05-30-2014, 09:56 AM
Nice studies, looking back at your older anatomy drawings I definitely see a lot of improvement!
I have advice for you about rocks/landscapes. I know its kind of "the thing" atm, but you should check out shaddy safadi's videos on youtube. Everyone and their mother is using the technique hes teaching, but for good reason. Its a solid technique for environments and I think if you check out his videos and give it a few serious attempts, you'll see improvement. Basically he starts off by simplifying a lot of the shapes in the image to their "essence", getting in the big forms and using a lot of hard edges to make it feel really solid.
I think part of your problem at the moment is you're using a very very soft brush, and that can really kill a landscape painting. You seem to have a good grasp on colour and shape, but you're losing a lot of the edges because of the soft brush. Shaddy's way of working might seem very harsh and slow at first, but if you follow through with it gets great results. Hope that helps!
I have advice for you about rocks/landscapes. I know its kind of "the thing" atm, but you should check out shaddy safadi's videos on youtube. Everyone and their mother is using the technique hes teaching, but for good reason. Its a solid technique for environments and I think if you check out his videos and give it a few serious attempts, you'll see improvement. Basically he starts off by simplifying a lot of the shapes in the image to their "essence", getting in the big forms and using a lot of hard edges to make it feel really solid.
I think part of your problem at the moment is you're using a very very soft brush, and that can really kill a landscape painting. You seem to have a good grasp on colour and shape, but you're losing a lot of the edges because of the soft brush. Shaddy's way of working might seem very harsh and slow at first, but if you follow through with it gets great results. Hope that helps!