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added comment inDemo 2 - Shade a Sphere - 10 Minutes (Unnarrated)
I love how he uses the erasers to create texture!
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2 minutes was funny, so I tried a couple more times! I made the third one tiny so I could fill it in a bit more 😂. I tried to have a plan, but once the timer started it went by so fast! I am happiest with my 4:30 - 4:55 attempt. I’m also glad my daily ellipse and circle warm up practices are paying off! I’m eager to try applying these concepts to other objects!
Edit: I just realized it was supposed to be 5 minutes for the shortest attempt, not 2 minutes!! I just tried 5 minutes too! It wasn’t as chaotic as 2 minutes, but still very challenging!
How long is this going to go on? Is it really the single most important thing we have to practice? We've been at it for over 3 months now, and the tedium of watching these seemingly endless videos is exasperating.
With peace and love, I don't agree! I'm a public school teacher, and I am envious of Stan's use of metacognition and scaffolding in his teaching methods. I learn so much from every video, and sometimes I watch them more than once. The concepts he's currently teaching around value have been difficult for me to comprehend, but with each video, I feel like I understand it more. I've been dedicated to this course for about 10 months, and I have seen so much progress in my art! I don't skip any videos, practice every day, and go back to previous content and projects to refresh and look at it with a more experienced perspective! You are definitely entitled to your opinion, but I wanted to vouch for his teaching methods because I see so much progress from this course! I attached some casual sketches from last January (1 & 2) and this January (3, 4, 5). I chose examples that I spent a similar amount of time on, not the best or worst from the bunch. They are totally different, and I feel like I've improved a lot even since January of this year to now. Trust Stan! Trust the process! :)
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3mo
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I spent a lot of time thinking through my decisions, but I still don’t know if I did this quite right! Even if I was unsuccessful for the project, I felt like this exercise provided quality time for practicing observing and simplifying!
Thank you! I appreciate the feedback! I've learned so much through your course!
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5mo
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I feel like I was doing this wrong! I wasn’t sure if I was capturing the correct values. I also struggled with how many details to include and what to simplify away. Sorolla (2) was my latest attempt, and I thought it was a bit better. I’m not sure though!
Some questions I had along the way:
How much time should I spend on these?
How do I approach dark colors within light and light colors within shadow when it isn’t totally clear?
How much detail should go into the shape design?
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6mo
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It was challenging to get a range of values with the 5 pencils I used! I ended up needing to go back and darken many after the first pass.
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7mo
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I didn’t do a ton of clean up because I’d like to see how I improve throughout this section! There is quite a bit of noise, and I think I was pushing my 2B a bit far for the darkest value! Good information to learn though!
