05-02-2015, 01:55 PM
Hey man! Just had a look through the last couple of pages, you're really improving, even with the break! That straight line style you started doing on your sketch faces is a really appealing look - you can focus more on the design with those straights, keep doing those!
The petrol bomb guy made me laugh a little shamefully, cause you're Irish and I'm English and it seems I'm a little bit racist xD
Great that you started a challenge with the portraits - they really help you push yourself out of your comfort zone. Stick with that!
It was mentioned before but your values (I hate it when people tell me about my values >.< I hope you aren't the same ^^). If you are copying those from photos, make sure to squint right down when you look at the reference - you could try doing a small, quick, super loose thumbnail before you do the main painting and simplify the whole thing into three values, black white and grey. It let's you get firmly locked in mind which are the darkest parts so when you do the main painting you can be unafraid of going darker in those areas. You can then squint and look at your own work when painting and decide if you really went dark enough in those places.
Keep it up! No more long breaks : )
The petrol bomb guy made me laugh a little shamefully, cause you're Irish and I'm English and it seems I'm a little bit racist xD
Great that you started a challenge with the portraits - they really help you push yourself out of your comfort zone. Stick with that!
It was mentioned before but your values (I hate it when people tell me about my values >.< I hope you aren't the same ^^). If you are copying those from photos, make sure to squint right down when you look at the reference - you could try doing a small, quick, super loose thumbnail before you do the main painting and simplify the whole thing into three values, black white and grey. It let's you get firmly locked in mind which are the darkest parts so when you do the main painting you can be unafraid of going darker in those areas. You can then squint and look at your own work when painting and decide if you really went dark enough in those places.
Keep it up! No more long breaks : )