{"id":1633,"date":"2024-03-12T15:57:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T15:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2024-03-13T12:21:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T12:21:23","slug":"learning-to-draw-people-challenge-day-19-2024-03-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/learning-to-draw-people-challenge-day-19-2024-03-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning to Draw People Challenge \u2013 Day 19 (2024\/03\/11)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nThis was written March 11, 2024 as part of the 2024 Learning to Draw People Challenge<\/a><\/i>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\nCredits: 1<\/b><\/i>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Introduction<\/h2>\r\n

\r\nHello everyone,<\/br>\r\nI hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Following my last drawing, I figured it might be worth revisiting different angles for the head. Thus, I decided to go once again for the angled profile, since I believe I have a lot to learn from this one, and it seems fairly common. But don’t worry, I’ll eventually explore other angles.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\nBefore starting, my session began around midnight (technically on the next day), and I evaluated my “tiredness” at a 7\/10, although by the end it was much closer to an 8\/10.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Exercises<\/h2>\r\n

\r\nThe more I do these exercises, the more they feel habitual. For this reason, it feels like the line exercise, at this point, is just a mechanical motion to which I don’t pay much attention anymore. Nor do I really try to evaluate it either. And that’s probably because it’s been relegated to the status of practice. All the same, I did notice how odd the wrist angles can get for horizontal lines (whether overhand or underhand). I do worry they might not be great for the hand, all while be commonly used.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\nAnother thing I noticed during my line exercises, which I’ve also noticed while practicing Chinese characters: if I’m playing music, I tend to write strokes to the beat of the music. This probably means I’m going slightly slower than I could, but I wouldn’t consider it a significant issue. Especially if the music helps with the motivation and headspace. Regardless, this felt like an interesting side-note.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\nFinally, I’m still evaluating my approach to the wavy lines, since I’m still struggling with them. With the horizontal ones, I realized I was paying too much attention to the peaks and they alignment, in such a way that I dismissed the smoothness of the curve and the peaks would get too narrow. This should be useful information for my next attempts. I also tried to pay attention to the first line, instead of the previous one, which I think this may have helped, although not mainly for the horizontal ones.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\nOverall, the exercises took me roughly 6m30s from start to finish, including writing down a few notes.\r\n

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Day 19 – Lines exercise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n
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Day 19 – Wavy Lines exercise (Vertical)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n
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Day 19 – Wavy Lines exercise (Horizontal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n
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Day 19 – Cricles exercise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Drawing<\/h2>\r\n

\r\nRealizing I needed further practice with different head angles, I opted to practice the angled head profile. The actual drawing was a disaster, but I did learn a lot from this exercise, which I’ll need to consider during my next attempts. I also…will have to work towards reading\/translating these two pages to get as much information and context as possible. Without further ado, let’s dive head-first.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\nFirst up: guidelines. I started with the head’s contour, although this time only with the top. I really struggle with these big circular strokes: properly proportioning them, getting the correct angles, and having the right “3-dimensional symmetry” (Making both sides consistent). But once the top was done, I prepared other guidelines. I figured these additional guidelines could help with positioning the contour. Thus, for the bottom part, I started with the line representing the center of the face, before drawing half the jawline. I then added the neck line, and got ready to draw the neck’s sectional intersection. Here are a few of those leading steps.\r\n

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Day 19 – Guidelines Top of Head<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n
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Day 19 – Central Guideline continued<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n
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Day 19 – More Guidelines added<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\nAh, the neck’s cross-section. Always such a challenge. This time, I decided to draw it before connecting the rest of the outline, to help gauge the latter. However, I struggled with a few aspects:\r\n