Message from @Baraban
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I don't have any online, it's all on paper, and unfortunately I never picked up my art portfolio when i left school, so it's probably all lost
There is a lot to warp your head around
It's ok
I used to work on it a lot more, but the closest I got to drawing would be world building and making maps.
that's pretty cool
Well you are still young
You can get back to it if you want
This is 5 years of work.
It's a good career to have, you can work from anywhere and there is a lot of demand
And it isn't as dry as most well paying alternatives
5 years? wow
cool
that's some serious dedication
started sophomore year of high school, slowly still add stuff to it.
You are very talented meratrix
I'm sorry for doubting you
the best art teacher i ever had was my middle school art teacher, and oddly enough the best thing i ever drew was in his class. I got an A+ on it, probably the only A+ i ever got in school lol
My middle school art teacher was similar like that.
the major point he tried to make was to not think about what you were drawing, and to actually not even look at the paper, but to just draw as slowly as possible and rely on negative space. he would actually have us turn things upside down to draw them
negative space is one of a number of ways to maintain accuracy when drawing from life/reference
It's a very powerful tool
But you need to understand that it's just one tool
of course
You use it in conjunction with many others
Like plumb lines and triangulation
But I agree with your teacher, negative space is awesome
from my experience it's usually the most helpful
But I'm not sure about not looking at the paper, I've read about it in Betty Edwards' book and did the exercise
It's a unique experience but I can't really tell if it was that beneficial
I guess it's a way to stimulate areas of the brain that you want to develop for improving your technical skills
But I'm not that informed on the science behind it
yeah, he would often say that one part of your brain see's a nose for example, so it tries to draw a "nose" from memory instead of drawing what is in front of you, that is why he taught us the way he did
it is really a technique for drawing what you see, not so much for creative drawing
yes, he is right that our brain is prone to symbolism
Will she just die
It's probably the biggest struggle for an artist
Drawing what you see and not what your mind thinks you see