For these last few days of the drawing 30/30, I decided to go for a bigger “final paper” style project. Considering the ghastly figure drawing that I’m using as my “before”, I went with a plan to do a full figure drawing of a waving woman.
So for today’s work, just the basic sketch. I managed to find a more or less valid reference image online, as close as I could get to the type of pose I was going for in the original drawing. It’s not quite right, of course, but if I’ve learned anything during this skill sprint, it’s that I don’t know nearly enough to work without some kind of valid reference. Regardless, it’s close enough to the general pose and tone I was going for in the “before”, so I’m calling it valid.
I still haven’t had a chance to really study how to draw hands, and I certainly haven’t had time to really practice them, so they are a bit wonky in the sketch, but honestly I think they came out better than I expected. Same thing with the feet. I’m sure I’ll probably spend a few weeks drawing nothing but hands and feet at some time in the future, but today is not that day.
So yeah, I’d say that over all it’s still not a great piece of art, but as far as pure figure sketches go it’s certainly the best I’ve done yet. With more practice I could actually become a “real” artist.
And, like I said, this is a “final paper” kind of scenario, so this won’t be the last you’ll be seeing of this young woman. The piece must be finished.