The Velvet Revolvers

[Eyliana]

Eyliana:Hey Good luck on that course, about the portraits, if possible try and do self portraits regularly, I have'nt tried doing one a day myself but i've heard it's a really good way to improve quickly.

Self portrait from a mirror or take a picture and then paint?
About your umbrella issue; Try to treat is as half a globe. I find it easier to draw a circle. Cut the circle in half, this is the middle plane of the ellipse. Than you draw the ellipse in there, wider when you look more into the umbrella, smaller if you you look more upon the umbrella. Then you have half a globe, with an inside and outside.
The middle of the ellipse perpendicular to the middle line of the ellipse gives you the handle and on the other side the middle of the umbrella. The frame of the umbrella can be drawn by drawing the contour of the of the globe towards the middle point and then continue 'following' it to the other side. Do this for 3-4 lines and then you can fine tune the shape of the umbrella.

I hope you follow, if you don't let me know and I'll try to sketch it step by step for you.

@Bot; Great last study, your accuracy really improved there!

Landscape painting I did over the course of the last week; I messed up a lot (especially the trees and the tent xD) and learned a lot. Pretty happy with how the sky and the snow turned out. Although the last one is not really visible on the picture.




Portrait I have been working on and trying to be more accurate:



And some random perspective boxes: