Sketching

We are into the second week of Animsquad spring term, and this week, I had a revelation moment!

I was observing our tutor, Malcon, drawing over our shots and really looking at his short hand for describing a new emotion, or better pose. And I started to draw along with him. I felt as thought my short hand got so much better incredibly quickly. 

It's very cool watching someone draw, not for drawings sake, or for making it pretty, but to get the idea and emotion across and using that as a means to study. It really illustrates how they would approach it naturally, and not consciously. 

I wish classes for drawing could be set up like that, but the tutor would be too aware of what they are doing. I'm definitely going to be using it in the future to pick up tips.

Oh...and we love foreshortening!

Day 282

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Day 34!

Well it's still cold here, hopefully it will warm up soon. I want to be able to spend a day in the park drawing without my hands falling off.

Here are this morning's bus and tube sketches, I managed to draw standing on the tube today, so I'm going to try that more in future, it's fun for the foreshortening.

My first painting on my iPhone, hard but fun!!