02-16-2019, 07:45 PM
Hey, just want to say it's a good idea to have goals for what you want to get out of an excercise. That's always better than randomly copying a landscape... *cough* me. 500 figures (or however many) could be rewarding. Have you used line-of-action.com? If not I'd recommend trying figure drawing there- for a lot of drawing, it helps to have constant new visual fuel to go off of so your ideas don't get stagnant. It's cool that you want to put narrative in your pieces- a lot of artists get caught up in making something technically well (not to say studies don't matter, they absolutely do) and not putting any story into their work.
Sketchbook (updated daily) https://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-8600.html
discord: Beau#4149
1. Use the biggest brush possible for a given passage.
2. Paint large shapes first, followed by small shapes.
3. Save your tonal and chromatic accents until the last.
4. Try to soften any edge that doesn’t need to be sharp.
5. Take time to get the center of interest right.
Or, the briefer version: (B.L.A.S.T.)
Big brushes.
Large to small.
Accents last.
Soften edges.
Take your time.
(James Gurney)
discord: Beau#4149
1. Use the biggest brush possible for a given passage.
2. Paint large shapes first, followed by small shapes.
3. Save your tonal and chromatic accents until the last.
4. Try to soften any edge that doesn’t need to be sharp.
5. Take time to get the center of interest right.
Or, the briefer version: (B.L.A.S.T.)
Big brushes.
Large to small.
Accents last.
Soften edges.
Take your time.
(James Gurney)