Next up for Fandom Fitness is a drawing of Spock from Star Trek.
The beginning of this drawing is going wonderful!
On my morning walk I had an epiphany of doing the drawing of Spock all in angles and straight lines. To make the creation of the drawing match the character of him. Considering he is a very logical, mathematical and pedantic character I feel it is fitting that he be drawn using nothing but geometric shapes.
I also switched to charcoal for this drawing as I would like to get some deeper dark tones easier. Graphite is truly lacking in this department. The only draw back with charcoal is that I have to be very careful at the beginning and not go so dark as it is hard to erase.
Over at the Jansen Art Center’s website for the Whatcom Arts Project they posted my latest video. This one is me going through my warm-up process before I start drawing. You can see an example of one of the warm-up drawings in today’s post.
I was also supposed to do a modeled painting in Gouache today but I got behind schedule so that will need to wait till tomorrow.
Wow, I’m so bad a these that I’m almost reluctant to post it.
This is a drawing of my landlord talking to me from the back yard. I really liked her hat but I couldn’t remember anything but her head and her hat. I had to guess at the rest of her body and it’s position.
The beginning of y day with the Drawing of Spock and Gestures were going really well, I was feeling great about my skills. Then I do the daily composition and see a huge hole is my training. It’s actually quite wonderful. I know what need and want to work on!
To move forward with my memory training, besides doing the memory drawings in The Natural Way to Draw, I purchased Memory Drawing: Perceptual Training and Recall by Darren R. Rousar. This book was mentioned on James Gourney’s blog about a week ago.
Step one, list my weaknesses.
Step two, eradicate each one at a time.
Great start on the drawing of Spock
Daily compositions need work!
Recognize anything I fear to do in art then do it. Fear is a great indicator of a pathway to a better self.
