Small steps
In the middle of the 4th month of learning to draw, I’ve tended to focus on volume and quantity rather than quality. But there is no doubt that in terms of quality, I am taking small steps as well. Last week I finally came to the end of the main references photos from the 100 […]
April – Mid Month Reflection
Done 15 days of a 30 day month and I thought I would take stock. This month was all about continuing with Target 1 (Building the habit) and Target 2 (Discipline). So this essentially meant that drawing more often than not and trying to regularise it with same time. I added a min period which […]
One week into April
Target 2 of Traditional drawing started real slow and didn’t do anything until 4 April, then only for 3 days before taking a break. Initially committing to a 60 min sitting was ok but by Thursday it became a big thing and I kept finding excuses not to do it. And that is what happened […]
Drawings: Apr 2022
A small change from previous months and drawings will be listed in reverse order with the latest at the top. Date:29/4/22 (2) Comment: Total time 9 mins Random Cat No. 7 This is not a finished drawing but I figured I would put this here and put the finished one in May. The entire time […]
Drawing Month 3 Stats
Today the month ended, and I’ve done my drawings for the month (at the time of this blog entry, the final drawings have not been uploaded). So here are the stats for March with a reminder of February. Data Point February March Total days ON v OFF 19 v 9 of 28 (67.9%) 20 v […]
Traditional Pathway: Resources
Table of Contents Introduction I spent some time thinking about the best way of presenting this. My original notes are basically drawing targets (how to begin, drawing heads etc) with youtube videos. For me, I would normally watch a video and just extract what I thought was interesting. So I’ve done something similar with a […]
Visual References
Table of Contents Introduction One thing that I noticed when I started target 1 (the daily drawing habit target), I realised having a set of reference images already in place was very helpful. In fact I would go as far as to say it was a determinate in whether I drew or not. The reference […]
Another week and a few more drawings
Since the last update, I’ve added more drawings where I’ve slightly changed my approach bearing in mind, mindful learning. I’ve now started to draw the 100 Faces smaller and subject to a time limit. Smaller – because I hope it encourages focus on key parts of the head, face whereas the slightly larger one encouraged […]
Gallery update
Last night I managed to finish uploading all the historic drawings meaning that right up until Feb 2022, I am now complete. I just need to redo one of the photos and then upload what I’ve done so far in March (5 days from 7). I still need to work out how it looks on […]
Drawings: Mar 2022
March was, other than a 5 day period of being sick, a good month. The number of drawings and time on each drawing is getting better; I am less likely to say ‘f*** it’ with more complicated elements and I can see straightaway where the drawing went wrong. And finally, the notebook is finished which […]