Some questions
sorry if this might not make any sense or sounds plain silly, but i dont know how to ask my question in another way.
maybe i am really confused and it actually doesnt make sense ,so please bear with me!
now i am generally interested in portraits and can acheive average likeness but it takes a lot of effort,which makes me some times wonder if it should be that hard or if there is some thing that i am missing
so my questiong is,
how do you keep an image or a line/angle/or shape in your head ,stop looking to whatever you are drawing from ,then look at a peace of paper and recreate it.
how does the image register in your head?
do you draw line by line/or 2 lines at a time like clock hands/or do you memorize the whole shape.
what makes one shape different from another to standout and stick in your head long enough for you to look away ,then look at a blank peice of paper and draw it accuratley.
I noticed that drawing somthing from a shorter distance is always easier.
it makes it easier to keep the shapes in my head after i look away from the photo i am drawing .and they will usualy come out much more accuratley .
why does far away objects are harder to draw then?i mean say if you are drawing the same face from the same photo ,why is it easier to draw it from a closer distance?and i am not talikng about details or shadows ,just the basic out lines and contours.
also if this is somehow similar
I play music ,and dont have a problem listening to a melody or a chord progression ,then playing it afterwards on an instrument .for some reason ,in this moment of silence between listening to a song and playing it (similar to looking away from what is being drawn),
it is much easier for me to keep what i heard in my head until i play it back on a guitar .
At the end there are 12 musical notes no more.thats the alphabet of music.
so what is the alphabet of drawing? that can be used as reference.to construct or deconstruct a peice
I think Anyone who plays music might make a little more sense of that .
so again i really hope sombody can read through my post and give me some guidence.
Thanks:)