A summary of my current understanding of the roadmap to drawing:
- The ability to connect any two dots, in straight or curved lines, with non shaky strokes. Good linework is the basis for everything.
- Then move onto the ability to copy as is from existing pictures or drawings. This includes the ability to copy shapes accurately, and the ability to copy colours accurately. Otherwise we have no way of self-evaluation and assessment, and no feedback loop for the coming studies.
- Next comes structure and perspectives, the ability to simplify any complex object with the 4 basic structures (balls, cylinders, cubes, cones), and the ability to imagine and draw the same things from any angle in space.
- Then comes rendering, in the order of: light & shadow -> colours -> textures.
- Next is composition.
- Last, expression and story telling. All the previous knowledge is merely tools for expression. What do you have to say? Say it.
These steps don’t necessarily have to happen one after another. Rather, with every iteration, improve all these aspect a tiny bit. That’s how you can see improvements.
今天整理了一下到目前为止我所知道的路径：
- 能把任意两点连成线，可直可弯，手不抖，是一切的基础
- 然后能够临摹，其中包括型准和色准，看到什么要能画出来，不然抄都抄不准，对错都看不出，学也没法学
- 然后是透视，能把复杂的物体简化成基本3d模型（4种：球体、柱体、方形、锥形）并想象任意角度画出来
- 然后是渲染：光影明暗 -> 色彩 -> 材质
- 然后是构图
- 最后一层才是讲故事，之前都是工具，为了表达什么？
但是就像上次说的那样，这些步骤并不是一级级台阶似的，学好上一条才能学下一条。很多时候，学习是螺旋上升的，就像v大说的，是一个闭环的过程。一遍遍地，每一科都有往前走，才能看得出整体进步。
所以上个星期一周以来，画了一个星期的小故事，其实都是在表达这一个台阶上。尝试表达，画了一个星期终于满心有想要画的东西了，有两天想故事想得激动得都半夜睡不着好久；但是能力依然不足以支持，所以可以继续回来练我的型准跟透视了。在能力不足的情况下，摸鱼去画想画的东西，真的只是摸鱼而已，跟练习完全不是一回事。
前两个星期在淘宝上查了v大的书，两本书本身只有一百五人民币，寄过来运费都不只那么多钱了。但是还是咬咬牙买了，因为——看他预科作业里条理清晰的描述，好喜欢！这两天差不多到了，超级期待啊！
我还在想，绘画资源最多的就是三种语言，中文，英文，日文；虽然日文看不懂也听不懂很可惜，但是中文跟英文熟练，资源随便浏览真是太方便了！
