When I draw pictures I tend to make them very tiny, because I get bored coloring and my mistakes are more glaring when I make my pictures bigger. I also still haven't gotten over my childhood phobia of running out of paper. The problem is in art class I always end up with insanely detailed textures (mapped mathematicaly often using a grid) in some areas, and large chunks of empty space which I hastly fill in with quick hills, grass, sky, or anything so that my art teacher won't complain too much. Problem is, that undeveloped space looks ugly. So does anyone else who have the same problem; and/or a solution?
2007-09-02 21:04:24 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Drawing & Illustration
Have you done any blind drawing where you move your eye along the line of an object and try, without looking at the paper, to get your hand to follow your mind. In my experiance this is the single most useful exercise you can do to improve your skills. Use newprint paper and go for more naturally big images. This will help expand the area of paper that you actually use in the subject and perhaps with more room you will be able to enlarge your texturing to match. If you get bored coloring it is likely that you are not getting really into the depth of tones and shades that keep the coloring true to the eye. Life is full of mellow hues to compliment your investment in texture. I take it from what you said that your are drawing outdoors. If you move to indoor objects you can use the uneven tones of a plastered wall with grays and peach and yellows to blurr in a background with out too much trouble.
2007-09-02 21:47:31 · answer #1 · answered by recallthis2004 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There really isn't any reason you MUST draw/paint large if you are uncomfortable with it...it's your art, not you art teacher's :)
People make a nice chunck of change selling small paintings (miniatures) I used to write really small when in high school. It was very neat block print, but small, like a typewriter.
Hmmm...maybe try enlarging your drawing using a copy machine or scanner at home?
You mentioned using the grid method to gain acurracy in the more detailed areas of your drawings.
Grids are also used to retain as close to exact proportions while enlarging/tranferring an image.
Good luck and remember, never change your style to conform with what society tells you is right. If it truly feels "right" in your heart, than go for it!
2007-09-04 13:22:50 · answer #2 · answered by nyrtist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One thing that you may find useful is to do a quick thumbnail sketch before you start drawing. If you're like me (and it sounds like you are), you hate the idea of sketching anything quickly because you want to get on to the central focus of your picture (that would be the part you're doing with the grid), which leaves you struggling to fill in the background. If you start with a hasty thumbnail, it will let you compose the picture beforehand, giving you a better idea of how you want it to turn out. Having said that, depending on what you're drawing it might not be necessary to fill in the spaces. Complete your pictures so you're happy with them and leave it at that!
2007-09-06 15:01:13 · answer #3 · answered by phylrca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask your arts' teacher to show you the teqnique. You can use very big pieces of paper until you ge used to normal size of drawing. I have also an other idea but it may sound stupid: Go to an isolated beach and try drawing on the wet sand. You can't draw small sketches on the sand. Or do a graffiti on a wall (you can't draw small on walls).
2007-09-03 01:05:55 · answer #4 · answered by AИИA 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Only solution is always be more aware when you start the art work not to start out too small. It sucks cause when you start and get going, sometimes you realize its just too small or too big and you can't really do anything about it, cause its an original.
The only thing is if you really enjoy it learn to take time to slow down and really focus on the art.
2007-09-02 21:08:50 · answer #5 · answered by jbahhh 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One of the things you can do is to use a half-inch wide Texta and a piece of A2 cartridge paper for a while, and do 30-second illustrations without any corrections.
A few days doing that will help you gain a more balanced approach.
2007-09-02 21:12:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
try to draw big. have a huge piece of paper to start with. and if you dont' like it just throw it away.
2007-09-03 05:24:27 · answer #7 · answered by Tivogal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋