04-28-2021, 05:15 AM
Abit of a delay in posting, ended up tkaing last weke off to run some errands and watch some art videos and read some art books that I'd been meaning to get to.
Just a short update for today. Have some more drawings to show, both studies and some from memory/imagination which I'll post later this week along with what I've bene doing this week.
Gouache Tiling
Week 4
Week 5
Final 2 submisisons for Jeff's Gouache class. There was an error with my feedback for week 4 so didn't get the chance to apply Jeff's corrections before moving onto the final touches/blending. Might see if I can apply thme this week, might just be a case of reapplying some tiles and blending again.
Feel like I got some nice areas out of it such as the right eye and shadow side of her face and some not so good areas such as the drapery and some of the tiles on the light side of her face which could do with being closer in value, feel like atm it stands out just a tad too much.
Drapery
Thought I'd sit down and just make a bunch of notes and some diagrams regarding the 7 types of folds so I can have something handy to refer to when doing drapery studies. Still need to add a few diagrams though. Used a combination of notes from Watts handouts aswell as the famous artist course.
Invention
Some figure invention, looked at some images of armour to help with the knight but drew the female completely from imagination. Feel like the female turned out better I think mainly becuase I had a cleaer image of the pose in my head which wasn't the case with the knight. Fel like the feamel in particular is a step up to my previous attempts.
Thought I would include this shadow box that I made aswell as I wanted to get back into cast drawing/painting again. I have a roof aswell made out of cardboard that I've also painted black, need to make a a simple box though for my smaller casts so I can draw/paint them at eye level.
Going Forward
My original plan was to spend 5/6 weeks studying the things I have been working on recently and then attempt an illustration but I was thinking of changing it slightly. I thought I'd do 1 more week of continued study and then starting next week I'd spend my mornings doing some longer drawings in graphite and longer painting efforts of casts over multiple days (maybe weeks?) similar to an atelier and work on an illustration in the afternoons, mainly becuase I feel like I need more painting practice.
After that once I go back to splitting my time between studying/making finished illustrations, go back to following the progression path more closely over a Watts or maybe base my study on the atelier training of long cast/figure drawing/painting? I'm not too sure yet tbh, I'm abit conflicted on what would be the best cause of action. Maybe a mix of both?
Just a short update for today. Have some more drawings to show, both studies and some from memory/imagination which I'll post later this week along with what I've bene doing this week.
Gouache Tiling
Week 4
Week 5
Final 2 submisisons for Jeff's Gouache class. There was an error with my feedback for week 4 so didn't get the chance to apply Jeff's corrections before moving onto the final touches/blending. Might see if I can apply thme this week, might just be a case of reapplying some tiles and blending again.
Feel like I got some nice areas out of it such as the right eye and shadow side of her face and some not so good areas such as the drapery and some of the tiles on the light side of her face which could do with being closer in value, feel like atm it stands out just a tad too much.
Drapery
Thought I'd sit down and just make a bunch of notes and some diagrams regarding the 7 types of folds so I can have something handy to refer to when doing drapery studies. Still need to add a few diagrams though. Used a combination of notes from Watts handouts aswell as the famous artist course.
Invention
Some figure invention, looked at some images of armour to help with the knight but drew the female completely from imagination. Feel like the female turned out better I think mainly becuase I had a cleaer image of the pose in my head which wasn't the case with the knight. Fel like the feamel in particular is a step up to my previous attempts.
Thought I would include this shadow box that I made aswell as I wanted to get back into cast drawing/painting again. I have a roof aswell made out of cardboard that I've also painted black, need to make a a simple box though for my smaller casts so I can draw/paint them at eye level.
Going Forward
My original plan was to spend 5/6 weeks studying the things I have been working on recently and then attempt an illustration but I was thinking of changing it slightly. I thought I'd do 1 more week of continued study and then starting next week I'd spend my mornings doing some longer drawings in graphite and longer painting efforts of casts over multiple days (maybe weeks?) similar to an atelier and work on an illustration in the afternoons, mainly becuase I feel like I need more painting practice.
After that once I go back to splitting my time between studying/making finished illustrations, go back to following the progression path more closely over a Watts or maybe base my study on the atelier training of long cast/figure drawing/painting? I'm not too sure yet tbh, I'm abit conflicted on what would be the best cause of action. Maybe a mix of both?