07-02-2014, 03:54 AM
Hey Sjoerd, cool to see you postin more on here.
So the major things I've noticed from your posts are that your values are washed out in most of your paintings. You don't seem to be going dark enough in some areas. And your construction that you've been studying hasn't really been getting applied.
I don't know if theres art that maybe you didn't scan but you were doing some anatomy of the arm, of the neck, and of a lot of figures. I've seen you apply some of the figures, mainly the neck studies, but haven't seen you do arms from your imagination which is crucial if you're trying to learn the anatomy and have that knowledge solidified in your head. Also you did some good neck studies from Hampton's book but it seems like you might be rushing them a bit. Take your time with them, study the size of the sternocleido mastoid and how it wraps around the major form of the neck. Ask yourself how thick it is, how thick the neck in comparison to the head is, stuff like that.
What might help is while doing these Hampton studies try to also take the time to study the same parts in the book but from a photo of someone like a bodybuilder. That way you can get a realistic interpretation of that muscle, this will definitely come in handy when you get to the forearm and leg muscles portion of Hampton's book. You can find good anatomy refs here: http://www.pinterest.com/jmarsano/human-anatomy/
Other than that you're looking good. Gestures are looking promising, maybe try to do them with even less lines (generally you can fit a whole line through the body and one of the legs so try looking for that). And you seem to like to do portraits a lot but you're spending a lot of your precious painting time on landscape/environment studies. I'm not saying it's bad to do that, it's good to take the time to experiment around with different subjects, but if you want to improve on what you really enjoy doing then you should try to mainly focus your time on that subject. So if it's portraits or characters you like to do then try to start studying head construction and take time to paint some portraits of people. The best resource for head construction is Loomis' How to Draw the Heads and Hands book :)
Good luck! And post more often!!
So the major things I've noticed from your posts are that your values are washed out in most of your paintings. You don't seem to be going dark enough in some areas. And your construction that you've been studying hasn't really been getting applied.
I don't know if theres art that maybe you didn't scan but you were doing some anatomy of the arm, of the neck, and of a lot of figures. I've seen you apply some of the figures, mainly the neck studies, but haven't seen you do arms from your imagination which is crucial if you're trying to learn the anatomy and have that knowledge solidified in your head. Also you did some good neck studies from Hampton's book but it seems like you might be rushing them a bit. Take your time with them, study the size of the sternocleido mastoid and how it wraps around the major form of the neck. Ask yourself how thick it is, how thick the neck in comparison to the head is, stuff like that.
What might help is while doing these Hampton studies try to also take the time to study the same parts in the book but from a photo of someone like a bodybuilder. That way you can get a realistic interpretation of that muscle, this will definitely come in handy when you get to the forearm and leg muscles portion of Hampton's book. You can find good anatomy refs here: http://www.pinterest.com/jmarsano/human-anatomy/
Other than that you're looking good. Gestures are looking promising, maybe try to do them with even less lines (generally you can fit a whole line through the body and one of the legs so try looking for that). And you seem to like to do portraits a lot but you're spending a lot of your precious painting time on landscape/environment studies. I'm not saying it's bad to do that, it's good to take the time to experiment around with different subjects, but if you want to improve on what you really enjoy doing then you should try to mainly focus your time on that subject. So if it's portraits or characters you like to do then try to start studying head construction and take time to paint some portraits of people. The best resource for head construction is Loomis' How to Draw the Heads and Hands book :)
Good luck! And post more often!!