It isn't often that I have the opportunity to draw the male figure but looking at these two efforts, I should do it more often. I know I'm more attracted to the curving lines and rounded forms of the female, - I've been working with them in one way or another for years. Even tho' I've owned and loved dogs, I'm more at home drawing the soft shapes of cats too. I wonder if this is a case of simplicity vs complexity, - of surface vs structure. I've said earlier that I depend on my eyes rather than knowledge. That's a perfectly reasonable way of drawing, one that I love, but if I had a better background in human anatomy, these drawings would no doubt be more accurate. As I work I'm looking at light reflecting from skin surfaces which are (de)formed by the muscles and bones beneath. Back a few years when in art school working from the live model, we were required to draw the figure as if without skin, visualizing the bone & muscle below. It's time to do that again.
Education is no substitute for pure raw talent. However, it is a good foundation on which talent may build. (david Allio)
Education is no substitute for pure raw talent. However, it is a good foundation on which talent may build. (david Allio)
