Deb’s 100 Days of Figure Drawing

[S]

Hi Debra,

I really like what you did with ink and watercolor! keep it up!

I am looking forward to seeing your progress 🙂

[Debra]

Thanks so much for the ideas and encouragement @christopherbunger , I will think about the abstraction of forms, this is what I’m trying to do with figures, I like the conceptual process of Vilppu and Huston. I started out in art, many years ago with the contour drawing method, it’s always been a challenge to draw “through” the form as Glenn stresses.

[Debra]

Thanks for your comments! @simondi-scala

[Debra]

Day 8

 

So I decided to move on to the next lesson in Vilppu’s figure drawing, spherical forms. This is great fun drawing all those circles! I got a new (another!!) sketchbook A3 size so I can draw larger while doing the lessons. Also, I have taken an idea to draw in the sketchbook while writing course notes from @deborahharback thanks!

[Debra]

Day 9 continuing with the Vilppu’s lessons. 

[GordanKnezic]

Debra these look great! I can relate to your struggles and self doubts. I believe, as long as you don’t stop, you have nowhere else to go but forward and get better. Keep it up!

[Debra]

Thanks Gordon for your encouragement!

[Debra]

Day 10 Just plugging away. I didn’t have a lot of steam today but I want to keep the momentum, not miss a day 

[Debbie H]

Hi Debra. I love your sketchbook pages 🙂! They’re so informative and interesting! I think there’s a freedom to this way of learning too, that you’re just making notes, therefore the pressure to produce a polished artwork isn’t there. I’ll reiterate – I sense Glenn’s approach really suits you and I can see how much y0u’re learning. I think it’s good that y0u’ve gone on to the next lesson. You can always cycle back through, but it seems to be important to keep moving, then one thing informs another as you learn different things. Keep up the good work!

[Debra]

Deborah, thanks very much for your positive comments, I really appreciate you sharing your thoughts. It’s so very useful to have others’ input!

[Debra]

Day 11. I did a few minutes of the Daily Drawing session before I left this morning at 6am. I knew I wouldn’t have the energy when I came home tonight.

1 and 2 mn poses

[Debra]

Day 12 focusing on spheres, so difficult  to concentrate on process only, not results. This is what Glenn suggests. 

• This reply was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by Debra.
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[Christopher]

Hi Debra,

Your new pages and your notes look really good.

One thing I found useful to focus on process instead of the result is to still care for the result but in a more focused way.

So if you done your gestures and figures and are looking at them then finished, try to not judge them as a whole but much rather just compare how well you did with what you wanted to focus on. In your case you follow Glenn Vilppu’s lectures and in the moment it’s about applying circular shapes to your figures, so simply just try to focus/analyze that while “judging” your end result.

Sorry if my english might be confusing, I hope that makes kind of sense and I hope that it helps in some way 👋

[Debra]

Hi Christopher, thanks for your comments, yes, I agree that we should have a goal, then if we stuck to the goal, no matter the results, it is a success. Your english is great!

[Debra]

Day 13 Daily timed session. Focusing on spheres. I’ve tried varying my speed, slower and faster. I find that if I really focus on gesture first, going even a little”wild” with my marks, trying to feel the figure with my pencil, I get better results than when I try to go slower and be careful.

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