/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>do a study
>finish it
>find the mistakes
so what do I do next?
Do I fix the drawing or move onto the next study?

>>2050831

Yeah I know what you mean I think the reason it feels harder is because you can't hide your lack of understanding of form. because there's so little going on it just makes it all that more apparent when you get it wrong. You can learn an awful lot from photos alone, I'm not saying don't study from life but my reasoning for using photographs for this particular exercise is again just to cut down on anything that could possibly distract you. If you're studying a statue IRL you've might have to deal with multiple light sources, inconsistent lighting if it's outside, other people are a distraction. In the privacy of your own home there's no pressure to do something masterful, you're just trying to learn so it doesn't matter if it looks shit. Not to mention the hassle of organizing a trip to a gallery etc etc, there's a surprising amount of time wasted trying to do it that way. For example I grabbed some images off pinterest, you can find loads like this, see how nice that is, no colours, no background, simple light sources, much easier to wrap your head around IMO.
The thing is a lot of these value changes are really subtle and it was hard for me to notice at first until I stripped away all the bullshit and looked at just the form. I suppose that's why bargue plates are popular you're basically doing the same thing.