As anybody who’s been enrolled on a drawing course will probably already know, your ideas about what to expect from your art classes can often be much different from reality. Maybe you enrolled because you wanted to sketch men and women sculpted like Greek Gods and Goddesses, yet ended up drawing people who looked like nude versions of your grandparents. Or perhaps you wanted to learn how to draw a beautiful tranquil landscape while perched on a rock in the countryside, yet actually ended up soaked in rain and battered by the wind. Check out these hilarious comics created by Cassandra Calin for Collegehumor for more funny examples of how a drawing course often fails to match your expectations.
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I don't like the figure one. There's just as much art and beauty to be found in drawing someone fat and hairy as drawing someone smooth and muscly. Hell, some artists even choose the former.
It's about expectations, not what is good/ beautiful.
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as an art student now I am hoping that the difference between the H and B pencils will not be the only thing I can take away from it :D :D but otherwise pretty accurate
After years of Art School, all I really learned was that while I entered for cartooning, the school does not recognise cartooning as art.
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I find the figure one gross and hurtful. It is as interesting to draw someone thin as someone fat. I took drawing classes and we had all sorts of models, all bodies are interesting and can be a challenge to draw. You don't go there to find a tinder match for f sakes!!! Imagine if the drawing was about a woman it would be revolting.
it's easier to figure out the structure of the body when drawing someone muscly, but one should practice with all body types
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I feel like some of these are certainly her fault, like the portrait thing, or her expectations of landscape drawings (maybe don't fake-smile like a child or go out to draw when it's a gale?). Also, damn, I would KILL for there to be a fat hairy man as a model in my current drawing classes (though admittedly, I'd do the same for a muscular one) because pretty much every model we got was a young or middle aged woman of average build. You have to get some variety so you know best how to draw various body types.
@Master Markus overall fat and hairy guys are actually very hard to draw. Most of mine models were women between 30 and 80. With one model growing 2 sizes during her period time...
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Going to art classes are fun after you get over the basics and start drawing things with different kinds of tools.
Her tiny hair curl bothers me. Is that weird? The rest of her hair looks well-drawn so it seems out of place.
No true artist would choose the model with a perfect body. Tooo easy.....imperfections are the greater challenge
I loved figure & gesture drawing and the reason was the wonderful varieties of the models. None of them was perfect, saggy breasts, birth- stretch marks, belly fat, etc, but I was fascinated about how individual and special every body was! It was like everyone had its own signature and beauty, and I loved it to portray them!
really ? you guys don't give me hope to begin studies in fine arts :(
I don't like the figure one. There's just as much art and beauty to be found in drawing someone fat and hairy as drawing someone smooth and muscly. Hell, some artists even choose the former.
It's about expectations, not what is good/ beautiful.
Load More Replies... as an art student now I am hoping that the difference between the H and B pencils will not be the only thing I can take away from it :D :D but otherwise pretty accurate
After years of Art School, all I really learned was that while I entered for cartooning, the school does not recognise cartooning as art.
Load More Replies... I find the figure one gross and hurtful. It is as interesting to draw someone thin as someone fat. I took drawing classes and we had all sorts of models, all bodies are interesting and can be a challenge to draw. You don't go there to find a tinder match for f sakes!!! Imagine if the drawing was about a woman it would be revolting.
it's easier to figure out the structure of the body when drawing someone muscly, but one should practice with all body types
Load More Replies... I feel like some of these are certainly her fault, like the portrait thing, or her expectations of landscape drawings (maybe don't fake-smile like a child or go out to draw when it's a gale?). Also, damn, I would KILL for there to be a fat hairy man as a model in my current drawing classes (though admittedly, I'd do the same for a muscular one) because pretty much every model we got was a young or middle aged woman of average build. You have to get some variety so you know best how to draw various body types.
@Master Markus overall fat and hairy guys are actually very hard to draw. Most of mine models were women between 30 and 80. With one model growing 2 sizes during her period time...
Load More Replies... Going to art classes are fun after you get over the basics and start drawing things with different kinds of tools.
Her tiny hair curl bothers me. Is that weird? The rest of her hair looks well-drawn so it seems out of place.
No true artist would choose the model with a perfect body. Tooo easy.....imperfections are the greater challenge
I loved figure & gesture drawing and the reason was the wonderful varieties of the models. None of them was perfect, saggy breasts, birth- stretch marks, belly fat, etc, but I was fascinated about how individual and special every body was! It was like everyone had its own signature and beauty, and I loved it to portray them!
really ? you guys don't give me hope to begin studies in fine arts :(
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