05-15-2015, 09:43 PM
Hey Shin! Great self portrait, so much better than all the photo studies - drawing a face from life / self is a much more emotion filled activity and it shows, I think you get more from those kind of activities. Hard to find people to pose and stay still for you though. Great imagination stuff too, love the little tuft of hair on that guys head. Remember to check proportions as you go (equal distance from brow -> nose -> chin etc.), and take short breaks every so often to come back and see it with fresh eyes.
I think the tried and tested ways of improving since Da Vinci's days were always master studies, still lives and self-portraits (amongst others but those seem to keep re-occuring in old master's practice habits). Could be an idea to do a self-portrait every day instead of a photo study, I think you can learn more that way (I am going to do this challenge myself, probably next week).
Keep going ^^
I think the tried and tested ways of improving since Da Vinci's days were always master studies, still lives and self-portraits (amongst others but those seem to keep re-occuring in old master's practice habits). Could be an idea to do a self-portrait every day instead of a photo study, I think you can learn more that way (I am going to do this challenge myself, probably next week).
Keep going ^^