Here’s a little showing of how my drawings are in the middle and final stages. This particular drawing is currently unfinished, but I wanted to use it as an example. It’s a drawing I’m using as a sketchup of a painting I plan to do. In the first picture you see here, it’s definitely rough. It’s by far my favorite stage: Big, loose lines, artsy strokes, but it lacks the accuracy and detail I need for this drawing. If I could end every single drawing at this stage, I would, and I would love it! In this case, however, since I’m doing this as a serious portrait, I need to get into more detail.
Please keep in mind I’m not close to finishing this drawing yet, there are some large chunks of values that need to be corrected, but as you can see, the level of detail is definitely up. It’s more accurate, because I’ve gone in and drawing the separate areas of the face. I still have to do the big cheek, but finished the nose, the eye on the left, and that part of the cheek. I’ll post the finished drawing when I get it done.
So for me, a detailed drawing like this will help me when I’m painting by showing me which parts of the painting are going to be hard to do (the same parts I find hard to draw, I find hard to paint!)
Have a wonderful evening!
K.L. Britton 