A Life in Lines: Exploring My Drawing Styles and Sketches
Sketching, drawing, and doodling have basically been my shadow since I was a kid. I was that student doodling in the margins of every notebook during class. Miraculously, I never got in trouble for it! I even remember being allowed to draw all over a wall in our apartment during a remodel. It felt like total freedom.
These days, I try to keep that energy alive. I make it a priority to hit up life drawing sessions every week. There is something so raw and exciting about capturing rough gestures from a live model in just a few minutes. But I also love cozying up at home to work on more detailed pieces. Whether I am sketching portraits, inventing fantasy characters, or jumping into the latest online art challenges, my sketchbook is rarely closed.
This section of the blog is a giant umbrella for all those scribbles and masterpieces. It is where I share my drawing styles, from the messy 30-second gestures to the polished character designs. I hope you enjoy browsing through my visual diary as much as I enjoyed creating it!
Drawings
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Slightly leaning figure, charcoal drawing
I think I got shoulder girdle better in here, but there’s still room to learn. This pose took 20 minutes, but I feel like this isn’t the easiest pose to draw in general. There’s a subtle lean on the stool, and it’s hard to catch it for me.
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Short and shorter poses, charcoal drawing
The figure on the left took me 10 minutes, and the figure on the right — only 5. That feeling when less effort produces better results… XD
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Female Figure, charcoal drawing
This one is a 20-minute pose, and looks like she’s walking some place important! 😀
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Standing figures, charcoal drawing
These are 10-minute poses. I think I captured the basic proportions well in the left figure, which allowed for a more successful rendering afterwards.
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Two Figures from the Back, charcoal drawing
These ones are also 7-minute poses, I really like the one on the left 😀 Wish I’d worked on the stool more, but I feel like it’s a fair accomplishment in such short time ^^
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Leaning Figures, charcoal drawing
These two were 7-minute poses. I’m really starting to concentrate on including the surrounding objects that support the figure.
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Waiting in line, charcoal drawing
Before I started studying figure drawing, I didn’t realize how bendy and twisty the human body is. Now, I need to show this realization on paper! ^^;
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Two Standing Figures, charcoal drawing
I’ve been studying Bridgman’s book today, and I realized how static my figures are. However, I must add, that’s the way models present the pose… I need to exaggerate turns and twists more!
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Short pose female figure, charcoal drawing
Another short pose. I like this figure, and I actually like unfinished look of it.
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Female figure, charcoal drawing
I think it might be time to start drawing complete figures, and maybe even in color. Maybe I need to switch back to digital drawing and make some characters come to life ^_^
