10-28-2019, 06:15 AM
Weekly update.
Portrait Class
I felt like this is one of the better portraits that I've done from life. Still leaves alot to be desired but hopefully I'm heading in the right direction? Next week I'm gonna try and do 1-2 lay ins and use the first as a warm up and see what mistakes I make and then use that knowledge on the 2nd drawing and see if this way of working is of any benefit for me.
1h30m
Life Class
Decided to paint for the last session. I transferred the drawing to a cotton canvas I had. Had to change some of the colours, specifically the reflected shadows in her legs as she was sitting on this bright yellow/green cloth (like a high vis vest) and since I was using the zorn palette there was no way of getting that colour. I was also an idiot and forgot to mix a chromatic black as I forgot to bring ultramarine blue with me. I liked the thigh are of the bent leg but that was about it tbh. I found it rather tough as this was on a 9x12 inch canvas and it felt abit too small for me but maybe I should of simplified the forms more and forgo detail like the face.
2h30m total
Master Study
Took Fedodika's advice and worked on the master study I painted and make corrections in photoshop. Decided to colour pick my colours from my painting to keep it consistent. It definitely looks better but I'm gonna spend some more time on it and dot eh best I can.
Sketchbook
Some invented heads. I felt like these where a step up compared to my previous imaginary heads.
Live Streaming
Erik's Class
H/w for week 2 which was focusing on the figure construction. Definitely spent much longer than I should have.
Brian's Class
H/w for week 1 which was drawing the skull. Decided to copy Brian's drawings and try and understand how he simplifies the forms.
Composition
Some more composition work. I'm interested in medieval/fantasy settings so I made that the focus of my compositons, hopefully these make sense?
Haven't been able to work on any more master studies or anatomy or gouache painting. With my day job and doing the live streaming classes and my regular classes in person I'm finding it hard to fit them in aswell. I'm not sure if I should just focus on one of these for say a month or so and then move onto the next thing I want to study for a month etc or if I should just focus on one thing for a week instead. What do people find here to be the best way to practice? Becuase atm I feel like I'm trying to do too much at once.
Portrait Class
I felt like this is one of the better portraits that I've done from life. Still leaves alot to be desired but hopefully I'm heading in the right direction? Next week I'm gonna try and do 1-2 lay ins and use the first as a warm up and see what mistakes I make and then use that knowledge on the 2nd drawing and see if this way of working is of any benefit for me.
1h30m
Life Class
Decided to paint for the last session. I transferred the drawing to a cotton canvas I had. Had to change some of the colours, specifically the reflected shadows in her legs as she was sitting on this bright yellow/green cloth (like a high vis vest) and since I was using the zorn palette there was no way of getting that colour. I was also an idiot and forgot to mix a chromatic black as I forgot to bring ultramarine blue with me. I liked the thigh are of the bent leg but that was about it tbh. I found it rather tough as this was on a 9x12 inch canvas and it felt abit too small for me but maybe I should of simplified the forms more and forgo detail like the face.
2h30m total
Master Study
Took Fedodika's advice and worked on the master study I painted and make corrections in photoshop. Decided to colour pick my colours from my painting to keep it consistent. It definitely looks better but I'm gonna spend some more time on it and dot eh best I can.
Sketchbook
Some invented heads. I felt like these where a step up compared to my previous imaginary heads.
Live Streaming
Erik's Class
H/w for week 2 which was focusing on the figure construction. Definitely spent much longer than I should have.
Brian's Class
H/w for week 1 which was drawing the skull. Decided to copy Brian's drawings and try and understand how he simplifies the forms.
Composition
Some more composition work. I'm interested in medieval/fantasy settings so I made that the focus of my compositons, hopefully these make sense?
Haven't been able to work on any more master studies or anatomy or gouache painting. With my day job and doing the live streaming classes and my regular classes in person I'm finding it hard to fit them in aswell. I'm not sure if I should just focus on one of these for say a month or so and then move onto the next thing I want to study for a month etc or if I should just focus on one thing for a week instead. What do people find here to be the best way to practice? Becuase atm I feel like I'm trying to do too much at once.