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2032317 No.2032317 [Reply] [Original]

How in the world can I laern drawing from a book?
It's damn hard, I do the exercises and references from a book then I want to try from other sources I just fucking can't.

>> No.2032400

You use books to learn knowledge and techniques not for references or exercises.
For example learning perspective from a book, instead of drawing cubes and shit (you should anyways) you read up on what people do to create perspective such as overlapping, size differentiating, how values can be used, etc..

tldr books are for knowledge not practice.

>> No.2032592

>>2032400
So the best to do is practice with the techiniques of the books?
Because I read Vilppu, Betty Edwards. And I can draw what they say but in the end when I try to draw from imagination I really sucks. I can draw from life but from Imagination I still sucks and all books that I read from Imagination is step 1 draw a circle the draw everything.

>> No.2032619

>>2032317
is there a video for this image... god that looks soul crushing.

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2032631

>>2032317
>that pic
>and thats why im gay doc.

>> No.2032635

Chill, it's staged, some reality show shit.

Betty Edwards teaches you observation, but some of it can apply to drawing from fantasy such as paying attention to negative spaces.

Drawing from fantasy is pretty much drawing simple shapes well, breaking things down to simple shapes, and that comes from lots of life drawing, drawing through form, and studying perspective.

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>>2032635
>Shattering dreams and entire sexuality are now staged.

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2032706

>>2032317
you don't, the only way to learn drawing is by drawing A LOT. of course you can read whatever, but it will be wasted time for the most part: "only when the disciple is ready, the master appears"

why are so cruel them qts?

>> No.2033416

>>2032706
>Wasted time.
>>2032400

>>2032592
Anyways, from what it sounds like you are trying to jump into drawing from imagination too early.

What you want to do is continue to draw from life and practice the techniques so you build a good mental library of basics as well as physical references that you then can use to Frankenstein together a piece from your imagination.

You can't draw the griffon with out first knowing how to draw the lion and the eagle, bruh.

>> No.2033466

Find a good teacher.