Yes! You Can Draw - Exercises
Do you know that feeling when you get a massage and the therapist finds a knot that you didn't know were there? And you realise just how much you needed this? That was exactly how I felt doing Amandine's exercises. Thank you so much! Whenever someone tells me in the future, "I can't draw", I will send them here <3
In the order I drew them - I always wrote one aspect I like about the drawings below each one.
The first one with my left hand (charcoal, DIN A4):
I like the swiftness of the lines...
The ones with the single continuous line (pen, DIN A4)
I like the graphical aspect, it feels smooth...
The ones without looking at the paper (ink pen and coloured pens, DIN A4)
I like the Picasso-esque appearance, I bet he did those exercises as well...
The one without looking at the mirror, after studying my face (charcoal, DIN A 4)
I like the comic-style...
And finally I felt like trying out the left hand another time (charcoal, DIN A4)
UPDATE:
After Amandine's intriguing feedback, I followed her advise on trying the exercise again, but this time swapping the materials used! So, I did exactly that, and again I had an absolute blast. I deliberately took a bit more time with the drawings I were inclined to rush through. The outcome was even a bit unexpected for me...I also experienced that different media lends itself differently to separate styles...
The first one with my left hand (pen, DIN A4)
The one with one continuous line - the shading I did afterwards of course (charcoal on carton, DIN A4)
The ones without looking down on the paper, only to swap "colors" (charcoal, carton DIN A4)
The one where I just studied my face and then tried drawing it from memory (colored pens, DIN A4)
And finally, another with my left hand (charcoal pencil, charcoal, DIN A4)
What do you say? Do you have a favourite?