Illustration Practice Plan for Beginners: Pick Exercises and Check Progress in 4 Weeks

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Illustration Practice Plan for Beginners: Pick Exercises and Check Progress in 4 Weeks

An illustration practice template for beginners who have been drawing for under six months: pick three exercises from your weak spots and build a 4-week schedule in 30 minutes. The whiteboard has four pages: compare the drawing you want to make with your current one and list weak spots; list exercises for each weak spot and sort them into four zones by impact and ease; choose three and spread them over a 4-week by weekday schedule; compare with your earlier drawing each weekend and decide what to keep, swap, or drop. The task board has four columns - want to practice, this week's practice, waiting to compare, and done - and four parent tasks with three subtasks each, one parent per page. Mark each practice day with a circle and write one improvement each weekend, so small progress stays visible. If you use someone else's artwork as your target, keep it for your own reference and do not publish the board by URL.

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① The drawing you want and one of you... ② Part-by-part comparison (compare th... ③ Weak spots: hands and body ④ Weak spots: face ⑤ Weak spots: background and props ⑥ Three weak spots to fix (choose fro... ⑦ Lines and shapes exercises ⑧ Copying and tracing exercises ⑨ Observation exercises ⑩ Exercise zones (likely to help x ea... Very likely to help x hard to keep up Very likely to help x easy to keep up Unlikely to help x hard to keep up Unlikely to help x easy to keep up ⑫ 4-week schedule (put a circle on da... ⑬ Ground rules for keeping it up ⑭ Weekend comparison (write from the ... ⑮ Month-end comparison steps (30 minu... ⑯ Exercises to keep next month ⑰ Exercises to swap ⑱ Exercises to drop Illustration Prac... How to use (4 pag... Target drawing, i... Exercises, ground... Weak spots, gaps Insights, compari... 1/4 Find your weak spots Ctrl+F / ⌘F : 2/4... → 2/4 2/4 Widen your options ↙ 3/4 Drawing you want to make (paste here)e.g. a waving girl drawn by a favorite artistKeep others' art for your own reference; do not publish by URL One of your own (paste here)e.g. the waving girl you drew last weekDo not draw a new one; a recent one is fine Time you can practicee.g. 15 minutes every night, 5 days a weekChoose only exercises that fit this time In the drawing yo... In your drawing Biggest difference Size of gap (big,... Hands and body e.g. fingers are thin and bend at the joints e.g. fingers are all one width, like sticks e.g. how the fingers bend e.g. big Face e.g. eyes are level on both sides e.g. one eye sits higher e.g. eye height e.g. medium Background and props e.g. the desk has depth e.g. the desk looks flat e.g. lines that narrow toward the back e.g. small e.g. fingers come out the same length and width e.g. a bent arm looks the wrong length Write each as 'I can't draw ...' Start from the biggest difference in table ② e.g. eye height differs left and right e.g. in profile I can't place the nose and mouth Write front view and profile separately One weak spot per sticky note e.g. desks and rooms look flat e.g. a cup looks tilted If you haven't drawn backgrounds, write 'never drawn one' Think of everyday objects for props The weak spot you most want to fixe.g. fingers come out the same length and width (from ③) Second weak spot to fixe.g. eye height differs left and right (from ④) Third weak spot to fixe.g. desks and rooms look flat (from ⑤) e.g. draw a page of circles, squares, and cylinders (the base for hands) e.g. draw fingers as linked cylinders Keep each session to 10 to 15 minutes e.g. trace the hand in a favorite drawing with paper laid over it e.g. copy a face photo in 10 minutes Copying is for your own practice; never publish it e.g. look at your own hand for 5 minutes and draw what you see e.g. draw three things on your desk, such as a cup and a book Make some days about the real thing, not a photo 縦軸: Likely to hel... Think how to move it to the top right by shrinking it. e.g. one whole copy to just the hands for 10 minutes Choose this month's three from here (to ⑪). e.g. circles and cylinders for 10 minutes a day Skip this month. Reread it when your weak spots change at next month's review Use it as a warm-up before practice. e.g. draw straight lines for 2 minutes 3/4 Narrow down to three → 4/4 4/4 Compare and plan ... ⑪ This month's th... Exercise A e.g. draw circles and cylinders (reason: fingers look like sticks) Amount per session e.g. 10 minutes, 20 cylinders Exercise B e.g. copy a face from a photo (reason: eye height is off) Amount per session e.g. 15 minutes, one face Exercise C e.g. draw objects on my desk (reason: no depth) Amount per session e.g. 15 minutes, two props Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Week 1 e.g. A 10 min ○ B 15 min ○ C 15 min A 10 min ○ B 15 min ○ Rest Comparison day Week 2 A 10 min B 15 min C 15 min A 10 min B 15 min Rest Comparison day Week 3 A 10 min B 15 min C 15 min A 10 min B 15 min Rest Comparison day Week 4 A 10 min B 15 min C 15 min A 10 min Rest C 15 min Month-end comparison When you practicee.g. 9 p.m. after dinner. Start a timer before you begin What to do on missed dayse.g. never double up the next day. Skip it and move on How to place circlese.g. put a circle if you drew even half the planned amount Circles What improved Still weak Change next week Week 1 e.g. 4 e.g. fingers now bend at the joints e.g. the base of the thumb e.g. cut B to 10 minutes Week 2 e.g. 4 e.g. eye height is closer e.g. nose and mouth in profile e.g. move C to Saturday Week 3 Write the circle count Write beside your earlier drawing Write just one Change the amount or day Week 4 Write the circle count Write beside your earlier drawing Write just one Go on to ⑯ to ⑱ 1. RereadRead the four weeks in ⑭Mark what improved 2. RedrawSame subject as your drawing in ①e.g. draw the waving girl in 20 minutes 3. Line up threeDrawing from a month ago, today's, and the one you wantSee if the gap shrank in the three parts of ② 4. SortSort the three exercisesWrite keep, swap, or drop in ⑯ to ⑱ e.g. Exercise A circles and cylinders (fingers are changing) Ones that help weak spots whose gap has not closed Start day e.g. Monday the 1st of next month e.g. Exercise B becomes profile copying Choose new ones from the top right of ⑩ Start day e.g. Monday the 1st of next month e.g. Exercise C props (I can show depth now) If an exercise got few circles, you can keep it smaller Leave one line on why you dropped it → 2/4 Widen your options ↙ 3/4 Narrow down to three → 4/4 Compare and plan ...
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Task board contents

Want to practice 16 items

Find weak spots
Widen your options
Narrow to three
Compare, plan next
Paste two drawings
Compare by part
Write 3 weak spots
Pick 3 weak spots
List exercises
Place in 4 zones
Choose 3 exercises
Fill the schedule
Set ground rules
Weekend comparison
Redraw monthly
Plan next month

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Waiting to compare 0 items

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