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Hi Jon, I have found that the size of the hatching determines how I hold the pencil. With smaller strokes I use a writing hand grip and with larger marks, using the full arm, I use an overhand grip.

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#22

I’ve finished the boxes section of Vilppu’s course. So far I’ve spent a week in each section, gesture, spheres and boxes. I’m glad he says at the end of boxes, ” it’s just a tool, don’t get stuck in boxes” This is something I was getting uptight about, not seeing the boxes clearly. Onward!!

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Welcome Felipe, you are sure to find all the instruction you could imagine on NMA.

Look forward to seeing your work!

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#21 I did yesterday’s boxes over again, going slower, trying to understand, I am feeling ever so slightly more confident. At any rate,  the task and process ( which is reassuring for me) is less daunting.

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Hi Jacci, I too have done sight-size and find it actually reassuring because it takes So  long! But actually limiting because you always have to have a model. I learned to draw using the contour, continuous line method which is very free, but inaccurate. I want to learn the constructive method because I want to be able to draw from imagination and above all, memory!

Thanks for your comments!

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Thanks Marcelino for your suggestions. I think it’s the joints and how they fit together I have trouble seeing. For the moment I will imagine them as cylinders, either coming forward or receding. I like your idea of not limiting the time ( too much) cheers!

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This is beautiful Deborah! So delicate, I love being able to see just the contour, so simple really. It looks like colored pencils, a very nice harmony.

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#20   5 min poses

I still don’t understand limbs. I need to do these over very slowly. 5 min is very fast for me. I will watch Glenn’s take on this assignment. I purposely did not watch it before doing my own, I need to start seeing on my own. 

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Hi Alex, thanks for sharing this. I like your constructive process and the ink lines. I had never heard of drawabox before so I checked it out and may do some of the exercises. I learned to draw with the contour , continuous line method and now want to “really” learn to draw using a constructive approach.

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#19

Drawing from the timed session, following the process, gesture, spheres ( I do tend to forget to draw through) and boxes. These figures were particularly difficult to see the box forms, the model is in fact quite round. I got a bit heavy handed, probably to cover up my numerous mistakes!

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#18

I think I’m beginning to see box-like forms in the figure and elsewhere. As  I watch Glenn draw boxes on top of his already well-done gesture and sphere- forms, I can’t help but wonder why he would want to “ruin” his nice drawing? I realize the boxes help see the planes, but I wonder why he wouldn’t do gesture, then a light box shape, followed by the spheres.

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#16 and 17

Trying to understand boxes. I am having a hard time visualizing the limbs. I’m starting to understand head torso and pelvis.

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#15

Just in the wee beginning of comprehending boxes in space and how they might move. I don’t get limbs at all yet, in box form or otherwise. 

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Appreciate your comments Mattias, these courses are definitely worth going back to again and again.

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Excellent simplification of the complicated crumpled paper! The soft shading is nice.

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