01-10-2016, 04:15 AM
Uiriamu: So great to see you man! I've been watching your work from afar-- You've come such a long way since I first started seeing your work-- Wow! And thanks-- Symmetry and proportion in my studies is something I seriously need to work on and keep tweaking. 
Triggerpigking: Thanks man-- I agree. I'm giving my eyes some space from him for awhile so I can adjust it properly when the time comes.
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This week has been kind of .. Unproductive in terms of drawing. Not really sure why, but at least I've been drawing a lot today. Maybe it's easier on the weekend. Regardless-- It's coming along.
The portrait with the child: This one is an experiment. I looked at a bunch of references and tried to make my own face. Particularly pre-raphaelite paintings, since I love the way they use skin colours.. With this piece I really tore it apart, rebuilt, re-erased-- Again and again. So I spent a lot of time on it. I'm kind of dubious, but I enjoyed the experiment anyway. I got the idea from someone in this sketchbook, and coming across an article in an art magazine where Miles Johnston did the same thing, but he turned his grandma into an elf lady!
Planes of the head: A study. I really started doubting whether I should be studying -this- particular rendition of the planes of the head near the end, and started to wonder if it'll take me in the wrong direction since it's not symmetrical-- And it made me wonder why. And I just felt really out of my depth with it. In my head, I was ready to apply it to photographs, but now I'm not sure if this is the right 'head'.
Lady portrait looking up: This one was really fun to do. I went at it in a completely different way. I only wish I put more layers so I could've fixed the background, but.. I really think it's closer than I usually get. Still messy. Still a lot of misplaced components... Buuut.. I call this one done.
Sargent study of a lady in the colourful dress: Just playing with the colour palette. I'm not going to take it farther than this. I also played with texture brushes a bit here, but didn't find one that I liked for doing master studies. I miss the Gimp chalk brush, to be honest.
Triggerpigking: Thanks man-- I agree. I'm giving my eyes some space from him for awhile so I can adjust it properly when the time comes.
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85/10000
This week has been kind of .. Unproductive in terms of drawing. Not really sure why, but at least I've been drawing a lot today. Maybe it's easier on the weekend. Regardless-- It's coming along.
The portrait with the child: This one is an experiment. I looked at a bunch of references and tried to make my own face. Particularly pre-raphaelite paintings, since I love the way they use skin colours.. With this piece I really tore it apart, rebuilt, re-erased-- Again and again. So I spent a lot of time on it. I'm kind of dubious, but I enjoyed the experiment anyway. I got the idea from someone in this sketchbook, and coming across an article in an art magazine where Miles Johnston did the same thing, but he turned his grandma into an elf lady!
Planes of the head: A study. I really started doubting whether I should be studying -this- particular rendition of the planes of the head near the end, and started to wonder if it'll take me in the wrong direction since it's not symmetrical-- And it made me wonder why. And I just felt really out of my depth with it. In my head, I was ready to apply it to photographs, but now I'm not sure if this is the right 'head'.
Lady portrait looking up: This one was really fun to do. I went at it in a completely different way. I only wish I put more layers so I could've fixed the background, but.. I really think it's closer than I usually get. Still messy. Still a lot of misplaced components... Buuut.. I call this one done.
Sargent study of a lady in the colourful dress: Just playing with the colour palette. I'm not going to take it farther than this. I also played with texture brushes a bit here, but didn't find one that I liked for doing master studies. I miss the Gimp chalk brush, to be honest.