Week 2: Anatomy and Poses

This was my first time drawing skeletons. I thought it might be grim for me but it was actually interesting to see just how many bones make up the human body. In the video below, the art instructors make a valid point about learning how we are made on the inside helps us to know how to draw the outside of the body better. This art channel is Proko and they are one of the art channels that I like to learn from and have mentioned in last week’s blog.

Proko - How to Study Anatomy Correctly - Construct the Body

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_ouLZwMCYw)

Skeletal Structure:

I don’t think that the skeletons I had drawn are anatomically correct (actually I know they’re not). I did try my best to draw all the bones according to the illustrations I found however, I couldn’t fit all of the bones onto the page. But for my first time, I think I did decently. I think when I start my next art journal, the first few pages I will draw anatomy and poses again for practice.

I tried copying a picture I had found online for these drawings. I did like that I got to draw the skeletal structure from different angles, front, side and back. Looking back at it now, it is amazing to see how many bones there are in the human body and how they are all connected. I definitely need to do this drawing exercise more often.

Poses:

I wanted to draw dynamic poses not just stiff poses. This was actually a little harder than I first expected it to be. But it was also fun. At first, My poses were more stiff, unintentionally. I was more focused on the actual structure of the body versus the poses that they were in.

For the last two drawings I did this week, I drew Spider-Gwen and Silk. (Just their poses and not full on details.) Their poses were definitely dynamic and it was cool seeing how the body can move and stretch. In a later sketchbook of mine, I drew poses that break dancers, ballet dancers and gymnasts do. But, that like I said, is in a later sketchbook, not covering this week’s practice.

Don’t Give Up

I’m going to go on a bit of a tangent here so please bear with me. Any skill requires practice, and at first it can get discouraging if what we see is our lack of skill. That can inhibit us from pursuing our end goal. While my drawings are not up to the standard I want to be at, I know that I need to keep pushing forward in order to get better.

Other art youtubers that I watch have given this same advice. Don’t give up. And also, progress isn’t linear. This one helped me a lot. There will be days when our drawings are great and we’re super happy with them. And there will be other days when they look terrible. But we want to keep pushing forward and making art because that is the only way to progress in our skills.

Anyway, that is all I have for this week. If you have anything to share related to this topic please share down below. I hope you have a great day and a wonderful week. Take care, cozy artists!