05-18-2015, 03:51 AM
Great to see another Irish peep on CD :)
I really like your studies, the anatomy stuff especially will help you loads in the long run.
It's great to see you working on the values too. I think those 4-tone master studies are pretty successful, they're really paired back and you have more variety in edges and the darks are a lot bolder. Whereas your portraits are very soft.
One tip I learned from the others here when doing my value studies was to use good black and white photos, instead of colours. I made a 9-step value scale from black to white and before I started my study I took my time to look at the big main shapes and jot down which values I thought they were (Is that one a 7? The one next to it looks like a 5…hmm). It helped stop my brain from going into "copy" mode and actually try to work out what was going on in front of me. That goes for anatomy studies too. Then I set a timer and spent 15-30 minutes doing the study. Quick little studies trying to capture the illusion of light and form.
Keep at it dude, wanna see mooore :)
I really like your studies, the anatomy stuff especially will help you loads in the long run.
It's great to see you working on the values too. I think those 4-tone master studies are pretty successful, they're really paired back and you have more variety in edges and the darks are a lot bolder. Whereas your portraits are very soft.
One tip I learned from the others here when doing my value studies was to use good black and white photos, instead of colours. I made a 9-step value scale from black to white and before I started my study I took my time to look at the big main shapes and jot down which values I thought they were (Is that one a 7? The one next to it looks like a 5…hmm). It helped stop my brain from going into "copy" mode and actually try to work out what was going on in front of me. That goes for anatomy studies too. Then I set a timer and spent 15-30 minutes doing the study. Quick little studies trying to capture the illusion of light and form.
Keep at it dude, wanna see mooore :)