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@ethel
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7d
added comment inShapes - Animal Portraits
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I had a bit of trouble with this but I can see how it would be helpful to see things this way
@ethel
3d
After watching the critiques & demo I tried again but my mind does not like thinking like this. I understand. the concept but I have a lot of trouble in practice for some reason. I tried to keep the original images simple but I'm still over-complicating - but I can't see a way through doing that. Does that make sense?
@ethel
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7d
I started with Drawabox too & I find that some things clash a bit both mostly what I learned there is also helpful here. It gives some insight.
@ethel
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9d
Asked for help
Ok I did the goats & after watching the demos & critiques I tried again with Winnie & Piglet. Any feedback is appreciated :)
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9d
You did a great job capturing the wiggly energy of the original.
I don’t know why I gravitated to goats for this :) I could have worked on these forever, in a good way - but thankfully I have to go on a trip for 10 days & I wanted to get these post-able before then. Seeing them side-by-side like this I can see some adjustments :) I included some, but not all, of Picasso’s search lines. Maybe I should have left in more of my own … I haven’t watched the demo or critique videos yet. Maybe I’ll try again once I have when I get back. This was fun!
Nitzani
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29d
Out of curiosity, how long did it take you?
Ummm maybe a couple of hours for both? Like 2ish? I tend to not pay attention to the time *and* I’m terrible at gauging time LOL. So ...
He mentioned it might be too tough, but I wanted to give it a shot anyway. Posting this feels a bit uncomfortable since it's pretty bad, but trying it did give me some insight. I'm glad I went through with the exercise, even though it was kind of disheartening.
I also need to get more comfortable sharing things, instead of holding back because I think it's not good enough, so here you go.
It was hard partly because I can’t rotate or change the perspective at will. I also kept forgetting to focus on line quality, so I think I need to learn to be more relaxed with my lines. I have this urge to measure everything. The ability of instructors to assess angles, distances, and lengths is so natural to them - it’s all pretty intuitive at their level but from here if I don’t measure everything then it all turns out wonky.
Here is are my drawings from the Learning to Sketch from Observation exercise. I almost never draw flat - I almost always use an easel for various reasons. I can also be, I think, too uptight & I'm trying to loosen up. Not sure if it's working yet LOL
