Drawing the human body...can be so difficult?

Question

Drawing anything is difficult for that matter. In other things you can make mistakes and pass unnoticed. Humans we interact and we need to feel.
Drawing from life directly without using any sketch or out lines isthe best practise.
It is learning how to see. You can't draw what you can't see and you really don't see. You draw a dead outline and try to fill it with colors.
Once you learn how to draw from life these difficulties will subside.
Here are some examples of kids drawings from my workshops.
http://www.kubertsworld.com/Forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1804
What do you think?

My Gallery at http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=8718

Yes, TJM, I mean for life drawing only.

Answer 1

ok

Answer 2

You are right about drawing the human body. When you draw other things the idiosycracies are charming. If you are looking to draw a credible human though most people don't like "oddities". I am a professional portrait artist and I have worked my butt off for many many years to portray people gracefully and accurately (and I am STILL working my butt off and will never be as good as I would like to be probably). I've gotta say though that the payoff is very good and your artwork is sold before you even stretch the canvas. I tried the gallery, art show route painting things that pleased me hoping that someone would be charmed enough to buy my work. I sold some things but was a degrading uphill battle. Mastering the human form is a sure fire ticket to self sufficiency with your art efforts. Study the anatomy and do the life drawings. Accuracy of rendering has it's rewards.

Answer 3

Firstly, the drawings didn't show up in the blog, so I have no opinion.

Secondly, I completely disagree with your line of thinking in some ways...especially when you say you can't draw what you can't see. As an artist myself, it is a belief that drawing, painting, etc. comes from your mind and heart and also from those things that we've seen before...visualizations. A sculptor can sculpt from pure imagination and come up with something never seen before, just as a painter can create objects in the same manner. That would be partly abstract and sometimes surrealism. Do you really think Dali saw what he painted in real life? Maybe he did, but it was his imagination and creativity that drove him to accomplish what he did.

But then again, if you're talking completely about life drawing, then I guess your logic does make some sense. For some it comes easily, others it doesn't.

Answer 4

Logic is truth? Logic is a valid way of processing information. It's not, for the most part, information itself except at the most basic level. Logic for example does not say "there is no god". It simply says "A is A". And then "If A is B and B is C, then A is C.". It does not say "The universe was created by a big bang". If you say "I think logic is dumb" then I won't even bother listening to anything else you say b/c you've basically decided that your own words don't mean what you say they mean. Your 'A' is no longer your 'A'. You can say "God exists" and I might as well interpret that as "God does not exist" or "Bananas love to fight" or whatever I want. Logic also says a few other things and there's a lot about overlapping circles or 'Venn diagrams' and then a few chapters on fallacies which is basically "How to screw it up". I swear, more time is devoted in logic to "How to do logic wrong". then any other subject. No one says "here are some things you should NOT do in chemistry" for more than a chapter. No one says "Do NOT try to mix the chemicals inside your mouth" or whatever other fool thing someone might think of. OK the Darwin Awards do that. Great books the Darwin Awards.

Answer 5

If you wanted us to check out your website, why didn't you just say so?
FYI, the link didn't lead to any pictures. Maybe you can click "Add Details" and give us another link?

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Wow! Really nice artwork! I am impressed. I especially like the Manisha picture. How old are these kids?
I took art classes back when I was a teen, and while I learned to draw pretty well (I think), I must say it never came easily to me, and I always sketched outlines.
I guess the artwork is proof of the validity of your theory.

Answer 6

I'm an artist, and I think anyone can draw. You actually draw what you see. But of course if you have no imagination nor creativity, it is more difficult.Each hemisphere of the human brain has its own private sensations, perceptions, thoughts, and ideas.
Description of the left side of the brain is the intellectual, scientific, logical, and linguistic hemisphere while the right side is intuitive, artistic, and mysterious is oversimplification

Answer 7

I suck at drawing, painting, coloring at generally painting as an art. Althought i must say that your works are pretty good

Answer 8

well my students draw stuff like That i teach 5th grade

Answer 9

i've been going to art school for 2 years and i think i have a future in art. let me know what you think about my self portrait......

Answer 10

Uh yea hard to do