Yep sketching is always a very rough beginning. I sit at my local bar many nights (atmosphere with the music and chatting going on sometimes is relaxing) and doodle on the napkins. The help knows who I am and always curious of what I am sketching. Kind of fun sharing because they have no idea of what I am talking about. I use to have a center console in my truck and throw the napkins in there. Then you have a coffee spill and there goes some of the sketches.
As far as the other post of having a library. I bought a few books years ago of animals and birds. Still browse the book stores for specials. I started doing this many years ago from a statement a young boy made of one of my sculptures that had a dog. He told me one of the paws had the wrong angle. Sure enough after looking it up I was wrong. Of course those were the days when you just had an idea and made something from the seat of your pants. Now a days I do a little research so at least I might be half right. Not always worried about the proportions so much just the angle of the dangles.
warren
http://www.metalrecipes.com
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Yep sketching is always a very rough beginning. I sit at my local bar many nights (atmosphere with the music and chatting going on sometimes is relaxing) and doodle on the napkins. The help knows who I am and always curious of what I am sketching. Kind of fun sharing because they have no idea of what I am talking about. I use to have a center console in my truck and throw the napkins in there. Then you have a coffee spill and there goes some of the sketches.
As far as the other post of having a library. I bought a few books years ago of animals and birds. Still browse the book stores for specials. I started doing this many years ago from a statement a young boy made of one of my sculptures that had a dog. He told me one of the paws had the wrong angle. Sure enough after looking it up I was wrong. Of course those were the days when you just had an idea and made something from the seat of your pants. Now a days I do a little research so at least I might be half right. Not always worried about the proportions so much just the angle of the dangles.
warren
http://www.metalrecipes.com