Project - Learning to Sketch from Observation
Project - Learning to Sketch from Observation
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Project - Learning to Sketch from Observation
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Rachel Dawn Owens
A VR girl of my own. I wanted to make her cooler, so I gave her a sword and a shield… and a cape.
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ASSIGNMENTS

Use the three reference images of clean line drawings and sketch them using simple loose lines. Don't try to match the cleanliness of these drawings. Instead, sketch them out with energetic, tapered strokes. Don't hesitate. Just practice moving your arm with confidence. If you draw some lines and then you realize that, Oh, shoot, I need to curve that more. Go ahead and just draw the new curve right over it. As you get more confident that you've found the shape, you can darken those lines and the lighter lines start to disappear. Focus on the big idea and the shapes the lines represent, rather than on each individual line. 

For you, Level 2 monster trucks, I want you to start with this Level 1 project as a warmup, and then head over to the Learning to Sketch from Imagination project page for your instructions.

If you'd like to have a chance to be included in the upcoming critique videos, you must submit your drawings below by March 9th 2023

Good luck and please have some fun!

aparkerr
3h
This was fun!
Gabriel
7h
Here's my Assignment, once again still need to work on my proportions and page placement, both the penguin and hand ended up going off the page :(. VR Girl turned out good, but I think I might have gotten too granular and made her not as much of a sketch as it should be for the exercice.
Georgia Price
I tried twice , I am definitely struggling with confident lines, I restarted the second one about 10 times
Balázs Tápai
Penguin with mechanical pencil on paper.
Balázs Tápai
The spider-man webshooting pose with mechanical pencil on paper
aleaxe 1212
I struggled a LOT and improved a LOT on those ones (I also invested in some new pencils and materials and it's so much better) I wasn't expecting to struggle so much on the vr girl but and I maybe went to far after the sketching part but it's making more experience for me.
Lulu
1d
I'll probably redraw the vr girl because I'm struggling
Przemek
2d
Patrick Bosworth
Really nice work! Great mix of straights and curves. I love the spidey-hand, great proportions, and I really dig the flowy S curve you used for the pinky against the boxy thumb. Great design choices. I think the proportions for the penguin are a little looser, but I still think it's a great sketch! Nice balance of straights and curves, you've exaggerated the chest a bit, which suits the pose but the head is a little large, and I think reads more seagull than penguin just based on proportions. Great job, keep it up!
Shaymaa Abusalih
Having trouble with proportions and but I'll keep practicing this one.
Howard Fullmer
getting in the habbit of drawing with whole arm and shoulders is a challenge. It is a new feeling I am learning to draw with
Spinoxx
3d
I think mine eated too much sushi !
Spinoxx
3d
Finalised those ones this morning, still struggling with proportion but pretty proud of my arm drawing !
Chuck Ludwig Reina
I kind of love it haha
Sami Naja
Pre demo
Chelsea
4d
Argyrios Ramandanis
Chirantan
Before, during and after watching the demo
@bobash
5d
These are my artworks please give me some tips. I just got procreate and my dad said that I might get a coarse for that after
@bbruce
5d
I don’t want to share my attempts at the other 2 lol these are definitely beyond my ability since I could barely draw a straight line before this course and it feels like we’re jumping into the deep end pretty early on here. should I hold off on this course and find something more basic before picking it back up? I thought we would be learning basic shapes and using those to construct more complex forms. But here is the penguin. I’ll watch the demo and the critiques and try all three of these again.
Larry
4d
Im working on mine now. Its good to see others going through the same things and learning. I like your line quality. It’s not easy; especially for me learning a new skill creating the muscle memory. keep going and learning
Melanie Scearce
You could jump ahead to the next module, which covers building with simple shapes (https://www.proko.com/course-lesson/7-ways-simple-shapes-can-improve-your-drawings). A huge plus of self-directed courses is that you don't have to go in order, although the course was designed to be done in chronological order to build off of what you learn in the previous lessons. You could check out the shapes section, and then come back here. Or whatever order makes the most sense to you!
@carniequeue
This was fun but also a struggle. I also have no idea if my approach was the correct one.
Chuck Ludwig Reina
Looks good. Your approach seems to be working well! One thing to look out for is going too hard on the lines from the beginning. Start loose and really light on the paper. It's okay to sketch in a few of these ghost lines, and only once you feel good about the line should you go heavier. This not only helps you control the flow of the picture, but gives it that great sketchy quality. Keep it up! Cheers!
@coldemptyvoid
Lea
8d
Elise Buehler
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