drawing, from general to specific
One very helpful strategy I’ve learned in my Drawing I course is to spend enough time up front doing two things: getting the proportions and general angles right, and getting the large-scale values (relative lights and darks) close to their actual appearance in the subject.
By focusing on the general qualities of the drawing before addressing any specifics, such as edges or details, I find the drawing mostly continues to improve as I work. Earlier, when I started in on specifics too soon in the process, I would “draw myself into a hole”: I would reach a point where something was wrong, and there was no easy way to remedy it.
