How to get better at structure

[Anonymous No.3617036]

What drawing exercises, tutorials and books would you all recommend for learning construction, structure and getting better at drawing from imagination.

[Anonymous No.3617042]

literally just read the sticky.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uwaXKU7ev6Tw_or__o8ARpUb6r2rCZYJGqwSFV9AD98/edit#bookmark=id.15jx3pyuimvj

there is no substitute for practice and learning the fundamentals.

[Anonymous No.3617046]

>>3617042
I've already read it. Construction IS a fundamental. The big sticky really doesn't go into much depth as to what exactly you need to do to get better at construction.

[Anonymous No.3617050]

>>3617046
have you read any of the books then, or utilised any of the general resources? i've made the mistake of just skimming through text without actually trying to understand.

you should also put in the effort to physically draw things you haven't seen before. take a hint from krenz and apply construction to your references.

[Anonymous No.3617053]

>>3617050
Yea, I've been doing the draw a box exercises and studying loomis a bit. Here's my construction work from today. I'm really shit at perspective so i gotta study more draw a box.

[Anonymous No.3617055]

>>3617053
you still have a very limited understanding of perspective, so just focus on that before anything else.
emulating photos and doing still-lives will eventually give you an intuitive grasp of perspective.

[Anonymous No.3617057]

>>3617055
I'm not really sure, because I did this yesterday which is a perspective exercise and I'd say it's decent. I just really suck ass at visualizing things.

[Anonymous No.3617059]

>>3617055
I also have some portrait drawings. I do have still lifes as well. I dunno, maybe if I keep hammering away at copying I'll get better at imagining things, but I'm not sure.

[Anonymous No.3617072]

>>3617057
frankly, it's not. you're ignoring basic principles in drawing fisheye perspective -- note how most sides of the green box are actually curved.

i've also given an example of how to construct bottles. Note that no matter how you view a circle in perspective, it will always be equivalent to an ellipse angled in some arbitrary way. that's one of the situations where you must intuit perspective.

>>3617059
it isn't bad, but you would still benefit from a thorough understanding of how to break the face up into simple, intersecting forms. the lips and nose aren't believable.

[Anonymous No.3617075]

>>3617072
forgot image

[Anonymous No.3617089]

>>3617072
I mean yea, that's what construction is, and it's what I'm weak at. I really don't know how to break down the body into simple shapes. I often find it just interrupts with me being able to accurately draw the photo.

[Anonymous No.3617092]

>>3617072
I'm obviously still going to copy from photographs, just because it trains my eyes, but my ultimate goal is to learn how to draw from imagination, which is why I did those exercises above.

[Anonymous No.3617105]

>>3617089
>I really don't know how to break down the body into simple shapes
That's what anatomy books are for.

Also, you don't necessarily need to draw construction lines when working from memory. Construction w/ ref is just an effective way to learn forms.

[Anonymous No.3617109]

>>3617089
Since you like photos so much just use a grid to train your eyes to see what's in front of you.

Or for construction you can study forms perspective and anatomy. Look up anatomy for sculptors and draw everything in that book from the skeleton up.

[Anonymous No.3617114]

>>3617109
Sounds good, I'll look up that book. Thanks.

[Anonymous No.3617135]

>>3617114
No problem. I think you can find a pdf in the art book thread by the way

[Anonymous No.3617163]

>>3617135
already found it on google, gonna start studying it.