Anyone got any tips or tricks n drawing a model figure?

I'm trying to draw a model figure but it never turns out how it does on the picture. Anyone have any suggestions?Anyone got any tips or tricks n drawing a model figure?
Here are three approaches you take to try to get teh drawing to come out right.


1. Turn the picture upside down and draw it


Drawing upside down is a wonderful exercise to awaken the right side of your brain. When you turn an image upside down, you are making it somewhat abstract and unrecognizable. This forces you to draw what you see as opposed to relying on your memory to draw something.





2. divide the image up with a grid making a corisponding grid on your paper and draw each indivisual square in until you have the entire image drawn out


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3.Break the image down into basic shapes like ovals, circles squares and cones until you get the figure.





Each technique works well, the object of all techniques is to look at figure as a collection of basic shapes that allow you to break down drawing the model into more easily achievable chunks.Anyone got any tips or tricks n drawing a model figure?
sketch a rough version of it to get a feel of proportions.


Then flesh out (build up) the sketch


Work putting the details in and flip the picture every so often to make sure everything is in proportion from different angles.
its cheating but take a picture of the model with a digital camera print it out and scribble dark lines all across the back with a pencil than put a paper on the bottom of it and match it exactly than copy the lines and when your done on the bottom paper should have a lite tracing than just darken the lines and there you go one copied model that looks like it was hand drawn

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