Generally my moto when trying to learn something is "Jump in Head First" (not literally of course or i'm sure I would never have survived my short stint at rock climbing). With that in mind I thought lets see what I can do.
I had been playing a lot of Path of Exile before my son was born and had the idea of drawing my witch surrounded by her summoned undead minions. The image in my head was awesome, all moody with the witch oozing power. What I actually drew was this.
I had been playing a lot of Path of Exile before my son was born and had the idea of drawing my witch surrounded by her summoned undead minions. The image in my head was awesome, all moody with the witch oozing power. What I actually drew was this.
You see it turns out I don't know how to shade, I'm not great with proportion and I have trouble drawing smooth lines.
I need to go back to basics and I figure the first thing I need to sort out are my lines.
Now I work full time, I have a young baby at home and money is always tight so art lessons are out of the question I looked for the next best thing .... YouTube videos. And you know what there are a fair few of them out there. I have included links to the ones I found the most useful.
I need to go back to basics and I figure the first thing I need to sort out are my lines.
Now I work full time, I have a young baby at home and money is always tight so art lessons are out of the question I looked for the next best thing .... YouTube videos. And you know what there are a fair few of them out there. I have included links to the ones I found the most useful.
It turns out I'm even holding my pencil wrong. My general position when holding a pencil had been that my fingers are close to the point and I rest my arm on the desk. Because of this the only movement I am allowing my hand is from the wrist and fingers.
By lifting your arm off the table my hand gains a greater degree of movement allowing for longer smoother lines.
I think this is something I need to get used to because it feels quite uncomfortable and my arm doesn't always behave it's self (the odd twitch here and there is nothing compared to the stiffness in my arm). The only way to get passed this is the 3 Ps practice, practice and practice. So this week is being spent drawing basic shapes.
Youtube Links
How to draw smooth lines
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