(Nate Ruess)
However, while I've spent quite a bit of time practicing drawing faces, I've never even tried to draw a realistic full-body person. I believe this is the next step in mastering realistic drawing, and the genius project is a good place for me to work on this.
For the first week (the week of February 25), I'll focus on drawing human faces. My goal for this week is to draw at least one full face, and also spend some time concentrating on specific facial elements (noses, eyes, and mouths are the most challenging). I plan to visit the library this weekend to find a few books on this subject. I will look online for blogs if I can't find any sufficient books.
During the second week (the week of March 4), I'll focus on hands. My goal is to perfect hands, and I will do so by drawing various types and sizes of hands. I plan to ultilize drawing books that focus specifically on hands to help me improve at drawing them.
For the third week (the week of March 11), I will work on clothes. Clothes are (from what I've heard) the most challenging element to draw. They will also probably take a considerable amount of time, since there's such a large range of textures and types of clothing. I plan to use drawing books to try out various styles. I don't have a specific quantitative goal yet, but I want to try drawing at least four different styles of clothing (ex. jeans, t-shirts, etc.).
My last two weeks (March 18 and March 25) will be spent on my final product. Since my overall goal for this project is to be able to draw a realistic full-body human, I want my end result to show that I have achieved that. I plan to draw a realistic, full-body picture of one of my favorite bands, Walk the Moon. I'll have to combine and apply the techniques I will have worked on for the previous month to create my final drawing. Since there are four members, I'll be able to experiment with different faces, body shapes, and clothing textures. Hopefully through the genius project, I'll be able to refine and perfect my realistic drawing skills.
So far, I've found one general drawing book, though I plan to find more specific ones when I go to the library this weekend.
I was able to get Sketching People & Places In All Mediums by Jose M. Parramon. This book covers the basics of the human body as well as tips on sketching, shading, etc. It should provide a good basis for beginning my genius project.
2 comments:
Yay Annie I love Walk the Moon! I'm super excited to see your drawing of them. I've seen your picture of Nate Ruess and it was amazing! I'm absolutely horrible at drawing anything so I don't know much about it, let alone someone realistic like people, but I can't imagine it's easy at all. How is the book working for you? The only drawing books I've ever seen like went from circles and lines and then one huge step of details and it didn't work for me at all. Since you're already an amazing artist, I'm really excited to see where you go with this, and especially to see the final product. Good Luck Annard!
I think this project will be great! I'm kind of jealous I didn't come up with it myself. I can't wait to see the finished product. I think it was a really smart idea to focus on different aspects of the person at a time, it will help you to fill all the time given and still be able to finish the piece in the end. You should practice different clothing positions (like not just on the body, but off of it too) and different body positions (sitting, standing, kneeling down) because that will help you not just for this project, but in the future too! You're an amazing artist and I can't wait to see your final drawing! Good luck!
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