I have just started to draw for 7 mths these are my results.
I know they don't look amazing but i wanna know what i can focus more on.
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Full Version: My drawing,comments appreciated
Hi,
The most important thing you can work on is learning to really see. The beginning artist has a tendency to draw from their head, not from their eyes, and as a result, they will draw things as they think they look, rather than how they really look. We draw "symbols" to represent a mouth, an eye, a nose, instead of really looking to see the shapes and values that make up a face.
There are some excellent examples of what I mean in the portrait and reference photo you've shown us. For example, in your drawing, each half of the upper edge of the upper lip curves upwards, like a letter "U". But if you look at the drawing, you'll see that the same cuves actually open downwards, quite the opposite way. This is a case where your brain decided to draw a symbol for a mouth, rather than looking at the actual mouth and drawing it.
Another example is that the head in the photo is tilted quite strongly to our right: the glasses, mouth, and bottom of the nose all clearly slope down. But there's no hint of this at all in the drawing.
Another: there are very strong lines showing the sides of the nose in the sketch. If you look at the photo -- really look -- do you see any lines at the sides of the nose at all? There are none. Likewise the lips have no outlines in reality, although there's a very dark line between them.
Another: the glasses in the photo are lighter than the surrounding skin; in the drawing, they are very dark. In the photo, the apparent darkness of the eyeglass frames varies; in the drawing, it's constant.
There is a whole section of lessons on Drawspace dedicated to learning to see: I would recommend that you carefully work your way through all of them.
The most important thing you can work on is learning to really see. The beginning artist has a tendency to draw from their head, not from their eyes, and as a result, they will draw things as they think they look, rather than how they really look. We draw "symbols" to represent a mouth, an eye, a nose, instead of really looking to see the shapes and values that make up a face.
There are some excellent examples of what I mean in the portrait and reference photo you've shown us. For example, in your drawing, each half of the upper edge of the upper lip curves upwards, like a letter "U". But if you look at the drawing, you'll see that the same cuves actually open downwards, quite the opposite way. This is a case where your brain decided to draw a symbol for a mouth, rather than looking at the actual mouth and drawing it.
Another example is that the head in the photo is tilted quite strongly to our right: the glasses, mouth, and bottom of the nose all clearly slope down. But there's no hint of this at all in the drawing.
Another: there are very strong lines showing the sides of the nose in the sketch. If you look at the photo -- really look -- do you see any lines at the sides of the nose at all? There are none. Likewise the lips have no outlines in reality, although there's a very dark line between them.
Another: the glasses in the photo are lighter than the surrounding skin; in the drawing, they are very dark. In the photo, the apparent darkness of the eyeglass frames varies; in the drawing, it's constant.
There is a whole section of lessons on Drawspace dedicated to learning to see: I would recommend that you carefully work your way through all of them.
Thanks..i will look it up at the section and improve... 
I think that Ernest has said it all.
But thanks for posting your pics - and look forward to seeing your art as you post - you might want to try one of the weekly drawing challenges to help you along with your drawing skills.
Sue
But thanks for posting your pics - and look forward to seeing your art as you post - you might want to try one of the weekly drawing challenges to help you along with your drawing skills.
Sue
I think the single thing you should work on most--it's what I work on most--is getting overall proportions right. For example, getting the eyes to be the right size, and in the exact right spots, on the face. It's easy to draw them too big, or too small, or too close together, or even too far apart (though for some reason that's not a mistake I usually make).
It's tempting to work on the individual details of a drawing, like drawing the perfect eye, but if the eyes are out of place or the wrong size, the whole thing doesn't look quite right.
I keep drilling and drilling on rough sketches where the overall proportions are correct, rather than detailed, finished drawings. I won't try to finish anything until the rough sketch has a certain realistic quality to it.
(Which is rare, so far.)
It's tempting to work on the individual details of a drawing, like drawing the perfect eye, but if the eyes are out of place or the wrong size, the whole thing doesn't look quite right.
I keep drilling and drilling on rough sketches where the overall proportions are correct, rather than detailed, finished drawings. I won't try to finish anything until the rough sketch has a certain realistic quality to it.
(Which is rare, so far.)
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