I started learning drawing in July 2023. Here's my progress so far.
I started learning drawing in July 2023. Here's my progress so far.
I marked this as NSFW as I draw nude models.
I started essentially from zero. I tried DrawABox last year, but I gave up in lesson 2 as I couldn't quite understand what I was supposed to do with the texturing and it was difficult to get help in the Discord community.
Now I just got myself a private teacher and found working with pencil much easier than working with ink. I started doing 1 hour per day, but eventually ramped it up to 2-3 hours per day once I found a nice podcast to listen while practising.
Nice work. Keep at it and maintain the philosophy of a life long learner and you'll really see some results.
What ever you do, don't stop and keep dates on your work. You have it fresh now but in 10 years it will be very hard to look back and position pieces in order if you don't. 😁
Damn! You started learning this year? That gives me hope!
Where did you pick up your tutor? Online/local/something else? Fast progress!
Uuh it was some random Finnish classified website that scammed a monthly fee that I wasn't able to get back, so whatever it was, I'd rather not link it. At least I found a good teacher.
Nice! For graphite, split a soft pencil, take a strip of lead and spread it around so there's no white showing. It helps with blending and it'll force you to use more contrast.
That does sound easier than trying to sharpen the pencil and using the side to draw. I sort of prefer charcoal as it makes it easier to get more contrast and automagically creates texture.
I love doing that to! I like to use charcoal especially for dark spots I'm not going mix around a lot, usually around the corners of the piece. Do you mix charcoal and graphite? I've recently got into it, but the difference in the way they spread is so different. Graphite spreads in a much smoother way, but charcoal creates that nice natural texture.