>>6001521Things that helped me. Some of these I made up myself. Others I got from courses.
>Long gesturesToo many people get shafted early on trying to draw great gestures in 30 seconds or a minute when first starting out. They're effectively trying to process way more information than they can in a short period of time.
Instead I improved more by starting VERY slow. Seriously 5, 10 or even 15 minutes on a pose carefully going through flow lines, building up your own shape library, writing notes and eventually getting to the point where you can get an okay gesture down in 2 mins.
>AnatomyAnalytical figure drawing. Starting from the gesture, building the skeleton and drawing muscles on top piece by piece.
This one I'm less confident in but master studies for landscapes. Take some artists you really like and try to copy their piece. Do some short ones. Do some long ones. Take notes the entire time. Write down everything you observe such as colour relativity patterns, brushes you used and settings etc.
Then try and get a photo of similar subject matter and apply it. You'll feel like a rip off but you'll probably be happier with the rip off more than any other landscape you've done up until this point.
