10-04-2018, 04:34 AM
@Fedodika: Out of curiosity I swapped over to Fluharty's class this morning. I've been going through the lessons, but I think I'm a bit beyond this class. I may skim through the last two lessons, but it seems to be largely stuff that I'm already aware of. I think I may swap courses again for the Alex Woo one on gesture drawing because I'll probably get a lot more use out of it.
I agree about boring teachers. It's very difficult to learn from someone when you don't feel like you can quite connect to what they're saying due to their teaching style or whatnot. (It's almost always a recipe for failure, IMO.)
@RickRichards: Oh, wow! Thank you so much for taking the time to do that paint over and show me how to work the piece better -- super helpful to see! I was definitely getting thrown trying to add depth to things through the values. I think I was being very indecisive about how prominent I wanted Alice to feature and was maybe trying to pop her out against the background, but it works much better when she's (and the white contrasts, too) toned down.
I agree that the image you linked to came out ok value-wise, but I feel like it looks more cartoony than I would have liked over-all. I think that seems to be a consistent problem I have when I get away from working with direct reference. I'm sure more solid-appearing realism from imagination will come with TONS more practice and time, but it's hard to be patient when you want results immediately. (A feeling I'm sure we can all relate to. lol)
-- Now I'm off to check out Alex Woo's class and hopefully up my game in figure drawing. Wish me luck!
I agree about boring teachers. It's very difficult to learn from someone when you don't feel like you can quite connect to what they're saying due to their teaching style or whatnot. (It's almost always a recipe for failure, IMO.)
@RickRichards: Oh, wow! Thank you so much for taking the time to do that paint over and show me how to work the piece better -- super helpful to see! I was definitely getting thrown trying to add depth to things through the values. I think I was being very indecisive about how prominent I wanted Alice to feature and was maybe trying to pop her out against the background, but it works much better when she's (and the white contrasts, too) toned down.
I agree that the image you linked to came out ok value-wise, but I feel like it looks more cartoony than I would have liked over-all. I think that seems to be a consistent problem I have when I get away from working with direct reference. I'm sure more solid-appearing realism from imagination will come with TONS more practice and time, but it's hard to be patient when you want results immediately. (A feeling I'm sure we can all relate to. lol)
-- Now I'm off to check out Alex Woo's class and hopefully up my game in figure drawing. Wish me luck!