02-23-2019, 06:20 PM
Hah, I watched that nma vid for a bit too last week and recognised you drew the female figure he drew :) So vine charcoal is awesome because you can get smooth block tone easily and it goes dark and matte and can be picked out easily but it's a bit harder to be precise like you can with a pencil.
If you want make a vine section darker just go over the areas you want darker with the charcoal pencil. This will however also 'set' the tone more so it won't be as easily removed...so only do that when you are sure! For the layins i think the pencil is best...and then once you're solid on those just try whatever with the vine too! I prefer the vine look as well.
I think I'd recommend an A2 backboard also just because the extra space means you essentially have more 'resolution' to work with and It's a bit easier when you are doing the gangsta grip. But that's not a big deal i guess.
Those 20 min layins are secret sauce. Don't tell anyone :)
But yeah slow the fuck down during and just work methodically. It's easy to get panicky or flustered with a time limit and speed up and ruin everything because you are trying to be fast. Speed as a goal is a terrible one to aim for. Whats funny is i noticed when i 'slowed down' i invariably was more efficient and in the zone and actually finished faster lol. A lot of the studies i did are posted chronologically on my insta if you want to see the progression of exercises.
Last edit: go to life drawing whenever you can. Hugely beneficial to practice all this too in live setting with a moving model.
If you want make a vine section darker just go over the areas you want darker with the charcoal pencil. This will however also 'set' the tone more so it won't be as easily removed...so only do that when you are sure! For the layins i think the pencil is best...and then once you're solid on those just try whatever with the vine too! I prefer the vine look as well.
I think I'd recommend an A2 backboard also just because the extra space means you essentially have more 'resolution' to work with and It's a bit easier when you are doing the gangsta grip. But that's not a big deal i guess.
Those 20 min layins are secret sauce. Don't tell anyone :)
But yeah slow the fuck down during and just work methodically. It's easy to get panicky or flustered with a time limit and speed up and ruin everything because you are trying to be fast. Speed as a goal is a terrible one to aim for. Whats funny is i noticed when i 'slowed down' i invariably was more efficient and in the zone and actually finished faster lol. A lot of the studies i did are posted chronologically on my insta if you want to see the progression of exercises.
Last edit: go to life drawing whenever you can. Hugely beneficial to practice all this too in live setting with a moving model.