Merci pour tes encouragements, Mellody !

super

Merci pour ces chaleureux encouragements!

avec plaisir

Merci Michel, c est vraiment très gentil!!!

Merci beaucoup Sofya.

Bravo, Mu!

That s really kind of you, Scotty, thank you! I ve seen you have drawn a few ballet dancers….I was wondering if you ve Knowledge in anatomy, or of you could do it just by warching the picture. I have joined a drawing class, and we have a living model, thé exercice of drawing a body is new for me , and quite difficult. So I try to train home with pictures of dancers , but il s not easy to représent the muscles.

Hi Mu! Yes, I draw the body and muscles many times. Mostly, I just examine the picture and pay very detailed attention to what I see. "Draw what you see" (not what your mind thinks). Be a careful judge of distances and proportions. I will say that it still does help to know what you are drawing, especially if it's a little blurry in the picture or if it just looks a little funny for some reason in the picture. I have a decent but not detailed knowledge in anatomy (mostly from another hobby of weightlifting ). I also have an anatomy book. If I am unsure of some feature, then I look it up to see what bone or muscle is making this shading so I can understand how it needs to be to look right. This helps me sometimes, but I don't do it very often. I wouldn't focus on it as a beginner. 95% is "draw what you see" because that will look real. Just because anatomy says there is a muscle or bone doesn't mean that it will always be visible in that particular person or that lighting, etc. But what you see is what is there.

Thank you Scotty, for explaining me patiently. Thé teacher i have this year also insists on drawing what we see. He gives us lots of exercises to force us to use the right part of our brain, like drawing with the left hand. The bodies of the dancers ( and also thé faces, of course) you have drawn are really Incredible.!

Thank you Mu, for these glowing compliments. I've never taken an art class, but I discovered this "draw what you see" philosophy on my own from experience. It is one of the two most frequent things I tell myself while I am drawing. So I think your teacher gives good advice. Good luck with your class and have fun!

Merci beaucoup, Pénélope!!!tha t s very kind of you!

Merci pour tes encouragements, Maline, c est vraiment très gentil!

merci beaucoup, Nanou!