02-25-2016, 04:46 PM
Thanks Kurt :)
To answer your questions though, my thought process in approaching master studies has changed drastically from the time I first started doing them to now. At first, I had this very uninformed, amateurish, jump-right-into-it sort of approach. I just wanted to paint, and would blob colors back and forth until it resembled the painting I was studying from. Back then, my mentality was that I just wanted to get the "colors" right. This slowed me down a lot and a lot of the learning came through trial and error.
My current process is a much slower approach with a lot of thinking and looking and focusing. I start with a sketch that I try to push past the rough stage, and then block in base colors and go from there. The thinking process includes thinking about how the light is hitting everything, trying to efficiently use my brush strokes, etc.
To answer your second question about drawing accurately. No I don't use a grid. It kind of helps that I've been drawing for a very long time, but really for me, it just comes down to eyeballing it. I spend a lot of time looking between the painting and my study. Once you do it long enough, even if your drawing isn't entirely accurate, your drawing level will start to carry you a bit.
Sorry for the long drawn out answer.
A Bouguereau study. I tried to push myself to the limit with this one. Started with a detailed sketch with some initial values. Then went on to do a full value study, and finally moved into color.
To answer your questions though, my thought process in approaching master studies has changed drastically from the time I first started doing them to now. At first, I had this very uninformed, amateurish, jump-right-into-it sort of approach. I just wanted to paint, and would blob colors back and forth until it resembled the painting I was studying from. Back then, my mentality was that I just wanted to get the "colors" right. This slowed me down a lot and a lot of the learning came through trial and error.
My current process is a much slower approach with a lot of thinking and looking and focusing. I start with a sketch that I try to push past the rough stage, and then block in base colors and go from there. The thinking process includes thinking about how the light is hitting everything, trying to efficiently use my brush strokes, etc.
To answer your second question about drawing accurately. No I don't use a grid. It kind of helps that I've been drawing for a very long time, but really for me, it just comes down to eyeballing it. I spend a lot of time looking between the painting and my study. Once you do it long enough, even if your drawing isn't entirely accurate, your drawing level will start to carry you a bit.
Sorry for the long drawn out answer.
A Bouguereau study. I tried to push myself to the limit with this one. Started with a detailed sketch with some initial values. Then went on to do a full value study, and finally moved into color.