Beard Clippings

[Patrick Gaumond]

Holy balls Beardley!
How have I not seen your sketchbook before man?!

Fantastic start!!
What would I suggest? Hmm, I see you mentioned:

Obligatory skull studies :p Trying to get faster, so i spent about 1 hour and a bit on each iirc

whereas, I would say: take your time with studies, any studies. What you're trying to do is understand how that thing you're studying works, so you can apply it later (although you've been killing it in the application of studies zone).
The speed will come with the more begin to understand!

Keep them commmiiiiiiiiiiiingggggg!!

Hey thanks :) I really appreciate it. I only put up my sketchbook a few days ago so I guess thats why you've never seen it lol

I usually spend as long as I feel I need on.. well everything. Sometimes i spend a good 10-15 hours on a personal piece, and on studies I spend anywhere from an hour to 4. I know what you mean though. In one of his videos feng zhu said an artist probably shaves off a solid hour from his workflow with every year of experience. Maybe I'm trying to get fast too early? And I think I agree, I;m not too too fond of those skull studies, but I learned quite a bit about them

Heres a study of metal colours outdoors. I plan on using this knowledge in a future piece