Morgan Weistling
Earth
Award winning fine artist represented by @legacygalleryart in Scottsdale AZ
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@aboulabs
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20h
added comment inSoftening for Realism
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It might be the glare but it looks better in reality.
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5h
There is a some deviation from the reference going on here. I need to get you to see where you could get a more accurate version of her. Take the reference photo and put it next to your painting. Use rapid eye movement back and forth looking at just one part at a time. Do the eyes first. Once you see the difference, make a mental note and quickly fix it to match the photo closer. Do that with each feature. Use small enough brush to make you draw , not paint.
tina boroviak
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15d
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I feel that the half tone chroma is too low on the second image. It seems like it diminishes a bit after a while on the canvas board. I’m getting a lot out of this course Morgan, thank you so much!
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5h
I like how you simplified his head. Good job! the edges are not complete though. look along his cheek and down to chin , and brow where it meets shadow, all need to be softer.
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5h
that's good! I would suggest you use a little smaller brush and make it force you to be more specific about the smaller shapes that make up the bigger shapes.
Florian Villoing
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4d
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Decided to have fun and did this little gouache study. At this point at did no blending at all. Let's now have double fun and start using some "water glazing" to soften some of those sharp edges.
I might have gone a bit all over the place with the colors here...
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5h
don't lose the overall average light of his skin color and value. You may lose control of it all if you are not careful. Let's see what you do with edges now.
@stewedveg
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1d
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This gave me a bit of a mental workout! I normally use a much tighter grid. Interesting to try out a different process and materials.
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19h
you got a good start. I would suggest bring even more specific to the small abstract shapes now as you proceed. Don't let yourself go into your old default mode of using knowledge. Paint the shapes exactly as you see them.
Susan Pennington
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3d
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Ethan done with the background...color mixing is still a trial for me - I will say that my alizarin crimson which is Grumbacher brand is very oily and very transparent, but it was what I already had at home. Ear still needs correction as we move forward.
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2d
a good beginning. I hope your average dark is dark enough though.
Elmari Van Zyl
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4d
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For the vase I use 2 outside vertical lines and 1 center line. I also had to turn it upside down.....scary to see what one can miss when you do that! It is not perfect but tried to use as little help as possible.
For the head I did use a few measurements for some key proportions. Tried to eye as much as possible. needless to say, I did have to use my eraser here and there. further I used black matt graphite pencil, a mono zero eraser and a home made stump. I did struggle to get the darks dark enough.
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2d
impressive!
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2d
excellent!
@charliewoodley
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9d
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Hard to get a good photo of the colours, weird lighting.
I hope this is alright, my study is in gouache.
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3d
looks good so far. you have more work since you are not using oils. Hope it goes well.
@jjlehmann
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7d
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I had lots of trouble trying to separate the shadows inside the ear the way you did, but otherwise I think it went okay.
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3d
the ear is not important since it's in the shadow. This is real good.
