Need some advice.

[Thomps316]

I got out my pencils for the first time in years to try drawing people and realized that my skills have really deteriorated. The hardest things to draw are fingers. And my faces really suck, which is why she doesn't have one. They used to be my best skill. Now I can't draw them for shit.

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee315/thomps316/100_0794.jpg

 

[christabelll]

AS with any skill... you have to keep rowing to be able to row...

Nice symetry and perspective and yeah HANDS are a bitch...

Faces -0h my...
But keep drawing and you will be surprised how fast it comes back to you.

 

[Thomps316]

AS with any skill... you have to keep rowing to be able to row...

Nice symetry and perspective and yeah HANDS are a bitch...

Faces -0h my...
But keep drawing and you will be surprised how fast it comes back to you.

I don't know. Maybe I should just try to find a way to keep them out of the picture.

 

[madetotakeit]

I don't know. Maybe I should just try to find a way to keep them out of the picture.

It becomes very apparent if you try to camouflage or hide something you are weak in. Try making plaster casts of your hand in various positions. It is an inexpensive way to create references. After that, draw them until you are sick of them and then draw them some more. The only way to regain it is through repetition. It's in you, you've just forgotten how to access the link from mind to hand.

 

[THROBBS]

what madetotakeit said.

Do not "avoid" the faces and hands...confront them and master them.

There are certain "tricks" and "guides" to help ...and they DO (help). Grab some anatomy for artists books.

The trick is; use those guides to learn and then wean yourself of them and develop a style. And draw draw draw from photos, yes, but also from life. always carry a sketch book.