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To begin drawing a
figure, I've been telling you about
drawing proportionally correct stick
figures, then fleshing them out, then
adding the shading and the detail. So
let's say you've drawn your stick figure
(like the one to the left) with the
circles denoting the joints, hands and feet.
Now you want to flesh out your stick
figure - but Wait I said! There's
another approach to fleshing out the
figure so you can see the form more
clearly. That approach is to visualize
the figure in three dimensions. Rather
than draw flat shapes over the stick
figure, try and draw shapes that have
depth, not just height and width.
Hmmm... you
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When you do figure drawing, or any
kind of drawing from life that you want
to look as real as possible, you're
starting with nothing on the paper and
you begin to build up the drawing until
you have a drawing that resembles your
subject. If your goal is as photo
realistic as possible, you'll want your
drawing to look as three dimensional as
possible because your subject exists in
three dimensions. So the sooner you
start to create the illusion of three
dimensions in your drawing, the better.
It's easier to see the that your drawing
has mass, or substance if you draw
shapes that appear to have mass and
substance. So rather than flesh out your stick
figure with flat shapes like before, why not draw
more three dimensional shapes? Below you
can click on a few examples of figures
that have been fleshed out in three
dimensions. |
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