Have you done any basic still lives? Humans are very complex creatures made of many shapes. Boxes jars fruits etc are much simpler and help to teach you how to deconstruct an object into its component shapes and how light interacts with them.
I’ve done a few years of art school but never graduated, did plenty of life drawing classes, all the fundamentals and I actually do practice them once every two weeks. When I had more time in the day I would do 30 mins figure drawing and 30 life drawing a day, I’ve since fallen off of that though.
I actually feel like light and color are my strongest areas, but anatomy and keeping proportion I struggle greatly, and if you mess up the form then no amount of shading is gonna make the piece look right as I have found the hard way
Your figures look flat because you’re drawing what you think it should be rather than what it is.
I would recommend drawing through on the perspective and some practice with making figures out of simple geometric shapes.
Also, I’d consider getting one of those posing mannequins and an anatomy drawing book to give you more examples.
Your poses are somewhat complex from a perspective viewpoint (parts pointing and angles towards different planes). You may want to try some simpler poses like standing with arms down to get the basic proportions right.
How much training have you had?
How familiar are you with the fundamentals?
Have you done any basic still lives? Humans are very complex creatures made of many shapes. Boxes jars fruits etc are much simpler and help to teach you how to deconstruct an object into its component shapes and how light interacts with them.
I’ve done a few years of art school but never graduated, did plenty of life drawing classes, all the fundamentals and I actually do practice them once every two weeks. When I had more time in the day I would do 30 mins figure drawing and 30 life drawing a day, I’ve since fallen off of that though.
I actually feel like light and color are my strongest areas, but anatomy and keeping proportion I struggle greatly, and if you mess up the form then no amount of shading is gonna make the piece look right as I have found the hard way
Your figures look flat because you’re drawing what you think it should be rather than what it is.
I would recommend drawing through on the perspective and some practice with making figures out of simple geometric shapes.
Also, I’d consider getting one of those posing mannequins and an anatomy drawing book to give you more examples.
Your poses are somewhat complex from a perspective viewpoint (parts pointing and angles towards different planes). You may want to try some simpler poses like standing with arms down to get the basic proportions right.