Quote: (06-05-2016 11:59 AM)marty Wrote:
Great info, thanks. Will rep soon. I've been considering getting into drawing for a while, this might be the push I needed. I have a stupid question. Stupid because it's vague and varies between individuals. With about an hour practice a day how long do you think it will approximately take until someone can do decent looking drawings? Which look like proper drawings that you would proudly show others. Just a rough guess e.g. a month, 6 months, a year, ...? Just to know what to expect.
Also I guess if you can draw well, picking up painting isn't that hard. The basics still apply, you "only" have to learn how to handle the brush and the paint. What I mean is it's kind of a natural progression, like learning another foreign language.
I went from no way in hell I could draw anything that even resembles a face unless I had a picture right in front of me, to being able to draw decent faces with no reference in about six months-year. I would also watch a lot of Youtube tutorials while drawing. It was one of my habits I picked up while doing the 1 Year Drinking Wagon Challenge.
However, you may require someone looking at your work and giving you pointers. It depends on how good your eye is more than your drawing skill. For the longest time, I was making mistakes on the height of faces - I would always tend to draw the noses far too long, as well as the chins. I had to overcompensate by deliberately drawing them way to short, and experiment until I got something more reasonable.
I wish I had started Loomis earlier, as from the get-go he has you constructing faces easily out of basic forms. Even if they look cartoony, it's a fantastic start.