05-04-2020, 01:34 AM
Leysan - Thanks for the compliment :) I feel like I'm getting better at noticing/fixing my mistakes....if slowly :)
Artloader - Thanks for the kind words man :) It means alot. Glad it's not just me having difficulties with the Loomis head, it seems to work great for your standard views and slight up/down tilts but any views apart from that seem to be a no go. Tbh I wasn't sure if what I was doing was correct or not but I guess I'll stick to it.
Joseph - Thanks Jospeh :) I was actually surprised myself by how that one developed, I wasn't too confident with it at first but the more I worked on it it got better so I guess I'm doing something right.
Shoulder appears to be better now. Took the week after I posted off from drawing since it was still sore every morning, just caught up on some instructional videos so it wasn't a complete waste of a week.
Here's some of the stuff I've been working on this week.
Anatomy Course
Scott's anatomy course started last week, there are alot of videos to watch (think about 2-2.5 hours a week) so I've been watching them when they are posted on Fridays, make some notes and then attempt the homework on Saturday. First week focused on the landmarks on the body and trying to identify them ourselves from the photo reference provided.
Did some additional trace overs from Scott's reference library aswell as some artists work he included himself, trying to cemement the concepts he talked about. Plan on doing addiitonal trace overs from different reference and when I get to the muscles do some invention work over poses from the skelly app to really test my knowledge. He said I can send him extra work I've done in the next couple of weeks so I plan on submitting them to him (as long as I don't overwhelm him).
Live Stream Classes
Erik Reilly Painting
Homework for the first week for Erik's painting class which was a burnt umber pick out which we will then add colour on top. Spent 2 hours on this, mainly because I was struggling with drawing with my paintbrush. Got the placement of the features right but made the head too wide.
Lucas Foreshortened Figure drawing
Homework for Lucas's class, attempting to mannikanize figures in foreshortend poses. Spent 20 minutes each on these as he directed.
Additional Work
Some quicksketch, a mix of 7/5/3 min poses, focusing mainly on gesture and proportion.
Figure Invention
Watched Ron Lemen's figure invention exercises on youtube where you break down a figure into a simple mannikin and then attempt to draw the same pose froma different angle based on what you learned from the first drawing. Found this alot harder than I thought, mainly struggling with how the the simple forms change in perspective, not sure if I'm best doing somedrawings of these forms from different angles to see how they shift in perspective or read through Scott Robertson's book again to try and get my head around it.
Head lay-in
Some more lay-in practice. Plan on moving onto the figure next week.
Skull Studies
Studies from life from Proko's skull
Painting Practice
Purchased James Gurney's new video last week and atttempted some of the exercises he suggested. Thought I'd try painting my skull in a controlled enviroment but still work quickly to try and get a handle on painting with gouache before moving onto plein air. Trying to work transparantly and opaquely like he suggests but I find it incredibly difficult, going to attempt more next week to get some milage with it. Spent 15 minutes on the underdrawing and 45 minutes painting.
First Attempt
Second Attempt
Been spending time each night after tea (around 1-1.5 hours) working on some personal work. Going to attempt another poster so I've been watching some instructional videos and chatting to an artist I like trying to clear up some technical issues I was having with photoshop. Started doing some rough comps the other night (want to do a poster for The Mandalorian) but still want to do some more before moving onto the next stage so I'll start posting once I have something to show. Not going to rush this and focus on trying to learn the process.
Artloader - Thanks for the kind words man :) It means alot. Glad it's not just me having difficulties with the Loomis head, it seems to work great for your standard views and slight up/down tilts but any views apart from that seem to be a no go. Tbh I wasn't sure if what I was doing was correct or not but I guess I'll stick to it.
Joseph - Thanks Jospeh :) I was actually surprised myself by how that one developed, I wasn't too confident with it at first but the more I worked on it it got better so I guess I'm doing something right.
Shoulder appears to be better now. Took the week after I posted off from drawing since it was still sore every morning, just caught up on some instructional videos so it wasn't a complete waste of a week.
Here's some of the stuff I've been working on this week.
Anatomy Course
Scott's anatomy course started last week, there are alot of videos to watch (think about 2-2.5 hours a week) so I've been watching them when they are posted on Fridays, make some notes and then attempt the homework on Saturday. First week focused on the landmarks on the body and trying to identify them ourselves from the photo reference provided.
Did some additional trace overs from Scott's reference library aswell as some artists work he included himself, trying to cemement the concepts he talked about. Plan on doing addiitonal trace overs from different reference and when I get to the muscles do some invention work over poses from the skelly app to really test my knowledge. He said I can send him extra work I've done in the next couple of weeks so I plan on submitting them to him (as long as I don't overwhelm him).
Live Stream Classes
Erik Reilly Painting
Homework for the first week for Erik's painting class which was a burnt umber pick out which we will then add colour on top. Spent 2 hours on this, mainly because I was struggling with drawing with my paintbrush. Got the placement of the features right but made the head too wide.
Lucas Foreshortened Figure drawing
Homework for Lucas's class, attempting to mannikanize figures in foreshortend poses. Spent 20 minutes each on these as he directed.
Additional Work
Some quicksketch, a mix of 7/5/3 min poses, focusing mainly on gesture and proportion.
Figure Invention
Watched Ron Lemen's figure invention exercises on youtube where you break down a figure into a simple mannikin and then attempt to draw the same pose froma different angle based on what you learned from the first drawing. Found this alot harder than I thought, mainly struggling with how the the simple forms change in perspective, not sure if I'm best doing somedrawings of these forms from different angles to see how they shift in perspective or read through Scott Robertson's book again to try and get my head around it.
Head lay-in
Some more lay-in practice. Plan on moving onto the figure next week.
Skull Studies
Studies from life from Proko's skull
Painting Practice
Purchased James Gurney's new video last week and atttempted some of the exercises he suggested. Thought I'd try painting my skull in a controlled enviroment but still work quickly to try and get a handle on painting with gouache before moving onto plein air. Trying to work transparantly and opaquely like he suggests but I find it incredibly difficult, going to attempt more next week to get some milage with it. Spent 15 minutes on the underdrawing and 45 minutes painting.
First Attempt
Second Attempt
Been spending time each night after tea (around 1-1.5 hours) working on some personal work. Going to attempt another poster so I've been watching some instructional videos and chatting to an artist I like trying to clear up some technical issues I was having with photoshop. Started doing some rough comps the other night (want to do a poster for The Mandalorian) but still want to do some more before moving onto the next stage so I'll start posting once I have something to show. Not going to rush this and focus on trying to learn the process.