134: The Biggest Mistake Artists Make...
A challenge for you this week!
Hope everyone in the states had a nice holiday break… let’s get to back to drawing!!!
This Weeks Drawing Challenge
This weeks drawing mantra to think about is BODY LANGUAGE. How to make any characters or critters you draw this week have a more believable pose. Or think to yourself “how can I evoke an emotion in this figure?”
While DRAW or DIE isn’t a “how to draw” brand, I’m aware many are on the list who are looking to improve their skills, and I want to point out two great resources for you today.
Book Recommendation:
Michael Hampton wrote THE book on this, Figure Drawing: Design & Invention - grab it on Amazon. If you’re serious about drawing, It’s worth having on your shelf, I think…. study it a bit. It might be a little overwhelming for noobs, but dive in a few pages at time. AND it’s a great book for intermediate artists to study on. It’s fun!
BONUS: Check it out, here’s the author himself doing a little demo on PROKO’s channel on Youtube.
The Biggest Mistake Artists Make:
My big point is that most artists, including myselg, once you learn something, you don’t go back and re-study.
I try to summarize the wealth of info I learned, into what works for me. You may approach it totally differently and that’s cool! I’m NOT the best “teacher”, or claim to be, BUT I can point you in the right directions.
Challenge yourself this week to dust off those old “how to draw books” or go dive into some Proko and study up! Build those drawing muscles…
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That’s a kewl video, thanks for sharing. I’m always looking for anatomy/how-to books, I’ve still got my copy of the classic How to Draw the Marvel Way with John Buscema’s art. Also have the series of dynamic anatomy and clothing by Burne Hogarth. Gesture drawing was a fun exercise and a fave of mine in figure drawing class back in college. Definitely going to check the book out, thanks again for sharing!