01-21-2014, 06:11 AM
Only did this today, watched Jeffrey Watt's 'Drawing from the Model' which was very informative, going to draw a few skulls every day until I can draw a decent one from memory, then I can move onto my Asaro Head that I've had for a while and learn the anatomy of the head properly.
Really weird using charcoal after a long long time, hard to get used to drawing with the pencil held in a different way (Proko/Watt recommends), ordered the wrong pencil too so it was very grainy and scratching the newsprint a lot.
Anyone who can afford the DVD should really get it if you're into portraits (as you should be), he has a very specific way of teaching but it works really well, tempted to enroll in the online classes.
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For anyone who wants to know the materials he uses/recommends highly they are:
Primo Charcoal B Pencil
Conte 1710B
Wolff’s Carbon Pencil 4B/6B (depending on how heavy handed you are.)
Sanding Pad
He also has a specific way of sharpening a pencil that Proko (studied under Watt) teaches here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_W9sZ8S7RM
Really weird using charcoal after a long long time, hard to get used to drawing with the pencil held in a different way (Proko/Watt recommends), ordered the wrong pencil too so it was very grainy and scratching the newsprint a lot.
Anyone who can afford the DVD should really get it if you're into portraits (as you should be), he has a very specific way of teaching but it works really well, tempted to enroll in the online classes.
[attachment=42004]
For anyone who wants to know the materials he uses/recommends highly they are:
Primo Charcoal B Pencil
Conte 1710B
Wolff’s Carbon Pencil 4B/6B (depending on how heavy handed you are.)
Sanding Pad
He also has a specific way of sharpening a pencil that Proko (studied under Watt) teaches here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_W9sZ8S7RM