I’m sure if you spotted the pic of an artist’s mannequin on Sunday, you’ll have known it wouldn’t be long before I was posting my attempts to draw it.
As usual I tracked down a few YouTube videos to help me find some tips, techniques and best approaches and scribbled along with them.
I particularly liked the idea of drawing the top half of the body as a domed cylinder – this helped make the process of drawing the shoulders and getting the right angles on them much easier.
Over the next few days I tried to draw at least one pose a day.
The idea is – apparently – that if you keep drawing the mannequin in different poses, you’ll:
- Get better drawing the different perspectives.
- Get the proportions/human form imprinted on your brain and therefore people become easier to draw.
I’ve now set myself the goal of drawing a person every day for the next year. Hopefully at some point I’ll graduate from mannequins to something that looks more human. But don’t worry, I’m not going to post every single picture.
Until next time,
Bekki x
I am so full of your determination, andthose little men look god to me- be a match fort the matchstick men!
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Thank you. Funny you should mention matchstick men, I was thinking about Lowry. I do love his figures.
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Such determination! ❤ That's a practise that would drive me bonkers 🙂 Full of admiration ……
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Thanks. It is driving me a bit crazy, but interesting too and it’s the route to getting better.
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Really interesting to see your progress and the process too. Well done!
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Thank you! Pretty much making it up as i go along 🙂
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Practice of any kind is a huge help. You have a great plan. Can’t wait to see where it takes you.
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Well that’s my theory – so glad you endorse it and glad you think it’s a good plan. 🙂
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Have fun!
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Thanks 🙂
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That little mannequin looks like it needs a good meal. I’m glad to see you’ve put a bit of flesh on your drawings of it. I particularly like the one doing the splits – something I’ve never managed despite early ballet/tap/ice skating classes and many years of yoga/pilates/etc. Well, it’s never going to happen now is it! 😒
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Ha ha! I think some are looking positively overfeed.
No, best not try the splits now 🙂
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