04-06-2015, 03:25 AM
Time for an update. :)
I am still working on these self-assigned 10 day challenges, although I went through a mini-crisis the other day, and felt totally lost as to what I should focus on during the next one. And for the first time, I actually had this really big urge to do something from my imagination. That was a first, and I know it's only natural for most of you guys, but given my uncertainty and the weaknesses I know I should work on, it was quite refreshing.
So these are the next additions to my improvement quest:
10 day-challenge theme: Values
![[Image: SrSs6si.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/SrSs6si.jpg)
10 day-challenge theme: Perspective
![[Image: SI0VTz5.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/SI0VTz5.jpg)
I also completed Noah Bradley's 21 days to be a better artist challenge. It felt sooo good doing something every single day, even if I pushed through the next day with only 4 hours of sleep. I think this whole period helped me a lot to just begin and get back to doing some master studies, since the taste I had from all those I had previously made was sort of.. unsatisfying and felt kind of forced. By the end of the challenge though, I have the feeling that I got a little bit better in measuring and eyeballing distances and relationships between shapes, although I'm far from where I want to be. What I struggled mostly was skintones. Never had done that in color, and in every master study I did for this challenge, I went for way too desaturated color choices than they actually were.
![[Image: 2GSHANl.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/2GSHANl.jpg)
And so I went back to complete this master study by Bouveret, which I had started in late December last year. It was so off that I had to re-do almost all of the block-in, so that was definitely encouraging in a way, to see that I am judging all these relationships between the different elements a little bit better. Still 5 more to finish and call these 20 b&w master studies done though. I'll try to learn as much as I can from the last five and do it on my own terms, without stressing over the comparison or the many mistakes I will probably make.
![[Image: d8iKgZu.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/d8iKgZu.jpg)
10 day-challenge theme: Surface anatomy - (mostly) Vanderpoel studies
![[Image: sLYkVmm.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/sLYkVmm.jpg)
Has anyone tried out the 21 days challenge btw? :)
Hopefully the next update won't take so long. Until then!
I am still working on these self-assigned 10 day challenges, although I went through a mini-crisis the other day, and felt totally lost as to what I should focus on during the next one. And for the first time, I actually had this really big urge to do something from my imagination. That was a first, and I know it's only natural for most of you guys, but given my uncertainty and the weaknesses I know I should work on, it was quite refreshing.
So these are the next additions to my improvement quest:
10 day-challenge theme: Values
10 day-challenge theme: Perspective
I also completed Noah Bradley's 21 days to be a better artist challenge. It felt sooo good doing something every single day, even if I pushed through the next day with only 4 hours of sleep. I think this whole period helped me a lot to just begin and get back to doing some master studies, since the taste I had from all those I had previously made was sort of.. unsatisfying and felt kind of forced. By the end of the challenge though, I have the feeling that I got a little bit better in measuring and eyeballing distances and relationships between shapes, although I'm far from where I want to be. What I struggled mostly was skintones. Never had done that in color, and in every master study I did for this challenge, I went for way too desaturated color choices than they actually were.
And so I went back to complete this master study by Bouveret, which I had started in late December last year. It was so off that I had to re-do almost all of the block-in, so that was definitely encouraging in a way, to see that I am judging all these relationships between the different elements a little bit better. Still 5 more to finish and call these 20 b&w master studies done though. I'll try to learn as much as I can from the last five and do it on my own terms, without stressing over the comparison or the many mistakes I will probably make.
10 day-challenge theme: Surface anatomy - (mostly) Vanderpoel studies
Has anyone tried out the 21 days challenge btw? :)
Hopefully the next update won't take so long. Until then!