{"id":2504,"date":"2012-01-09T10:46:23","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T10:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/?p=2504"},"modified":"2012-01-09T10:46:23","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T10:46:23","slug":"back-to-the-drawing-board-with-a-bird-sketch-the-inner-art-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2012\/01\/back-to-the-drawing-board-with-a-bird-sketch-the-inner-art-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Back To The Drawing Board With A Bird Sketch & The Inner Art Process"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you been drawing while I was away? Not as much as you intended to, right? If so, here\u2019s Blue Jay to sketch and entice you back to the drawing board.<\/p>\n

\"Blue<\/a>
Blue Jay To Sketch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wait – don’t hit that back button yet! You don\u2019t have to draw every single detail of this scene. Draw a study instead, and no persons or Blue Jays shall be harmed (or overdrawn) in the making of the drawing.<\/p>\n

A study is just that. Sketch this scene with an eye to proportion, with emphasis placed on the Blue Jay, and not much else.<\/p>\n

I used a grid to help keep the proportions right, and made one for you too.\u00a0 It\u2019s at the bottom of the post.<\/p>\n

The trick to sketching a scene like this in a quick-ish manner is to skip lots of details. You have to learn to tune them out and see only the building blocks and how they’re put together.<\/p>\n

\"Simplified<\/a>
Simplified Blue Jay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ve blurred the photo in Photoshop to give you an idea of what I mean. Imagine that you’re concentrating on the general shape of things so well that the details blur and, like in this image, you’re left with only big lovely shapes and simplified shading.<\/p>\n

(I’ve included this photo at the end of the post too.)<\/p>\n

Simplifying the drawing ushers us into an understanding of these drawing rules:<\/p>\n

Drawing Rule No. 467.25<\/strong> – Simple is better.<\/p>\n

Drawing Rule No. 467.25.a<\/strong> – To keep it simple, leave stuff out.<\/p>\n

Drawing Rule No. 467.25.b<\/strong> – Concentrate on one part of the drawing and let the rest of it follow along.<\/p>\n

\"Line<\/a>
Line Drawing Of Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here’s my line drawing. What I like best about this photo is the Blue Jay, so I concentrated on drawing him well, but then all those leaves got to me with their sexy negative and positive shapes. I listened to their seductive whispers and drew them too. (When will I ever learn.)<\/p>\n

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Listening To The Muse (Or Whatever)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Blue<\/a>
Blue Jay Sketch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here\u2019s the finished drawing. As you can see, I drew very few of the leaves.<\/p>\n

The \u201cpositive and negative shape” drama was my ego talking. My ego has no taste for hard work though, and takes a hike when it\u2019s time to put the pencil to the paper.<\/p>\n

My ego does this to me all the time. It whispers things to me that make my ears tingle. It tells me that if I follow it I\u2019ll be a wonderful<\/em> artist who creates divinely inspired<\/em> work! And I fall for this line because I\u2019m human and all that stuff sounds like so much fun \u2026 and easy \u2026 if only I\u2019d just follow \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026 I\u2019d never get anything done!<\/p>\n

I know this from lots and lots of experience. The ego\u2019s ideas never work. They\u2019re usually a tiny bit of an idea that\u2019s spun into a overinflated illusion, kind of like cotton candy. (What a disappointment!)<\/p>\n

My real Muse is practical. It gives me the information I need to get the drawing done and then it\u2019s ready to move on to the next one. Bingo-Bango, no time to listen for the applause, keep movin’ along there Buckaroo.<\/p>\n

Then I get to experience the incredibly good feeling of making progress in the direction I really want to go.<\/p>\n

To re-cap: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Ego\u2019s voice = lots of ear tingling ideas that never actually manifest because they aren\u2019t thought out or doable.<\/p>\n

Muse\u2019s voice = Get this piece done, start on the next, and don\u2019t look back.<\/p>\n

Oh Wait, Is Something Missing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My dear pencil sisters and brothers, you’re wondering why I veered off course with the Muse talk and where the in-between steps of this drawing are, aren’t you? But the steps are right there in the finished drawing, you big sillies. They always are.<\/p>\n

Now I hear someone thinking, “That’s all well and good and Zen, Carol, and we sure are happy that you figured out the Muse thing, but why aren’t you really<\/em> showing the steps of the drawing?\u201d<\/p>\n

The truth is I broke my leg in September. It was wired and bolted back together three months ago, but I can’t get to my scanner, or anywhere else, easily because I’m still wearing a huge (and by huge I mean a Frakking Ginormous, six-strapped, side fortified with aluminum bars with built in rotating knee joints) leg brace, so I told you about the steps of my inner art process instead of showing the drawing steps. I request that you use your imaginations to fill in the visual blanks of this tutorial, please.<\/p>\n

Thank you, and keep those pencils moving no matter what big things are weighting you down, or sweet nothings you\u2019re tempted to take a bite of.<\/p>\n

Draw on!
\nCarol<\/p>\n

Images To Download<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\"Blue<\/a>
Blue Jay Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Simplified<\/a>
Simplified Blue Jay<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Grid<\/a>
Grid Over Blue Jay<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Grid\"<\/a>
Grid<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

A Simplified Grid Drawing Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022On the paper, draw the same sized gird that’s drawn on the bird. (Use a window as a back-light to see the grid through the paper.)
\n\u2022Start with the largest shapes, and then add smaller ones later. Use the lines as landmarks to draw them in the right positions, and at the right sizes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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