner too, and I think everyone starts out with something that they’re good at - maybe from practicing in childhood or something, but basically anyone who wants to draw has probably had some feeling of past success that makes them want to continue. In getting the fundamentals right, I think there isn’t really a beginning and an end where you just figure them all out. For that reason, I think you can jump around in fundamentals and work on lots of different things, almost in any order. I actually practice this myself because I get bored just grinding out exercises. I say take what you want whenever you feel inspired - with one exception.
The exception is when you start to get a little bit beyond fundamentals. I think it could be less useful to take a more advanced course before you feel somewhat comfortable with your fundamentals. For example, I wouldn’t take anatomy before you have basic gesture and figure structure kind of worked out.
I’m doing drawabox, and for me, one of the most important things I’ve learned was the 50% rule in Lesson 0. He says spend at least 50% of your drawing time without thinking about study. It should just be for fun and doing the best you can, enjoying the process. This has helped me tremendously to not get bored and frustrated and want to quit.
Hope this helps you to think about it. 😊
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3yr
Thankyouu for answering my question, it really means a lot to me , and your drawing is awesome :D
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