So I’ve started reading Betty Edwards’ Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and I’ve reached the point where I have my first drawing exercise: four drawings, one of a person (drawn live—so you get my daughter on her iPad), one of a generic person drawn from imagination, one of my hand and one of a chair.
My notes on the picture for later reflection: The proportions are not quite right on my picture of my daughter, but it shows promise If I saw this in isolation without knowing it was meant to be her, I’d think it was better.
My generic person ends up looking a bit of a cartoon. It’s hard to think of details when I’m being abstract.
My hand kind of loses the thread after the first two fingers and my thumb looks horrid as does the index finger.
The chair ends up being pretty good, but in general, I’m best with these sorts of pictures of things, especially stuff with a lot of straight lines or inorganic curves. I think some of that comes from the years of drawing lettering.
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