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5251422 No.5251422 [Reply] [Original]

how am I supposed to best learn from this book? I'm reading through it but there's no exercises written for me to do like other art books. Is the best way to learn from it to read a chapter then copy the illustrations?

>> No.5251460 [DELETED] 

Reading an anatomy book is not going to help you if you're too retarded to be able to learn

>> No.5251591

>>5251422
I'm not the best, actually pretty bad, but my opinion is that you should do gesture practice first, structure of bodies(skelly) and just then lay anatomy over that, by simplifying it the best way you see fit. Copying is no good.
If you can't learn anything from the book and have it imprinted in your memory so you can use it without reference you failed.
Don't be a human xerox.

I shouldnt't have to tell you this, but anyone besides me could have said the above.

>> No.5251600

>>5251591
forgot to add this but pyw so others can see what you did right/wrong
just asking "what should I do" doesn't mean much to anyone really

>> No.5251601

>>5251591
i dont understand, am I supposed to read the entire book first and then apply it?

>> No.5251603

>>5251600
i dont think you understand my question, how am i supposed to study this book

>> No.5251607

>>5251601
you're supposed to read other books first, anatomy isn't the first thing you should learn. check board sticky/fwap by loomis

>> No.5251610

>>5251607
no i think you still dont understand. i am at the stage where i need to learn anatomy and want to know how to study this book

>> No.5251612

>>5251610
then you're reading the wrong book at the wrong stage

>> No.5251614

>>5251612
no I need to study this book. tell me how to study it properly

>> No.5251628

>>5251614
read what it says about thing, do thing, thing isn't like it should be? read about thing and do it again, rinse and repeat

>> No.5251634

>>5251628
oh should i try drawing from memory/imagination after reading chapter? sorry i need it spelled out for me because i am on the spectrum

>> No.5251686

>>5251422
Recently I watched the Will Weston Masterclass and he says the spent a lot of years (and everynow and then) drawing the pictures from anatomy books, so just copy a lot of them.

>> No.5251691

>>5251686
Also https://drawingamerica.com/will-weston-recommended-books-for-artists/

>> No.5251692

you use them as reference while drawing if you aren't sure about something

>> No.5251693

>>5251686
thank you for the response and help anon, I hope that the rest of your day, week, month, season, year will be the best you've had yet

>> No.5251694

>>5251422
People only obsess over this book because it has an Asian girl on the cover. It isn't remarkably better than the other anatomy books and it won't make you better if you don't have a grasp on the basics.

>> No.5251705

>>5251694
idk why people keep telling me NOT to study anatomy and are assuming I've never drawn before

>> No.5251727
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5251727

>>5251422
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thh4JXnVtxM
1st Perspective/Construction/Structure
2nd Figure Drawing
3rd Anatomy
Can you simplify the human skeleton?
Can you draw the muscle at different angles?
Can you feel the form?
aslo
PYW

>> No.5251827

>>5251422
I haven't read this one but a lot of these books are designed as reference books not instructional ones with exercises so you will have to make up your own assignments or refer to it when issues come up in your own work.

For example, choose a photo that emphisises the part of the body you wish to work on, trace over it referring to how your reference books draws that anatomy. Then do a drawing of that part keeping those forms in mind.

>> No.5252000

>>5251691
>vilppu drawing manual
holy based

>> No.5252037

>>5252000
>>5251691

>https://drawingamerica.com/will-weston-recommended-books-for-artists/

>vilppu drawing manual increased 3x from 30$ when I bought it to 90$
jfc

>> No.5252243

>>5252037
NMA is going to reprint an updated version

>> No.5252483

>>5252243
oh shit really?

>> No.5252527

>>5252483
Yeah, I think they mention it in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVdUjDlraIQ

>> No.5252548

>>5252527
>Glenn: I have a whole shelf full of Hokusai back here, and I love his work. It's so...it's really inspiring.
based weeb vilppu

>> No.5253440

hey OP, i may be in a similar situation as you-
without predefined exercises or tasks it can be hard to practice productively

what i would recommend is to break this book up into sections and spend a while on each section until you are comfortable with that particular body part

example would be to say, okay. this day/week/month i will improve my hands- go into the hand section of the book and read it entirely, then apply what you have learnt, using the book as a reference while you are doing so, draw 100 hands, 1000 if you need to, and continue to refine it using the book as a guide- until you are pleased with it and then move on to another body part / section if you feel ready

the book doesn't need to be followed start to finish but rather used as a reference when you want to draw/practice something in particular.

think of it as a cook book- you generally don't read it cover to cover if you just wanna improve your stir-fries- you go to the stir fry section and practice that until you are making wicked stir-fry.

goodluck anon, i know you can make it

>> No.5253572

>>5253440
you are too pure for 4chan. Bless

>> No.5253585

>>5253440
thank you so much for the advice i really appreciate it