I think I’m going to focus on figure drawing for a while, at least until I need a break from it. I found a few good Tumblr blogs out there which have a plethora of reference photos to choose from. I downloaded a bunch and this is the first of many that I will attempt.
On a positive note, I was able to make the rough shape of this drawing pretty quickly. I didn’t have to struggle for too long to get the proportions to look right. On the other side I had a lot of trouble figuring out how to shade her. I don’t know the muscles in the back so well and her back didn’t have many hard or obvious angles to help me find the shape. I think I realized tonight why it’s important for artists to learn all of those obscure muscles and where they’re located. I think the subtle shapes in her back would’ve been easier to shade if I knew what was actually supposed to be there.