This is how I improve exempt I think most drawing videos are obviously simplified and use abstractions as a standard. But in order to utilize and draw those abstractions, you should understand the real thing first and understand what those abstractions represent. Like example the loomis method works but the reason why it works is because it’s based on the anatomy of the human skull. The Reilly method is an abstraction of the rhythm created by the fat pads on the face. Learning to draw something is a balance of input of info and output of experimentation (drawing), if you don’t understand how something works as you’re drawing it, it means you need more inputs.
Hey, thanks for your comment! I agree, although at the same time I think it's easier to learn the abstracted thing, so it works best to first learn a simplified version, then answer the leftover questions with the real thing (like a skull, there is just TOO MUCH informatio to soak in without a guide)
Maaaan THANK you for making these kinda videos. You've been on a ROLL. Take that one about whether an artist has an issue of figure drawing vs 'actual deep anatomy'. These videos about Learning, itself. They optimize our learning and make real use out of the time we do put in.
My problem is if I don't constantly review courses and videos that I've bought I and don't practice it like daily. I forget it. I was like doing some proko videos and he says he has a horrible memory and he learned anatomy just by like drawing stuff hundreds of times and eventually you remember it. But I don't draw that much. It is my hobby and I do it in my spare time whenever I can, but it's hard to remember the shapes of certain things. If you're not like doing hundreds of reputations. I do cognitive drawing too where you draw stuff from memory and then you drive from reference. That helps a bit but my memory is still really bad. I instantly forget things because I have short-term memory.
Have you tried with notes though? That's exactly the problem I had before I started trying to re-explain what I had learned from the video and immediately apply it. It doesn't need to be a perfect application, but as a note it works wonders if applied immediately, and then again within 2 weeks
@@theartofnemo I haven't yet. But I'm drawn along with videos and that helps. And I recently discovered the cognitive drawing thing drawing from memory and then from reference and that's helped me remember. But I'll try the note thing . I've noticed with other things when I write things down I remember them better
@@williammclean6594 Absolutely! There is also a reason why I mentioned handwriting: a few studies showed that students who took hand-written notes vs typed notes were far more likely to remember the content. I assume it's because you have to think of every letter and do a different hand motion for each.
Hey, by the way... This is my 21st day in a row of drawing no less than like 1 hour and 30 minutes a day. One big reason it's been so consistent is this thing called the Pomedoro Method (or the Tomato Method). There's a marc brunet video about it I recommend. Mix that with a daily goal of three tomatoes 🍅. (Or two if you wanna start small). Really feel me on this next part... The idea of 'I wanna get better at drawing and there's so much to learn so I better draw a lot today'... vs. a truly finite daily goal... There is NO contest. Listen, I can be tired from working a double. I was up for like 16 hours and was ready to go to sleep soon one night... But I remembered (Just three tomatoes, do that 25 minute method and practice some perspective. Watch a video, do a gesture session.... Then stop. I did it that night too because there was a legit finite goal. Picking up what I'm putting down? 😎
@@alexmccaleb2152 90 minutes seems to also be the max stretch any given human can focus continuously. Even top performers can't do more than 90 minutes at a time. The very max each day seems to be 4-5 hours (like 3 90 min sessions). Good deal! As for the Pomodoro method, I tried it but unfortunately I lose too much focus with those many breaks, so I prefer to stretch 1h min at a time
@@miwiarts Really? I use notion to script the video/organize content (because I find the interface more clear than obsidian for this). I might give Milanote a try!
