11-03-2018, 05:39 AM
great practice!
make sure you take your time laying in the perspective of the still lives, like this is really whacky
http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/attachme...do1810.jpg
I like a lot of the life in these poses, and ill warn you because i used to do this with bridgeman. Draw it sure, its easy to copy, but then you have to make sure you internalize it, so draw from memory and check for the differences, thats how you learn faster. I would just endlessly copy bridgeman and it didnt help much, same with hogarthe, it was just moving my hand, not gaining the valuable knowledge.
Your edges need a lot of work, try to go back to just values and greyscale, spend more time on a piece and try every trick you can think of to really nail those edges. Think of it like a bargue copy, and i reccomend doing in traditional medium if possible. Doing lots of quick paintings, personally i dont think it helps much if you dont have a ton of experience. Drawings are different but paintings are all about accurate lay ins and the painting part is just edges. So pencil or charcoal whatever is just another way of defining edges.
Do it from a well lit picture or master work preferably something with a simple value arrangement. like as close to 3 values as possible. juliette astrides has some great still life stuff in the ballpark of what im talkin about
http://www.dynamicsymmetryart.com/upload...1497450604
again, train your eye to see like how a master sees, because no offence, i dont think you are seeing the beauty of the objects your painting and how to arrange them intelligently. Hell even make a folder of still lives and take notes on their value patterns and composition arrangements in thumbnails. Daniel Keyes has some great shit, jeff watts, david leffel tons of great still life artists. Also get astrides book on classical atelier lessons, it has lots of helpful stuff
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Dr3Cb4Ilhh0/U...@+(58).jpg
And keep the word "DESIGN" going through your head at all times, okay hope that helps
make sure you take your time laying in the perspective of the still lives, like this is really whacky
http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/attachme...do1810.jpg
I like a lot of the life in these poses, and ill warn you because i used to do this with bridgeman. Draw it sure, its easy to copy, but then you have to make sure you internalize it, so draw from memory and check for the differences, thats how you learn faster. I would just endlessly copy bridgeman and it didnt help much, same with hogarthe, it was just moving my hand, not gaining the valuable knowledge.
Your edges need a lot of work, try to go back to just values and greyscale, spend more time on a piece and try every trick you can think of to really nail those edges. Think of it like a bargue copy, and i reccomend doing in traditional medium if possible. Doing lots of quick paintings, personally i dont think it helps much if you dont have a ton of experience. Drawings are different but paintings are all about accurate lay ins and the painting part is just edges. So pencil or charcoal whatever is just another way of defining edges.
Do it from a well lit picture or master work preferably something with a simple value arrangement. like as close to 3 values as possible. juliette astrides has some great still life stuff in the ballpark of what im talkin about
http://www.dynamicsymmetryart.com/upload...1497450604
again, train your eye to see like how a master sees, because no offence, i dont think you are seeing the beauty of the objects your painting and how to arrange them intelligently. Hell even make a folder of still lives and take notes on their value patterns and composition arrangements in thumbnails. Daniel Keyes has some great shit, jeff watts, david leffel tons of great still life artists. Also get astrides book on classical atelier lessons, it has lots of helpful stuff
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Dr3Cb4Ilhh0/U...@+(58).jpg
And keep the word "DESIGN" going through your head at all times, okay hope that helps
70+Page Koala Sketchbook: http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-3465.html SB
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]
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]