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Anonymous Mon Mar 2 16:02:06 2015 No.2001606 [View]
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I'm working out of dodson(Keys To Drawing), and i'm totally stuck on the chapter about proportions, i've been stuck on ONE FUCKING GAY PART of it for three or four days. This sounds simple, but i need help:

It says to "lightly and loosely sketch that shape you desire on the page", this sketch doesn't need be anything more than an "amorphous indication". The paragraph implies that you find out the proportions when you start drawing it. Where i get fucked up is that its impossible for me to do a "light sketch" of the model that isn't so wildly off that i have to just start over from the beginning. Its getting to the point where i just start out measuring, either by eye, by hand, or both - which brings its own issues as you can imagine.

Am i doing something wrong? Am i missing something? Are you SUPPOSED to measure the proportions of your "light sketch"?

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