08-02-2016, 12:13 AM
Hey we have the same first name :). I wanted to drop by and say your rendering is getting pretty good, as for the eye in values, just make sure you can indicate different materials well like you do in this still life.
Also, i want to warn you that focusing too much on rendering at this stage will waste a lot of your time; I made this mistake myself for years... Draw with pencil or pen as much as you can, more than you are comfortable with. The painting will eventually work itself out if you can shade those pencil and pen drawings well...
I did a quick draw over on your still life, imagine everything you draw has a box (around it) or a plane underneath it. Draw a line coming from the bottom of the object to the floor it rests on. Hell, draw cities of boxes (And spheres and cyllinders) sitting on top of eachother in perspective; the more you struggle with that the more you learn. And that helps EVERYTHING you go on to draw, i don't care what it is. Perspective is so important... take my word for it, everyone will tell you, don't ignore them.
You can learn most of it through gesture drawing and a little bit of theory.
Also look at this little thread i wrote a while back on the topic
http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-6923.html
Also, i want to warn you that focusing too much on rendering at this stage will waste a lot of your time; I made this mistake myself for years... Draw with pencil or pen as much as you can, more than you are comfortable with. The painting will eventually work itself out if you can shade those pencil and pen drawings well...
I did a quick draw over on your still life, imagine everything you draw has a box (around it) or a plane underneath it. Draw a line coming from the bottom of the object to the floor it rests on. Hell, draw cities of boxes (And spheres and cyllinders) sitting on top of eachother in perspective; the more you struggle with that the more you learn. And that helps EVERYTHING you go on to draw, i don't care what it is. Perspective is so important... take my word for it, everyone will tell you, don't ignore them.
You can learn most of it through gesture drawing and a little bit of theory.
Also look at this little thread i wrote a while back on the topic
http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-6923.html
70+Page Koala Sketchbook: http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-3465.html SB
Paintover thread, submit for crits! http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-7879.html
[color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.882)]e owl sat on an oak. The more he saw, the less he spoke.[/color]
Paintover thread, submit for crits! http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-7879.html
[color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.882)]e owl sat on an oak. The more he saw, the less he spoke.[/color]