STARTING OFF WITH THIS BOOK BECAUSE I SUCK AT OBSERVATIONAL DRAWING.THEN IM GOING TO COPY EVERY DRAWING IN ZARINS' ANATOMY FOR SCULPTORS AND BRIDGMAN'S DRAWING FROM LIFE
The Quran. Mashallah.
Horrible idea. You're going to waste a lot of time and then burn out, like many before you.Your drawing time should be 90%...drawing time, starting out. Read when a particular problem stumps you. Don't copy and certainly don't copy an entire book.The book itself doesn't matter much, but don't read before you draw, ever. Always start a session by drawing.
>>7904765Check out this youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@jessethompson1He has a good number of videos where he talks about drawing books in a way that I feel really helps you get a good understanding of whether it's something you'd be interested in or not. He's also an art teacher, so his words have a little more authority to them than someone who is just reviewing the book for their own sake.Likewise, there are a good number of other videos of people going through and talking about drawing books, and I think a video is a lot better a review method, as you can see the book and the quality of the drawings within(which I think is important, as you should respect the ability of the artist you're studying from), as well hearing a (hopefully) indepth review of what exactly the book teaches.>>7904783>Your drawing time should be 90%...drawing time, starting out. Read when a particular problem stumps you.The reading from a drawing book is usually no more than 5 minutes, stop being dramatic. Also, if you're trying to learn how to draw something, it'd be good to know what the process is.>Don't copy and certainly don't copy an entire book.So... don't read the book... don't draw from the book... what the fuck is the point then? Feeling the good vibes from the book?This is some very sneaky crabbing I have to say... well, sneaky if someone takes what you say at face value and doesn't give it the slightest of thought.
Have you tried the "How To Draw Professionally in Less Than an Hour and Make Guaranteed Money with No Effort and No Practice Guide"?
All books are memes, all you need is drawabox
>>7904796You don't need to read to draw, retard. Be my guest if you want to waste your time and burn out.
>>7904765all books are memes for autistic retards
>>7904765Cognitive Drawing and The Natural Way to Draw are great. All you need to do to learn how to draw is just to follow the exercises in Edwards' book, then integrate blind continuous contours and gesture studies from Nicolaides' book into your daily routines. Cognitive Drawing will help you learn how to efficiently observe and recall.Outside of tracing/outlining/breaking down references (which is something you can do on your own), all you need to do left is to go through your construction phase of breaking everything down into forms, which is the last and most complicated hurdle.
>>7904801My man.DRAWABOX IS THE GOAT. LIKE, I AM TIRED OF PEOPLE IN /IC/ SAYING STUFF LIKE"SPAMMING SHAPES WOULD'NT MAGICALLY MAKE YOU GOOD AT ART" FIRST, OF ALL IT ISN'T SPAMMING. IT'S DRAWING SHAPES MINDFULLY AND SECOND, THE PURPOSE OF MAKING THOSE SHAPES IS TO IMPROVE IMPORTANT FUNDAMENTALS NOT NECESSARILY ART. THESE TWO THINGS ARE DIFFERENT BUT THEY ARE RELATED."IRSHAD CAN'T DRAW, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO LEARN FROM HIM?" THE PRODUCTS FROM THE ARTISTS ARE NOT RELEVANT COMPARED TO THE MATERIAL THAT THEY TEACH. EVEN PETER HAN HAS ADMITTED IN THE PAST THAT SOME OF HIS STUDENTS HAVE SURPASSED HIM IN TERMS OF ART BUT THEY'RE STILL IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE MATERIAL THAT THEY TEACH. "DRAWABOX IS SO BORING!!!" SO, IS ANY KIND OF IMPROVEMENT. IT'S UNREALISTIC TO BECOME A MASTER OF A THING IN A SINGLE MONTH, WEEK. IT TAKES A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF TIME, AND IT REQUIRES WORK; WORK ISN'T SUPPOSED TO BE FUN. "DRAWABOX MADE ME QUIT DRAWING" UMM, HELLO 50% RULE?! DID THE INSTRUCTIONS WENT OVER YOUR HEARD!?
>>7904765pick any book and do self study.
>>7904983Nah man, draw a box sucks. he's like, "dude, trace the perspective lines and draw perfectly in perspective boxes" and then you do that for his boxes and they aren't perfect lol. it pissed me off so much that I just didn't read any further. like if he can't follow his own method, what's the point?also, how someones art looks when they're teaching you IS important. if their art looks like shit, I wouldn't want to learn from them idk why that's hard to understand
>>7905063Drawabox does indeed suck. The only thing worth learning from the guy is that it IS important that you know how to draw forms from multiple angles...but you don't need Drawabox for that. You just need 3D shapes from household objects or simple forms from the crafts aisle, coupled with the exercise from Right Side of the Brain (marker on glass).Alternatively, you could just study interiors and photographs.
>>7904869If you're going to burn out after five minutes of reading, there's no point in even picking up the pencil.And funny, to call someone a retard for... advocating for reading the book, rather than just having it sit on the desk.
>>7905148>five minutesThis is a typical page of Memeing on the Meme Side of the Meme. The whole book is like this. In the time it takes you to read this, you could read something actually valuable, or you could just draw.
>>7905148Nah drawing on the right side of the brain is just dogshit due to the insane amount of bloat where the author waxes poetic for zero fucking reason. Just rambling about this left/right brain bullshit on and on. Keys to drawing is much better book that teaches the same things but without the pseudoscience that women so seem to adore. At one point you start to wonder if astrology was about to come into the mix with how comical the book gets
>>7905231>Reading sucks bloo bloo blooI've gone through the whole thing when I first started drawing. It's not that bad. It's pretty bloated, but I've read far worse. This is more "academia" bullshit mixed with some good exercises. There are better books out there that just get you going straight into drawing without all the text bloat like "Rendering in Pen and Ink". But, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain isn't THAT bad.
>>7905278>I wasted my time on useless crap starting out, but no biggieOkay. Now how's drawing going? Good yet?
>>7905299Yeah, cus I consumed multiple sources of information, tutorials and books. I never made the implied argument that Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the be-all-end-all of books. It has it's place at the starting line. It's not the best. But, by far it's not the worst out there. It actually has some decent exercises and some explanations, albeit a lot of bloat when you wanna just get on with the drawing.
>>7905299>I wasted my time on useless crap starting out, but no biggieAs if we aren't all wasting our time to some degree. We're posting on this site no? You likely watch movies and play games, no? Unless you're drawing from wake to sleep, I don't see how you can whine about some reading as a prerequisite for a drawing lesson.
>>7905309Because it isn't a "prerequisite." You wasted your time, gained nothing towards your goal, and didn't even enjoy doing it. And then not only do you defend your behavior, but attack others who point out it's not a good use of your time drawing. The very definition of a based retard.
>>7905312Sure sure, keep not wasting your time posting here, telling me and others how 'reading' isn't required for a book. Thanks for calling me based.
>>7905324You're being obtuse. The book isn't required to draw. You fucking imbecile.
You're either an autodidact or you're not. If you are one, then books may be useful to this or that extent, but you'd be better served by an apprenticeship like in previous generations. Most people here likely think they're autodidacts but are actually too stupid and unskilled to be so, so the books will be mostly useless. In that particular case, you need instruction of some other kind so to reach your ceiling of mediocrity.
>>7905342The book is required for learning from the book though.As is reading from the book.As is drawing studies from the book.If OP wants to learn via books, these things are all required.Just say 'books bad', and be succinct next time.
>>7905378art will always be difficult for people like you
>>7905384Nah, I'm enjoying it well enough, thank you.
