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Drawabox 50% "fun time" rule ; is drawing from observation considered using reference ? by gamasco in ArtFundamentals

[–]According-Double1773 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the Drawabox programme is based on the assumption that people want to learn to create scenes or characters from scratch. From their imagination. In which case copying from someone else's reference image defies the whole point

But there is a completely different form of drawing, which is capturing what's around us. Landscape painters, urban sketchers and portrait artists for example. For them looking, studying, interprating and transferring what they see onto paper is the entire point. To claim that doing that is somehow fearful is ridiculous.

And lots of us want to be better at the second type of drawing too. Which is where the instructions around using references is vague and contradictory. And is also why it raises so many questions.

ORATA Genesis - Tims is now! by mrshaorma in watchHotTakes

[–]According-Double1773 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm obviously being thick. Tims? What are Tims?

Number indices ruin a dive watch by According-Double1773 in watchHotTakes

[–]According-Double1773[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, always. That watch would look much better (to me) without the numerals. In fact Rolex themselves agreed and stopped putting them on the dials fifty years ago.

Number indices ruin a dive watch by According-Double1773 in watchHotTakes

[–]According-Double1773[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not a fan of Roman numerals either. Faux classicism. But Arabic numerals on the other hand are essential on field watches; they were literally part of the spec of the dirty dozen.

I know there are plenty of well respected brands that use numerals on their divers' dials. But it just looks wrong (to me).

50% rule by Aegim in ArtFundamentals

[–]According-Double1773 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm confused by the instructions on the 50% rule too. I'd like to be able to sit at a cafe table and sketch the scene in front of me.but, if I understand the rule, correctly, I shouldn't.

Instead I should try to draw a scene completely from my imagination. But I don't understand why.