03-23-2015, 11:32 AM
Hey there, welcome to the forums
https://gumroad.com/ditlev
These ones are good! They're free too. Just be careful with them, if you're not careful they can look like shit lol.
Also I think you should mix up your exercises, master studies are good but it's best to study from life and/or photos so you can make your own interpretations of things. The problem with studying from other's art is that you're filtering the image two times instead of one (once through their eyes, again through yours), so you might be missing crucial information that they had that helped them make educated guesses about where to be painterly and where to be more accurate. You can be as loose and expressive as you want, but it will look better if you learn how to interpret things yourself first! Either by learning how to do it realistically and then being loose, or if you prefer you can try to be loose all the time
https://gumroad.com/ditlev
These ones are good! They're free too. Just be careful with them, if you're not careful they can look like shit lol.
Also I think you should mix up your exercises, master studies are good but it's best to study from life and/or photos so you can make your own interpretations of things. The problem with studying from other's art is that you're filtering the image two times instead of one (once through their eyes, again through yours), so you might be missing crucial information that they had that helped them make educated guesses about where to be painterly and where to be more accurate. You can be as loose and expressive as you want, but it will look better if you learn how to interpret things yourself first! Either by learning how to do it realistically and then being loose, or if you prefer you can try to be loose all the time