So for week three I have decided to try to learn how to draw trees. There are a ton of tutorials on YouTube to pick from, and I watched quite a few of them. The first thing I had to do was decide what kind of tree I wanted to draw; obviously drawing a fir tree is much different than drawing a palm tree. I actually did a number of quick doodles of different types of trees as I was deciding, and eventually thought it best to just try to draw something very generic. Eventually I would like to draw an entire landscape, and this is just one step to that end. The video I ended up using for this week's example of my work was relatively simple, and did not require any exotic materials...Just pencil and paper.
So I am remembering why I never pursued a career as an artist....I have virtually no natural talent! That's ok though, I guess I never expected to make a living from my drawings. This week I decided to move on from drawing and shading shapes to something a little more complex. I have been looking at a good deal of still life drawings and decided to give it a try. This week I drew a cup and saucer. I actually discarded many versions before I finally got it to resemble what I wanted it to. Simple things like creating a symmetrical circle are actually somewhat difficult for me. I have been watching a lot of YouTube videos as my primary source of information. I find it very helpful to be able to actually watch someone else's hand draw an object. So week one, learning to draw. It might seem strange, but I can not remember the last time I actually drew anything; I am not a big doodler and have never considered myself incredibly artistic. I figured I would start out slow....I did not realize just how slow would be. It turns out that I have a difficult time simply drawing a circle, so I started with simple shapes. I watched a number of YouTube videos which I found very helpful. After some practice was able to at least make something that somewhat resembled a circle, so I moved on to shading. It turns out that the first video I watched was actually the most helpful, because it was simple and actually showed the artist drawing each shape. The video I used for the shading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExRRHY9wT6Q It took a number of tries, but I was finally able to create a number of shapes that actually resemble what they are supposed to. I am going to continue to practice simple shapes for now, I think I will eventually move on to something like fruit,as that does not seem like too big of a leap from what I can currently do. I also may eventually start using pens, graphite, etc., but for now I am going to stick with simple pencil and paper.
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