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Attempted some thread sketching flowers and leaves and swirls, mug rug made from scraps from the pillow I made, added extra for the pillow talk swap
Recovered from my initial embarrassment, I decided to scan both yesterday's and today's warm-up sketch of a kitten in a relaxed position.
What really threw me off yesterday (and still a bit today) is the extreme perspective in the reference photo. The kitten has its neck stretched, so we look at the chin and lower jaw from below, which we normally don't see, because a cat is so much smaller than us, humans.
There seems to be truth in the statement that you can't draw what you don't understand.
I could use a grid, which would make me mechanically "understand" this pose. However, I want to understand strange poses by observation only, and not using a drawing aid, like a grid, overlaid on a photo. It is the sole reason why artists do figure drawing. The human figure is hard to understand, but anyone can spot that you did it wrong. Only when an artist grasps the 3D shape of the human form intuitively, can he more easily grasp that of other 3D shapes.
A friend challenged me to live sketch the super bowl... Here's how it happened in real-time: kidethnic.tumblr.com/post/17140743516/i-drew-the-the-supe...
This month our sketch session took place while on a walk from our Sacramento office on Folsom Boulevard down to Alhambra Boulevard. We sketched the businesses and homes along the way, working on a key skill: Proportion.
This is my good friend on his laptop with ear-buds in his ears. He was enjoying his time surfing the net while I drew a picture of him. I tried to not look like I was drawing him, but he new.
The historic Sacramento Railyards was our muse for this D+B sketch session! We got access to the site and specifically, the interior of the Paint Shop to sketch not only the historic elements, but adding in new architecture that could accompany it. Truth be told, we were so busy checking out all the great details in and around the buildings that most of us didn't actually draw anything!
It was a warm and sunny day. The group was composed by 8 roman sketchers (three in the drawing). We begin at 11. I have drawn for an hour or so, at the beginning I was very shy but at the end we talked a little about tecniques and showed each other what we had done. It was very nice. We decided to stay in touch and organize very sooon another informal sketchcrawl.