Hello,
I can draw really well from reference (Photographs/still subjects). However I really struggle with moving birds. I know I should be drawing from life and from memory. Is it possible to learn this or should I just realize that I am not a true artist? My biggest problem is freezing a pose of a moving bird inside my minds eye. When I look into my minds eye (memory if you will), I see fuzzy images that do not stay long enough for me to draw from. Is there any advice you can offer? Its a real road block with me.
Should I just be trying (even if I fail miserably) to keep "seeing" the subject for as long as I can and trying to get enough down on paper from a particular pose even if it is only 10% of the real life details of the subject? Does this make sense?
I can draw really well from reference (Photographs/still subjects). However I really struggle with moving birds. I know I should be drawing from life and from memory. Is it possible to learn this or should I just realize that I am not a true artist? My biggest problem is freezing a pose of a moving bird inside my minds eye. When I look into my minds eye (memory if you will), I see fuzzy images that do not stay long enough for me to draw from. Is there any advice you can offer? Its a real road block with me.
Should I just be trying (even if I fail miserably) to keep "seeing" the subject for as long as I can and trying to get enough down on paper from a particular pose even if it is only 10% of the real life details of the subject? Does this make sense?