04-08-2018, 02:03 PM
K so, did some john Grello studies today and tried to apply it in as similar style from memory; Also a study of Sargents Henry James Portrait. Stuff i learned:
1. You can really shave the eyebrows down to make a more interesting design and its important to not forget that they follow the form of the skull underneath.
2. cheekbones in a 3/4 profile can be quite vertically shaped in alignment with the jaw.
3. Sargent draws men with really attractive features, almost like he puts makeup on their eyes and makes their lips fuller. Like his depictions of his clients are just a very very flattering idealization of them.
4. Grello simplifies eyes like and highlights the roundness of the eyelid on the bottom and top.
5. putting a grey tone down can help a lot for sketches and finding attractive shapes with a lighter tone.
6. Light line weight on lips and teeth is attractive.
7. you may place a feature in the right spot, but it takes some effort to get it to a point of likeness or attractiveness.
8. The henry portrait has a very subtle tilt that gives it a powerful look, and from memory i drew it without that, hence missing some important structure in the skull/
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1. You can really shave the eyebrows down to make a more interesting design and its important to not forget that they follow the form of the skull underneath.
2. cheekbones in a 3/4 profile can be quite vertically shaped in alignment with the jaw.
3. Sargent draws men with really attractive features, almost like he puts makeup on their eyes and makes their lips fuller. Like his depictions of his clients are just a very very flattering idealization of them.
4. Grello simplifies eyes like and highlights the roundness of the eyelid on the bottom and top.
5. putting a grey tone down can help a lot for sketches and finding attractive shapes with a lighter tone.
6. Light line weight on lips and teeth is attractive.
7. you may place a feature in the right spot, but it takes some effort to get it to a point of likeness or attractiveness.
8. The henry portrait has a very subtle tilt that gives it a powerful look, and from memory i drew it without that, hence missing some important structure in the skull/
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Paintover thread, submit for crits! http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-7879.html
[color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.882)]e owl sat on an oak. The more he saw, the less he spoke.[/color]