/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3078512

If you were drawing a head a form study would be breaking it down to simple primitive shapes - spheres, cubes, etc that are in perspective. Its in 3d and, if the head is in 3/4, you could draw the other side using just construction and anatomy knowledge.

If drawing the head as a shape study, you would look at relationships between the elements on the face/photo/image you are looking at. You are drawing only what you literally see with your physical eyeballs. This is totally 2-dimennsional and trains your eye to see. This is good for learning how light interacts with stuff/quick read of a composition/how things actually look. This should be studied alongside construction not in lieu of. This is how you probably started drawing, not with Loomis/Bridgeman systems but by looking and putting it down on paper as accurately as you can, like a printer, to which the goal is accuracy and believe it or not, there is a bunch of information you can get by just looking for 1-3hours at something.

I remember Mullins saying something about being able to think in 2d and 3d at the same time, looking at an object and be able to turn it in perspective and 'feel' the form but also see it in context with other elements on the image, how far is it from the nose and lips, the shape of the shadow, how dark compared to the lit skin, etc.

Lay-in of pic is done in shapes, top/bottom triangulating shit. If via construction it would be through Loomis/Hampton circles and cubes. But you will have to go back to looking/you shape training when you render. Learn both.

Is there a good pdf for the charles bargue drawing course?

I was wondering if the Charles Barque drawing course is a good thing to attempt if you wanna get better at understanding drawing.