Useful links and everyday practices for artists (quick poses sketching)

 In this post I'll talk about daily sketches. It's believed that drawing sketches of nudity,  fifty a day, for three months, can significantly improve the skill of anatomy.  And make your characters much more dynamic. This system was provided by Yana Frank. It’s most likely that you don’t have 50 random nude people at home to practice on them, so it’s OK to use special sites, I will give links to some of them in the end of the article. (If you have "Drink and Draw" sessions provided in your city - it's also a great opportunity to practice your figure drawing skills. I'll make a post about such practices later).  

Image from Posemaniacs

At the first site I opened men were not just naked, they were naked to the muscles. However, it is even on hand: there is hardly ever a chance not to remember the muscle structure of the body, looking at him 50 times a day. The process itself is pretty fun. Important thing about it - start the timer and try to keep within the allotted time. Then you know exactly how much time it will take to practice. Otherwise (without a timer) you can get the feeling that the models will never run out. And you’ll spent several times more time (tested). What it gave to me personally (and what it can give to you):

1. The ability not to protract with the sketch (indeed, when the timer is running you don’t have an  opportunity to spit at the ceiling from to time)

2. Correction of overvalued relation to your drawings (when you already have drawn 50 bollocks – you can fell free about 51st)

3. "Swing" for everyday drawing (the appetite comes with eating. If you start sketching in the morning, then move on to some more global work in the afternoon becomes much easier. Your hands are already “hot”)

4. The lack of opportunities for self-flagellation in the process (again, while the timer is running you do not have time to stop and think about that the life is an ash, and your hands are not completely sprouted from a traditional place)

5. Lack of opportunity to choose a simpler view (and this is really a plus! The site, which I tried firs included a huge man as a model, who desperately conjures up thoughts of creatures from the Fantastic Four. Sometimes I can not even figure out where he has some part of the body, not that quickly sketch it. However, such a random types and positions in the future will allow you to effortlessly render anyone though in a pose of the letter "sic")

What difficulties may arise:

1. Oh-wei, I can’t  keep within the allotted time

This temporarily. At first I’ve established the timer for 90 seconds, and only when these 90 became too much for me, and I had the time, during which I was expecting change of the image on the screen, I’ve translated it to 60. This approach usually works, and only one thing about it is funny - the transition to a more a short time is a chance for some time to produce one-legged / one-armed persons with disabilities. But it will pass, and then you begin to keep up in time.

2. Oh-wei, I have no time/ mood / desires / materials / inspiration (underline) for it...

There's not much to discuss. Some stub of pencil and pieces of paper exist in any home, and about the desire and time... There is a popular expression, calling not to torture sciatic place with no urge to defecate (read - "If you don’t want to crap – do not torture your ass" ). However, the case will approach the same phrase about finding opportunities and excuses. Choose to your taste.

3. Oh-wei, I don’t see any progress. 

It will be seen. But not immediately. Progress will appear after 2 weeks / month / three, depending on you personally. Do not throw away the first sketches. Do not throw away anything before the end of the experiment, cause you will not have something to compare with. 

Try it:) It’s really fun in fact. Now I will add the sites with models. Not all the list, but my favorites:

Posemaniacs 

Quickposes

By the way, the same practice can be used to draw animals. There are also special resources for it.

Don't forget about youtube, of cource:) My favorite figure drawing resources there are: 

New masters Academy

Onairvideo

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