My perpetual artists’ block means it’s time once again for a few scribble drawings. This time, I decided to do characters with full bodies.

Picked up one o’ them there artists’ mannequins (yeah, they really exist!), and am using it in tandem with my picture frame to study light and perspective.

Sleepily watching an old movie, and doodling to meet my quota!

Ah, you never know what you’ll find in Mark’s Sketchbook. One day, it’s a naked lady, another day, it’s office furniture. Just a little more pracitce with my gridded picture frame. It really is helping me maintain the proper perspective. Now I just need to acquire more interesting possessions.

I still struggle to get everything in the right spot on the page. I thought maybe I could help myself get over this hurdle a bit quicker if I practiced viewing objects through picture frame glass marked with a grid, and drawing on a Photoshop file or piece of paper containing the same grid. I think it works pretty well.

I thought this might be considered a crutch, but it’s actually recommended in a lot of art books as a way to train yourself to measure. Eventually, you’ll be able to gauge all this stuff in your mind.