We have been doing life drawing for a few weeks now and I believe I have already improved on my drawing skills. This is because I was able to be in a quiet environment with a piece of paper and a tool and just to draw on the paper what I saw in front of me.
I haven't used charcoal much, but I am beginning to really like it and in fact I almost prefer it better than pencil because you can get much more detail down in a faster time and sometimes it looks better because of the way you can smudge it with your fingers for shading and effects.
I have been practicing with my thumb and finger and preparing myself before I start drawing by marking certain points on my paper by mapping them out using my hands and even a pencil in front of my eye. At first I didn't think this technique would work but it really does help. This has really helped me because I always get proportion wrong and it is so much better if you have points mapped out on the page before you start, like a line where the feet and and the head is and how far the arms spread out for example.
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