WEEK 3: Proportions

I dare to say that everyone has ever had problems with drawing proportions, it's like the theory of drawing. It's about measuring out the distance between limbs and comparing it to the size of the head. This has always been a thing I failed at. Characters in my drawings always had either too big head, or way too long limbs or just body parts which didn't really fit with their size, so it was definitely educational to practice the technique that is essential if you want to keep good proportions.

As any other session, this one started with quick warm-ups using those techniques which we have learned during the first one. It was either blind drawing, continuous line or just quick drawing. That really helps with getting ready to draw something more complicated, it makes your hand less tense and makes it get used to the tools you are working with. 

Mostly I am afraid to just start with mapping out the drawing without any preparation, so it's really useful to draw a miniature in the corner of the paper to get some sort of idea of the proportions and the height of the model. Whenever I felt that something wasn't right, it was just a matter of constantly checking it with the actual model. It's good to start drawing the model, stop and look at the drawing for a second and actually compare it to see where it's going. If it's okay then continue, if not just re-measure the proportions. It was also nice to be able to work with the proportions of the face as well as the body proportions. 

It doesn't make me happy to see mistakes in my drawings, but at least I know where to improve my drawing next time. In the first one I had such a difficulties with drawing both the torso and the lower body. The torso was very challenging because of the angle. It was hard to draw the right arm while making it look like the model is leaning to the other side. Same with his legs. I made the upper part too big in comparison to the lower part. In the last drawing of the day I've had similar difficulties. I still need to work on my proportions in my spare time to improve them even more.