08-11-2021, 07:50 PM
Been awhile since I last posted an update. I started attending my life drawing classes after work which is when I would normally take photos and update my sketchbook hence the lack of updates haha.
Not awhole lot to show as I've taken abit of a break during the last month due to being sick and having a heatwave which forced me to take a break. Anyway ere is some of the stuff I'v been working on.
Live Streaming Classes
Signed up more more live streaming classes over at Watts, taking 2 classes that focus in portraiture with oen being a drawing class and the other a painting class. My intention now was to take atleast 2 classes per term alternating between figure drawing and portraiture with one clss being a painting class so that I can start working on my painting skills. I might audit a third class if it is something that I think wiould be really usefull or if it's a class that doesn't appear often. Would like to take more critiqued classes but 2 seems like the most I'll be able to fit into my schedule.
Painterly Head Drawing
Abit different compared to a normal drawing class as there is more of a focus on drawing with tone, so using alot of charcoal powder with a brush and using a pastel brush for the finer shapes.
Week 1
Week 2
Thought I would try a looser block in here just focusing on the big shapes but seeing as how my proportions are all over the place I don't think I'm quite ready for that approach.
Week 3
Portrait Painting
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
As you can see my painting skills are rather lacking.....
Life Drawing
I've put these in order so the top ones will be my ealriest and bottom my latest.
Portrait
These should be around 1hr - 1hr 20 mins each.
The model didn't show up for this session so we ended up drawing each other. Top 2 are 30 mins each and the bottom right was 15 mins.
Figure
Q/S are a mix of 5/10 mins with the larger figure drawings on the right being 40 mins - 1hr
Illustration
Unfortunately I don't have alot to show here, was hoping to have this done by now but things kept getting in the way. Attempted an underpainting a few weeks ago during a heatwave which went aswell as you could imagine...... Didn't even matter in the end as I ended up going back and reworking my drawing.
Fix
Ended up reworking the horizon line thanks to some feedback from Joseph here on the forums. Going to see if I can remove my drawing off my primed board but since I used some spray fixative I'm not too confident so I might have to prime a 2nd board. Probably going to wait now until this term is over in 2 weeks and then just spend a week completeing the painting.
Not awhole lot to show as I've taken abit of a break during the last month due to being sick and having a heatwave which forced me to take a break. Anyway ere is some of the stuff I'v been working on.
Live Streaming Classes
Signed up more more live streaming classes over at Watts, taking 2 classes that focus in portraiture with oen being a drawing class and the other a painting class. My intention now was to take atleast 2 classes per term alternating between figure drawing and portraiture with one clss being a painting class so that I can start working on my painting skills. I might audit a third class if it is something that I think wiould be really usefull or if it's a class that doesn't appear often. Would like to take more critiqued classes but 2 seems like the most I'll be able to fit into my schedule.
Painterly Head Drawing
Abit different compared to a normal drawing class as there is more of a focus on drawing with tone, so using alot of charcoal powder with a brush and using a pastel brush for the finer shapes.
Week 1
Week 2
Thought I would try a looser block in here just focusing on the big shapes but seeing as how my proportions are all over the place I don't think I'm quite ready for that approach.
Week 3
Portrait Painting
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
As you can see my painting skills are rather lacking.....
Life Drawing
I've put these in order so the top ones will be my ealriest and bottom my latest.
Portrait
These should be around 1hr - 1hr 20 mins each.
The model didn't show up for this session so we ended up drawing each other. Top 2 are 30 mins each and the bottom right was 15 mins.
Figure
Q/S are a mix of 5/10 mins with the larger figure drawings on the right being 40 mins - 1hr
Illustration
Unfortunately I don't have alot to show here, was hoping to have this done by now but things kept getting in the way. Attempted an underpainting a few weeks ago during a heatwave which went aswell as you could imagine...... Didn't even matter in the end as I ended up going back and reworking my drawing.
Fix
Ended up reworking the horizon line thanks to some feedback from Joseph here on the forums. Going to see if I can remove my drawing off my primed board but since I used some spray fixative I'm not too confident so I might have to prime a 2nd board. Probably going to wait now until this term is over in 2 weeks and then just spend a week completeing the painting.