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Three Tips!

1. FIGURE DRAWING.  Draw the human body from real life (not photos) in a lot of different poses. I say not photos because you need to practice making 3D into 2d, not 2d into 2d. I took figure drawing at school but you could find a community art class to take or have your very understanding friends and family pose in exercise clothes. (My brother in law dislocated his knee a few years back and while he sat watching the TV he let me pull out my big pad and charcoal to sketch. Very kind)  Now this is not just long seated 45 minute poses–break down the body into blocks and lines and focus on the gesture. @grizandnorm have a huge amount of drawing advice – check out their tuesday tips.

Originally posted by smollpeachgirl

2. SKETCHBOOKING: More real life drawing–take your sketchbook everywhere.  To school, shopping, museums, wherever. Do it with pen or marker instead of pencil–I know it’s really scary when you can’t erase but that makes you focus on the lines you put down. When you draw people around you, really try to interpret and exaggerate what they are feeling.  Squash and stretch their anatomy to make the emotion the first thing you notice!

Originally posted by geekylaugifs

3. PUSH YOUR OWN ACTING: I take photos of myself doing poses all the time. And, when I’m posing, I try to push the emotions to an almost silly level. Really scrunching my face or stretching my arms or hunching over. When I draw looking at my photo reference, I try to push even beyond that.

Originally posted by gif-database

4. (Oh look, a bonus tip) SILHOUETTE: Best way to make sure something is readable–if you painted it in solid, can you still tell what the emotion is? Are they leaning towards what they want, are they cowering in fear, are they glancing to one side or turning their whole head to look? Leave the face for last and focus on the BODY LANGUAGE.

Originally posted by disneysroad

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