It helps me a lot to do my base lines really light because when I notice where the perspective went wrong and my proportions don't line up, I easily overwork my 'error' and end up with a very dark section. Then everything else has to be matched to that tone not to make it too obvious?! Practice definitely makes better so I'll keep at it ! Thank you for another enlightening video !
As a beginner, I have had so many mistakes it’s hard to recall details. I just wanted to say thank you for keeping your mistakes in and sharing how to persevere to finish the drawing instead of giving up. That has helped me gain confidence to finish mine.
I do light base lights for what I feel is most important in a drawing : composition. Starting with a section like this and you never know where you will end up.
Eventually, you learn how to (mostly) keep proportions correct, because it’s practiced so much. But it’s just one way among many equally valid methods 😀
This is another very timely video for me. My perspective is getting better but I continue to make proportion mistakes that are pretty hard to push through. But I am taking your advice and finishing the drawing anyway. My main problem seems to be getting lost in the act of drawing and I stop making accurate, frequent re-evaluations of the relative proportions of parts of the drawing. My tendency seems to be to make whatever element I'm working on too big. Anyway it is all a wonderful journey.
Try working with simpler subjects for a few drawings do there is less to be worked and you can focus on proportions without so many drawing distractions 😀
Seems like you’ve drawn from a different angle than the photo, and yet if there were no photo it wouldn’t be noticed at akk, as if the drawing were taken from a position to the left of the camera’s angle, closer to straight on.
It helps me a lot to do my base lines really light because when I notice where the perspective went wrong and my proportions don't line up, I easily overwork my 'error' and end up with a very dark section. Then everything else has to be matched to that tone not to make it too obvious?! Practice definitely makes better so I'll keep at it ! Thank you for another enlightening video !
I love the drawing. It's perfect!
That’s very kind Karen, thanks. 😀
As a beginner, I have had so many mistakes it’s hard to recall details. I just wanted to say thank you for keeping your mistakes in and sharing how to persevere to finish the drawing instead of giving up. That has helped me gain confidence to finish mine.
Glad I could help!😀
I do light base lights for what I feel is most important in a drawing : composition. Starting with a section like this and you never know where you will end up.
Eventually, you learn how to (mostly) keep proportions correct, because it’s practiced so much. But it’s just one way among many equally valid methods 😀
This is another very timely video for me. My perspective is getting better but I continue to make proportion mistakes that are pretty hard to push through. But I am taking your advice and finishing the drawing anyway. My main problem seems to be getting lost in the act of drawing and I stop making accurate, frequent re-evaluations of the relative proportions of parts of the drawing. My tendency seems to be to make whatever element I'm working on too big. Anyway it is all a wonderful journey.
Try working with simpler subjects for a few drawings do there is less to be worked and you can focus on proportions without so many drawing distractions 😀
Just a general question… Is your drawing board held at an angle or is it flat on the table? Thanks
Flat on the table. And it’s just an old half A2 drawing pad, not a drawing board. 😀
Seems like you’ve drawn from a different angle than the photo, and yet if there were no photo it wouldn’t be noticed at akk, as if the drawing were taken from a position to the left of the camera’s angle, closer to straight on.
Yes, that’s the effect when we don’t get the perspective right. It seems visually to shift the building somehow v😀