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Thanks! 
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Ahhh I know it's been ages! D:
I'm trying to do daily figure drawings at the moment (artists.pixelovely.com/practic⦠- such a great resource!) which is super helpful but the sketches aren't worthy of taking up cyber-space, haha! Hopefully I'll finish a study soon and post it up!
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Hey, I used to use that site too! It's probably the best out there and I understand that you'd rather not share your studies, I don't like sharing mine either. I'm sure you'll see a lot of improvements in a short period of time. I'd also like to recommend "Bridgman's Complete Guide To Drawing From Life", it's a great book that helps you understand the human figure. The book is interesting as a complement to your studies, but what really makes great difference is practising everyday! (:
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It's great isn't it! Oooh thanks, I'll make sure to check it out - I'm currently reading like 3 books at once and think I need to stick to one and just finish it aha!Β
I just started doing daily 30-minute black and white studies too, might post those in bulk at some point just as a point of future reference of improvement (hopefully 
Do you have any sort of art practice routine that you do?
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What kind of books are they?
You can also upload your drawings to your sta.sh, if you're not sure you want people to see them. I haven't practised so much as I used to, but I try to at least, do one good drawing a day. It's hard because of the same time restriction you have, so my routine is a bit wonky at the moment haha. I used to draw as many poses as I could in a day, about five or more, taking little breaks in between when needed. It depends if you're doing 1 min drawings or if you're actually spending more time on each of them. Quick sketches will make you pay more attention to the form and shape of the figure, since you have to draw really fast your brain sort of ignore most of the details, which enables you to focus on stuff like balance, rhythm and harmony. Now, if you want to spend 30 mins or more in one pose, that will make you concentrate on the details and undertand the bone and muscle structure. So it's nice to alternate between quick and prolonged studies.
You will be tempted to only draw poses that you think it's easy, but the thing is to always challenge yourself and even if you don't think it's good enough, try again. When you start comparing old and new drawings you see how much you have improved. And most important of all, have fun drawing because it makes learning so much easier.
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Yeah that's why I like that website so much - I usually do the one where you do roughly 10 poses x 30 seconds, 5 poses x 1 minute, 2 poses x 5,45 min and 1 pose x 11 minutes, and then I try to do a 30 minute study of just one photo
I'm really looking forward to comparing progress after a few months haha, I just hope that when I start working full-time again it won't get in the way! I guess that's one benefit of unemployment
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I'm sure that even if you find a job rn, that won't stop you from doing what you love. We always find a way!
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Yeah totally! I just wish there were more hours in the day I guess
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This is really well done, I love the colours
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