Quote:I think I saw something similar on James Gurney's blog about a book called Drawing like a Mathematician (or something similar)?
Haven't heard about that. What's it say?
Quote:The value sketching article was handy in today's study. But it'll be more effective for a longer piece e.g an original illustration or a ten hour study.
Nice studies so far. I'm wondering what your really quick studies would look like (if you limited your time per drawing). Not that spending a lot of hours on one image is a bad thing, but the change of pace might help in the case you start zoning out or zoning into detail too early. Cheers.
(12-22-2016, 09:17 AM)Hozure Wrote: Nice studies so far. I'm wondering what your really quick studies would look like (if you limited your time per drawing). Not that spending a lot of hours on one image is a bad thing, but the change of pace might help in the case you start zoning out or zoning into detail too early. Cheers.
Thanks Hozure, I spend three hours per piece. To mix things up I've spent three hours doing half of a study and today I will finish it off (within another three). Would you recommend doing a series of shorter studies? e.g a bunch of figures each 20 mins on a page.
Yesterday and today's progress on the study, I'll finish off the hair and add stripes to the shirt tomorrow. I've decided to avoid using the dry/chalky photoshop brushes because my previous studies are quite blurry.
I learnt to use the hard round brush and vary its size to achieve different effects e.g I use it at a smaller size to do hard edges and at a larger size I use it to lightly shade areas.
Today's study, I feel comfortable doing studies but when it comes to making something original I have a tough time. Tomorrow I will do some sketching to create a strong foundation for a more polished piece. I will also do some still life studies to help learn lighting.
