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| Rock Studies |
When I was teaching myself how to draw and trying to find a job in concept art, one thing I completely overlooked was the amount of rocks I would have to draw. Almost every scene I'm given (I'd say close to 80% of the pieces I'm assigned) includes rocks in some way. Whether it's sheer cliffs and canyons or small landscaping stones, there are rocks all over the place.
The strange thing, is they hardly ever take center stage. They have their place in the scene, but they never call too much attention to themselves. It becomes important to understand them and give them their proper weight, but not spend too long on them as there are more important things in the scene. This often leads to drawing or painting them from memory or imagination.
It helps to spend a little extra time to observe and take note of their strange, seemingly random shapes outside of work, when you can slow down a little. When it comes time to draw them from memory later, you can feel better equipped to just "whip them out" without having to give them too much thought.
