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@rudysterner
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Posting references on other platformsI'm practicing portrait drawing using references (photos) purchased on the Proko site. I intend to post the drawings on Reddit as well as Proko. Is there any rule against posting the reference along side the drawing?
Here are some attempts at gesture. I know I've got a long way to go. I keep making the head too small.
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1mo
Nice fluidity in your shapes! While the curves are very strong, I would encourage to try incorporating more straight lines to counterbalance some of the curves and make the shapes overall more dynamic. A lot of the time, wherever a strong curve takes place, on the opposite side directly across (so for example the tummy of the seal if the back is curved) will be more straight. It's a good way to find the change in the shape as the seal presses up against surfaces or twists and turns. Hope this helps!
@rudysterner
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4mo
I think you're confusing a sphere with a circle.With a sphere, all points on its surface are equidistant from its center. The contour you drew are correct, but they mainly show the 3-dimensional quality if the sphere. The only perspective quality of a sphere is that it looks smaller as the distance increases. A silhouette will always be a circle regardless of its orientation or position. It will never be an oval. If the object you are trying to draw is a circle or disk (say a coin or an old-time record), its orientation is important. If you move around a disk, you can get a silhouette correctly represented by your middle drawing. I hope this helps alleviate your confussion.
Don’t worry about the mistake. Everyone makes them. Some of mine are embarrassing enough, that I’ll take them to the grave. Because coins and disks have some thickness, they are technically cylinders. I chose them as examples, because they are thin enough to represent circles.
@rudysterner
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6mo
I thought I would give this one a try. It's from a poster I saw a number of years ago.
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6mo
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Here is my first attempt at the assingment. I numbered each of the drawings with the matching reference.
@rudysterner
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6mo
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I'm going to one of these, at least, once a week. I did this one in pencil and it came out lighter than I wanted.
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6mo
Maybe try some ink drawing!
@rudysterner
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1yr
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You are looking at my condo with a bookshelf/tv stand. This is my third attempt and I noticed that I still have line issues. A couple horizontal lines are not exactly horizontal. I might try again tomorrow after I recovered.
Yup, I think you caught the same thing I did, namely the horizontal and vertical lines not being very straight. I think that's the only thing I noticed as being more wrong. I also think that maybe the room is too long, feels like that couch is huge (and maybe it is :D )
@rudysterner
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1yr
I believe that the fundamentals course is structured so that each lesson builds upon the skills you aquired in the previous lesson. My suggestion is to continue going forward at a reasonble pace, rather than skipping ahead. At the same time don't wait until you are perfect before moving on. I'm taking the same course and I go back and practice older projects, while taking the recent lessons. It's also a good idea to do at least 15 minutes of warmups (lines, circles, etc.) before each proctice session.
On figure drawing: A beginners' figure drawing course is not a beginners' drawing course. I would probably finish the basics course. Don't expect perfection after finishing the course. That will take years of solid effort on your part.
