Question from Peter
What might be the best daily drawing exercises for learning figure drawing?
Hi Peter,
You actually put the answer in your question – the keyword is “daily“.
It is not about some specific exercises, but practicing figurative drawing on a daily basis.
It is better to spend 15 minutes drawing figures every day than 4 hours twice a month.
(Life drawing by Natalie Richy)
Regarding specific drawing tasks, you can do the following:
- learn the human anatomy;
- learn proportions of a human body, head and face;
- do gesture sketches;
- do life drawing;
- copy the old masters;
- draw figures and portraits from memory and imagination;
- draw self-portraits;
- create multiple figure compositions;
- and so on…
There is no set in stone specific regime you must follow. However, it is important to have a task in mind and a goal that you want to achieve. For every task it might be as small as examining the golden proportions of phalanges of the hand or as big as creating a multi-figure composition.
To learn human anatomy fast, visit the Anatomy Master Class »
Kind regards,
Natalie Richy and Vladimir London
Drawing Academy tutors
I have this newly found passion for drawing, I am 44yrs. young and just learned this of myself. Now what do I do? Where do I go from here? At my age, would it be worth it to try and make something from this, like on a career path, or should I just leave it as my hobby? Help! Because I feel like I’m going to combust with the drive I have for this
Hi Carri,
Many thanks for your comment.
It is never too late. At 44 years young you’re just in the beginning.
Please check this article:
http://drawingacademy.com/it-is-never-too-late
Best regards,
Vladimir