tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13241010122049986232024-11-01T03:35:15.609-07:00Nazaninhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160264798661442288noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1324101012204998623.post-40795676959230533102010-02-11T11:13:00.000-08:002010-02-11T15:44:08.191-08:00<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I believe that drawing is the most basic and the most important skill to all artists. Myself had numerous problems when I started drawing and it got more complex when I started live human figure drawing. For years, I was challenging those problems with no enormous success until I got a hint in a book, which got many of my questions answered! Once after getting this hint, I experienced a remarkable improvement in my drawing. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I'd like to share some very useful tips of this book with artists who are in the same problem of mine.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">What do you think about while drawing? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">- Your mistakes?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Do you blame something when you're not satisfied enough of the results? You blame:</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">- Your tools? </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">- Your support?</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">- Your model?</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">- The light?</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">- The seat?</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">- Your point of view?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Bert Dodson (1990) in his book, Keys to Drawing, talks about internal dialogues while drawing, which either help or hinder the artist's drawing process . He explains that drawing is a coordination between the hand, the eye, and the mind. Many students start a critical dialogue once they are not happy with the result of their drawing. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">He believes critical dialogues don't help improvement of the work, instead practical dialogues let the artist properly see the differences and explores the problem.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Critical Dialogue</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">- That arm doesn't look right</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">- The foot doesn't possibly that way</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">- I never draw the legs right</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">- Why do I have so much trouble drawing faces?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Practical Dialogue</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">- What does that shape look like?</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">- Is that shoulder line horizontal or slightly tilted?</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">- Is the distance from knee to foot greater or less than the distance from knee to waist?</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">- How bumpy is that contour?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Looking at two above types of dialogues can show you the different and even you have critical dialogue habit, it's not so hard to break it and switch on practical one.</span><br /></span>Nazaninhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04160264798661442288noreply@blogger.com0