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Day 42
Not much to show again. I think I will change my approach, go back to the beginning and start again from gesture and basic geometric forms. Ever since I moved onto learning basic anatomy I somehow got stuck into a rut and can’t move an inch. And since I learned that this kind of stuff can’t be simply rammed through I will have to regroup and rethink what to do. I think I will simply back off from anatomy for now and focus strictly on gesture and action description through geometric forms.
Hi Christopher,
I am not sure if I can help you out in any way, but I will give you a bit of my insight. It is sometime easier to see what to do or to asses the work of others than your own.
I think that you are doing a fine job with the fundamentals you are practising on. It is that everything takes time, patience and milage before it starts to look and feel the way we would actually like it to be within very short while after we start with our endeavour. We just have to be conscious that there are no short cuts.
Every day, every hour of work, every exercise we do count and are moving us forward, closer to the skill level we like to have. The only time we truly fail is when we stop and don’t do anything.
What to learn first or what is a proper learning path is very tough question for each one of us. As I think Steve Huston said in one of his lectures, art is like a bowl of spaghetti, you learn and pick bits and pieces here and there and then at some point it all starts coming together. There is no recipe, and that is why it is hard and often feels disorienting.
Fun part should be found in the process of discovery and learning the new things. No doubt it will get frustrating along the way, but that is the case with anything worthwhile that we do. We are passing through the uncharted territory and what we do is pushing us to our limits. In essence that is good because whenever we are on the verge of failing that means we are facing a challenge that is big enough to move us beyond our current capacity. That can be intimidating, but only when we are on the edge we are learning and moving ahead. If we are comfortable we are just rehearsing what we know.
I would suggest just to keep working as you do, shifting your attention to whatever subject keeps you motivated. Through the time those things will start sticking together and will lead you in the new direction and new challenges. Before you know it you will have your own bowl of spaghetti:)
I hope this helps, good luck!
Day 41
Struggle continues. I had a busy day, but managed to do some of the work. As I said before, it seems the more I do it the worse I gets. It shall pass I am sure.
Day 39
It looks terrible I know, but that is my attempt for today. Some days it feels almost easy to draw the figure and then on the other day it feels like you have never seen it in your life! Funny how that works. I started this challenge with the intent to work on the head and figure and I am actually barely scraping together some not so good figure work. Ok, lets say I was just a bit ambitious. Essentially at this stage the figure drawing progress is very slow and it is known to become even painful. I am not sure if I am doing this right or not? It is my intuition that I am relying on to guide me what to do next and pretty much feels like I am hitting the wall at the moment. Then again I am wandering is this just the way it supposed to be? Growing pains? After I draw along with Glenn it feels so empowering, I actually feel I got it! That lasts maybe another day or two and then just fades away into not much to see. Looking how to change that. Does anyone has any pointers?
Day 38
Felt very tired today. I did my usual dexterity exercises, daily life drawing session and then one figure drawing that did not turn out very good. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. I also started listening Glenns’s lecture on legs and that was overwhelming. I think I will have to watch it again.
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