armoredmolerat#DrawingOnTheRightSideOfTheBrain Chapter 1
The first exercise is meant to plant a milestone so that once you have run the gauntlet you can look back and see how far you have come. I skipped the instructions to draw faces because I felt uncomfortable and just drew the hand instead.
Drawing the hand felt really uncomfortable. With nowhere to put my hand down, I had to suspend it awkwardly. As I sketched the hand, I felt anxious about needing to hold the hand perfectly still so that the subject does not become inconsistent with the part of the drawing already done.
Over time I decided to let this fear go because I was getting tired and I realised that the sketch was turning out better than I had expected. I had to do a lot of erasing and redrawing. I spent a lot of time trying to get the width of my arm right but it still came out wider than I had hoped. This was the ultimate part that ties the whole sketch together and I guess all the mistakes made by then had cumulatively made the job difficult.
I did not spend too much time on the wrinkles and the nails because of how tired I was. I did however decide to put some effort into depicting the lighting and the shadows. Considering I haven't done this before, I am very happy with how it turned out. It accentuates the contours and gives a little bit of life to the sketch.
The first exercise is meant to plant a milestone so that once you have run the gauntlet you can look back and see how far you have come. I skipped the instructions to draw faces because I felt uncomfortable and just drew the hand instead.
Drawing the hand felt really uncomfortable. With nowhere to put my hand down, I had to suspend it awkwardly. As I sketched the hand, I felt anxious about needing to hold the hand perfectly still so that the subject does not become inconsistent with the part of the drawing already done.
Over time I decided to let this fear go because I was getting tired and I realised that the sketch was turning out better than I had expected. I had to do a lot of erasing and redrawing. I spent a lot of time trying to get the width of my arm right but it still came out wider than I had hoped. This was the ultimate part that ties the whole sketch together and I guess all the mistakes made by then had cumulatively made the job difficult.
I did not spend too much time on the wrinkles and the nails because of how tired I was. I did however decide to put some effort into depicting the lighting and the shadows. Considering I haven't done this before, I am very happy with how it turned out. It accentuates the contours and gives a little bit of life to the sketch.