/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>7002428
It's not considered one of the greatest artworks of all time, you may be misinterpreting its significance. I think if anyone posts that image as an example of DaVinci's ability its as an example of his grasp of human form. You can feel the life in the image even if it's not a 1:1 literal translation of his model. Pic related is a life drawing I made of my wife a while back and you can see how I took great lengths to make it look as much like her as possible but my amateur hand is obvious by comparison, there isn't nearly as much life in my drawing as in DaVincis, don't you agree? His is so effortless, with 1/10 of the lines he managed to capture the humanity.

>>7002567
I went from pretty much where you're at to pic related in a month just from that video I linked you and some exercises. This was a life drawing I was working on a few years back, a couple of sit down sessions.

I used to be on /ic/ giving out tips a couple years back and I would always link that video, I subbed to New Masters Academy for a month or so and his series really helped, just so happens to have that nice free sample on youtube.