I find that I really love learning how to improve in art. It brings me unrivaled joy to figure out things like how a hand looks doing this, or how to draw a head doing that.

However, I’m wondering if any of you like the process of art studies? I know that I tend to put them off because I’d rather be drawing cute characters doing cute things than doing a figure study for an hour. I like art studies as much as the next person does, I just find it more fun to draw personal projects and incorporate references as a way of studying.

  •  ANapSoundsNice   ( @ANapSoundsNice@beehaw.org ) English
    5•1 year ago

    It just occured to me that you’re probably talking more about the study of creating the art. But I already wrote out this post so here you go!

    A couple of youtube channels I greatly enjoy in the study of art composition, background, and history are

    • Great Art Explained. I first encountered this channel in an A to B to C starting from a Dunky video on the movie Playtime to my long fondness for Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks and later recalling this analysis when I played through the jazz-filled adventure puzzle game Genesis Noir.
    • I’m just really into that Art Deco style, and when you think great art of course you think Magic the Gathering cards. Rhystic Studies has amazing breakdowns of both the story and art of MTG cards, like my favorite video on the art of the art deco inspired Streets of New Capenna set