When I find myself with absolutely not desire to draw squat, and yet want to do something. I pull out an old coloring book and my crayolas and go back to the practice of shading. It may sound silly at my age, but I find that practice to be very relaxing and nonsensical.
Nah, not silly...we all need something. I'm painting minis these days for the same reason...fewer decisions to make, and doesn't take a ton of my brain power, but more productive than video games.
I used to watch your videos a while back, but I really like the way the videos are now. I do have a question though, will practicing these basic shapes and shading techniques help me get better at drawing people?
Hi, welcome back, and glad they are helpful for you! Yeah, they will...quite a lot. At a basic level, the human body is made up of shapes. The limbs are all simplified cylinders, and the head is a sphere with a trapezoid-box on the front of it. Understanding how these pieces interact, how they move toward or away from the "camera" will help in the drawing. I learned a ton about figure drawing from reducing things and building characters out of basic shapes before really applying musculature and anatomy. Check out Michael Hampton's youtube page, and he does a lot of that kind of breakdown work. www.youtube.com/@stevenmichaelhampton
When I get bored but want to push myself for drawing something. I try to draw cubes but with depth. I imagine a world floating cubes and try different depths.
When I find myself with absolutely not desire to draw squat, and yet want to do something. I pull out an old coloring book and my crayolas and go back to the practice of shading. It may sound silly at my age, but I find that practice to be very relaxing and nonsensical.
Nah, not silly...we all need something. I'm painting minis these days for the same reason...fewer decisions to make, and doesn't take a ton of my brain power, but more productive than video games.
@@zack_feldman Ohhh, you've got to show us some! I love painting ATC cards (2.5x3.5cards).
I used to watch your videos a while back, but I really like the way the videos are now. I do have a question though, will practicing these basic shapes and shading techniques help me get better at drawing people?
Hi, welcome back, and glad they are helpful for you!
Yeah, they will...quite a lot. At a basic level, the human body is made up of shapes. The limbs are all simplified cylinders, and the head is a sphere with a trapezoid-box on the front of it. Understanding how these pieces interact, how they move toward or away from the "camera" will help in the drawing. I learned a ton about figure drawing from reducing things and building characters out of basic shapes before really applying musculature and anatomy.
Check out Michael Hampton's youtube page, and he does a lot of that kind of breakdown work.
www.youtube.com/@stevenmichaelhampton
When I get bored but want to push myself for drawing something.
I try to draw cubes but with depth. I imagine a world floating cubes and try different depths.
It is a good practice. Easily modified too...by adding additional shapes or taking chunks off.