12-25-2018, 02:44 AM
Here's what I've been working on the last few days.
Potrait class
Didn't do too well this week, especially since I went to the class straight from work I didn't have time to warm up, as I've said before it takes be abit of time and a few drawings before my eyes have adjusted and I start to get y mesurements right.
I decided to attempt 2 drawings which i think works better for me, so rather than 1 long drawing that I will make lots of mistakes on I'll do a quick 30 min drawing which I use as a warm up and show me what mistakes I'm making and then start on another drawing and should hopefully get something that is proportionally right and more to the models likeness.
I found with the 2nd drawing, i'm not sure how to describe but it when I was watching Erik do his demos each week it felt similar to that. E.g facial rythms seemed to flow and slot together better so as I built up the drawing it really felt like each previous step was building upon the last or how when I was drawing her hair it flowed nicely and got an impression of her hair without getting too caught up in it.
Bargue Drawing
Decided to go with comparative measuring with these as I thought it would help train my eye. Gonna take these into photoshop and lay them other the plates and see how well I did and then finish the face since I need to add tone.
Skulls
Been warming up the last few days by drawing from my skull. Been trying to find the rythms like Brian does and learn them aswell as some more extreme fews which where challenging. Might buy Proko's portrait cuase as I beleive it contains a 3d loomis model you can pose since I still feell ike I'm having problems with the thirds from these extreme angles and not really learning the rules.
Studies
Mostly been working on the mouth and working on studies from Vanderpoel and Watts as I feel like working on a bunch of master studies is what I need to do to take my work to the next level, see how pros designed features and design their shadow shapes and start trying to emulate that in my own work.
Potrait class
Didn't do too well this week, especially since I went to the class straight from work I didn't have time to warm up, as I've said before it takes be abit of time and a few drawings before my eyes have adjusted and I start to get y mesurements right.
I decided to attempt 2 drawings which i think works better for me, so rather than 1 long drawing that I will make lots of mistakes on I'll do a quick 30 min drawing which I use as a warm up and show me what mistakes I'm making and then start on another drawing and should hopefully get something that is proportionally right and more to the models likeness.
I found with the 2nd drawing, i'm not sure how to describe but it when I was watching Erik do his demos each week it felt similar to that. E.g facial rythms seemed to flow and slot together better so as I built up the drawing it really felt like each previous step was building upon the last or how when I was drawing her hair it flowed nicely and got an impression of her hair without getting too caught up in it.
Bargue Drawing
Decided to go with comparative measuring with these as I thought it would help train my eye. Gonna take these into photoshop and lay them other the plates and see how well I did and then finish the face since I need to add tone.
Skulls
Been warming up the last few days by drawing from my skull. Been trying to find the rythms like Brian does and learn them aswell as some more extreme fews which where challenging. Might buy Proko's portrait cuase as I beleive it contains a 3d loomis model you can pose since I still feell ike I'm having problems with the thirds from these extreme angles and not really learning the rules.
Studies
Mostly been working on the mouth and working on studies from Vanderpoel and Watts as I feel like working on a bunch of master studies is what I need to do to take my work to the next level, see how pros designed features and design their shadow shapes and start trying to emulate that in my own work.