{"id":410,"date":"2012-03-16T20:39:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-17T00:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darrenbrant.com\/?p=410"},"modified":"2012-07-11T18:30:09","modified_gmt":"2012-07-11T22:30:09","slug":"30-minute-figure-sketch-female-nude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darrenbrant.com\/?p=410","title":{"rendered":"30 Minute Figure Sketch – Female Nude"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a practice drawing exercise I thought I would try my hand at sketching a female nude. For my source image I chose a stock photograph called cut5 that etsakoi has posted on Deviantart.<\/p>\n

My thought was to approach the drawing as an abstract collection of values instead of being concerned with proportion as I normally would with a figure drawing. I was hoping that this method would help break through my anxiety based procrastination that I’ve been experiencing lately.<\/p>\n

Also I was feeling guilty about sitting down for 30 minutes and drawing when I should be working. To counter this I decided to limit myself to 10 minutes of drawing time each day for three days. Spending 10 minutes a day on a “frivolous” activity in this way was somehow acceptable.<\/p>\n

Armed with these ground rules, I gave myself permission to fail and then started drawing.<\/p>\n

The First Ten Minutes<\/h2>\n

My first 10 minutes of sketching resulted in a basic outline of the left edge of the figure (see screenshot below).
\nI was being too prissy and I wasn’t working over the whole figure at once. Also if you compare it to the original, I had chopped the figure to just below the torso – because I had paid no attention to the proportion of the figure.<\/p>\n

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Beginning of the Figure Sketch @10 Minutes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/h2>\n

The Second Ten Minutes<\/h2>\n

The next day, after examining my progress, I decided to keep at it despite having cropped the figure. I blocked in the right side of the figure with a heavier stroke and attempted to map out some of the values of the torso. I also tried to pick up the pace a bit here, and after another 10 minutes this is what the sketch looked like.<\/p>\n

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nude female figure sketch torso @ 20 minutes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

Thirty Minutes<\/h2>\n

The next day I sat down to finish the drawing with my last 10 minute chunk of time. I concentrated on shading the figure and trying to get the values properly related to each other. After my 10 minute session was over I was happy with the results, but thought with a few more minutes of work would be required. I decided to put in another 10 minute session the next day just to smooth out some of the rough shading.<\/p>\n

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nude female figure sketch torso 30min<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Final Sketch<\/h2>\n

The next night I spent another ten minutes just going over the whole figure and background.<\/p>\n

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Nude female figure, final sketch. Drawn with a Wacom tablet and Corel Painter Sketchpad.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

At the end of my little exercise I was pleased with the results. The only problem I have is that by the time I completed the drawing the original Deviant art account had been closed down and the original stock image removed. I didn’t take note of the artist’s terms of use for the stock so I hope I’m not in violation of them by posting my sketch here.<\/p>\n

Lessons learned:<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Better record keeping required on my part.<\/li>\n
  2. Next time I’ll use stock that I’ve actually purchased the rights to.<\/li>\n
  3. By scheduling small blocks of time on my calendar I’m more likely to practice.<\/li>\n
  4. Write the purpose of the practice piece\/session first.<\/li>\n
  5. Giving myself permission to fail helps to overcome my anxiety.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

     <\/p>\n

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