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Theresa
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2yr
added comment in2 Week Drawing Challenge
Day 2-14 I know that the assignment was drawing objects but I was so frustrated with Mario that I backed up to practicing 5 pages a day of lines, point to point, boxes, circles, and ellipses for two weeks. This became a wall for me. Perfectionism creates fear in me that I often stop myself. Overcoming the wall of fear is my major goal for this course. So will continue now with objects for a bit more fun. Just to continue the class is a step forward.
Leah R
2yr
a lot of artists struggle with perfectionism. For many it doesn't really go away, no matter how good they get, because in your own eyes you can always find something that you would wish you could do better. So while it is good that you are practicing the lines and ellipses, you should also allow yourself to just draw for the sake of drawing, make it regardless whether or not you know it won't be the quality that you wish it were. I've learned that the hard way, and the fear of failure prevented me from doing anything at all, while I could've just continued making imperfect art, and improving in the process. (PS this is the reason I'm taking this course as well)
@olaru
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2yr
Day 1, hopefully I'll have the same amount of time for the remaining of the challenge :))
great drawing, makes me think of medieval Poland or Czech republic. Is it possible to be nostalgic of something that you've never experienced? Also nice POV.
Leah R
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2yr
Day 1. One of the reasons I wanted to take this class is to get some motivation to create something, anything really. The last few years left me wanting to draw, but not having any motivation or ideas of what to draw. Two weeks seems like an enormous task at the moment, so hopefully I'll be able to keep it up.
I agree with you on the motivation. I tried learning on my own and it was tough. Having the class at least points me in a direction. Like your drawing too. Really nice on the shading.
I can see how tense your grip is from the second image. Take a pencil, relax your grip, relax your wrist, lift your whole arm. Barely touching the paper with the pencil try drawing by just moving your shoulder, then just moving your elbow and then just moving your wrist (all along try to be mindful of keeping relaxed). Practice with your arm not touching the table at all while drawing from the shoulder.
Patrik
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2yr
Asked for help
Not sure I get it right.. I tried to draw with entire arm
(also just realized the Shroom is supposed to have very thin eyes.. welp, that's what I get for not playing on Nintendo)
these are great! There's no "right" drawing, this exercise is not about mushrooms, but about drawing ellipses and circles (making your hand do what you want it to do), which is exactly what you are doing. You can experiment with trying different speed and see what gives you better control of the pencil. You can also practice by drawing rows of ellipses and circles, but the mushrooms are more fun, as well as they force you to make the lines more deliberate rather than just random sizes of shapes. Practice for more symmetry and cleaner lines.
Michael Reyeros
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2yr
Asked for help
Here is my attempt at the level 2 reference, let me know what you all think
You have a very nice line work and the break up of forms, however your drawing is lacking depth - the range in values, which is one of the main points of this lesson. You can use a simple exercise to practice values by drawing five squares and shading them in equal increments from black to white (see the image I've attached). Then you can use the same principle to shade your drawing: Hair is completely black, the highlight on the nose is white and the rest would be shades in between of various values.
Hello everybody! Once again I've come by to drop off a drawing. This time it's the model portrait after I've seen the video. Again it was a struggle, especially the light shadows and the shirt, which I'm still not happy with. But I had to stop or else my brain would probably explode :^) If anything seems off, please let me know down in the comments! I'm not scared of any criticism, I'd like to know what you have to say, so that I can learn as much as possible. Thank you and have a nice rest of the weekend!
I don't really have any criticism for your drawing, just wanted to say how mesmerizing I find it. The way you segmented and shaded looks like he a multifaceted gemstone or a crystal - very cool effect.
Joel Room
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2yr
Really, struggling with getting the lvl 2 proportions right, sometimes I get confused.
just left a review on your other submission scrolled down, and this drawing made me laugh so hard! I'm officially a fan of your quirky art.
Joel Room
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2yr
Asked for help
An attempt at lvl 2, It's really too advanced for me but it's a gun challenge.
The proportions might be off, but because how stylized it turned out to be the image works. This might be my favorite submission that I've seen so far. The only relevant advice I have is that your values are a bit off. Spend some time comparing your drawing and the photograph (squinting really helps). The most obvious thing that jumps out is that the hair is the darkest part of the photograph, and you have as a mid tone (not sure if you just did not have enough patience to cover such a large area, because personally I found it quite annoying and had to sharpen my pencil 3 times).
Leah R
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2yr
Asked for help
I was very intimidated to do the portrait, but decided to push myself to do the portrait anyway. It didn't come out great, but better than I thought I could do. Any constructive criticism is very welcome! On a side note: I'm struggling to use graphite pencils because they are either scratchy like H++ or smudge all over the place like B++ Any suggestion on how to overcome this aversion?
PS- after seeing my work in this post I've gone over my initial portrait and darkened some areas more.
The scratchy-ness might get better with testing the pencils out more. Experimenting on different papers or holding the pencil at different angles may change it. As far as smudging, take another clean scrap of paper and put it under your drawing hand. That will stop the smudging your drawing hand is transferring to the drawing.
