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So, to prove I actually HAVE been drawing a lot, I thought I'd post up some of my dog studies I have been doing, leading up to my recent deviation "Hector the Airedale"

ALSO! I thought maybe possibly someone might find this sort of thing helpful... because I know when I hear someone saying "I am doing studies of *insert stuff here* " I don't really know what they MEAN exactly by that. SO! I am here to present (to those who might care) how I go about studying a subject I want to learn to draw!!

NOTE: This is what works for me, and is not by anymeans the 'right' or 'only' way of doing such!

So, first I start looking at the anatomy. Namely, the general workings/forms of the bones. Don't freak out now! I don't think it's necissary to learn ALL the bones! Just the general shape and direction of the joints!

THEN I start looking at the general muscle shapes that go over these bones. AGAIN depending on your tastes, I don't think it's necissary right away to get every single muscle! Just the general shapes of the main groups (for me with dogs, the groups I focused on were the shoulder/forearm, pelvis/leg, and the neck)

Now, I couldn't find any from-life models of bones and muscles and such, (except the skulls, which were drawn from internet pictures - try to draw from life if you can!) so I copied images from "The Weatherly Guide to Drawing Animals" (HIGHLY recommended for animal drawers!!) and Ken Hultgren's "The Art of Animal Drawing." These dudes already had their drawings broken down into the shapes and skeleton parts they felt helpful to know. So I copied those, and then even applied those to other dog images that did not have these muscle groups drawn in.

It is important, I think, after copying and studying images where anatomy is blatantly drawn in for you, to look at real dogs or pictures of real dogs, and draw in what you have learned.

See my next scrap post for more!
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All images were copied from the books stated earlier in this comment, and posted at the upper right of the image.

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So, to prove I actually HAVE been drawing a lot, I thought I'd post up some of my dog studies I have been doing, leading up to my recent deviation "Hector the Airedale"

ALSO! I thought maybe possibly someone might find this sort of thing helpful... because I know when I hear someone saying "I am doing studies of *insert stuff here* " I don't really know what they MEAN exactly by that. SO! I am here to present (to those who might care) how I go about studying a subject I want to learn to draw!!

NOTE: This is what works for me, and is not by anymeans the 'right' or 'only' way of doing such!

So, first I start looking at the anatomy. Namely, the general workings/forms of the bones. Don't freak out now! I don't think it's necissary to learn ALL the bones! Just the general shape and direction of the joints!

THEN I start looking at the general muscle shapes that go over these bones. AGAIN depending on your tastes, I don't think it's necissary right away to get every single muscle! Just the general shapes of the main groups (for me with dogs, the groups I focused on were the shoulder/forearm, pelvis/leg, and the neck)

Now, I couldn't find any from-life models of bones and muscles and such, (except the skulls, which were drawn from internet pictures - try to draw from life if you can!) so I copied images from "The Weatherly Guide to Drawing Animals" (HIGHLY recommended for animal drawers!!) and Ken Hultgren's "The Art of Animal Drawing." These dudes already had their drawings broken down into the shapes and skeleton parts they felt helpful to know. So I copied those, and then even applied those to other dog images that did not have these muscle groups drawn in.

It is important, I think, after copying and studying images where anatomy is blatantly drawn in for you, to look at real dogs or pictures of real dogs, and draw in what you have learned.

See my next scrap post for more!
[link]

All images were copied from the books stated earlier in this comment, and posted at the upper right of the image.