Rynhardt Vuuren
United Kingdom
Beginner artist - on a journey of creativity. I have fallen in love with the art of a Japanese artists
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Rynhardt Vuuren
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added comment inDemo - Learning to Sketch from Observation
I've completed the 3 observation practices with focus on using my entire arm and turning the canvas often to do so. Tried to find the rhythm between parts of the image where I could. I've found this both challenging and fun even though I struggle on occasion.
Rynhardt Vuuren
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3mo
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I really enjoyed doing the boots, I did it some time ago and only did the snail today. I sometimes wonder if I need to keep in mind the form I want or visualise the shape. I am focusing on slowing down and visualising where my line needs to go, watching the destination, It's still quite tricky. I keep coming back to "Simplify simplify"
Rynhardt Vuuren
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6mo
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Hello, beginner here.
My first pear I drew some months ago on the free lessons from YouTube, and last week I decided to purchase the course and go over the basics properly. So here is my pear from the beginning of the year and redone pears in CS Paint, completed today.
I realised my first time drawing the pear I hadn't adhered to using straight lines nor making edges, I assume of values, sharp. I enjoyed this exercise and could start seeing the smaller shapes and have been able to reflect back on what I did. Feels good!
I am open to and welcome any input ^_^.
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6mo
Beautiful improvement! Don't be afraid to push the darkness of values on the pear itself -- sometimes shadow areas can go all the way to Value 2 and even 1 (darkest to lightest). I also think you did a great job simplifying and creating sharp edges, and while it's great that you are training your eye to see the difference in value at a smaller scale, try keeping to the larger shape simplification like in the bottom left two pear drawings. Starting out with larger shapes first is great practice for the overall art process -- blocking in with large shapes and only afterwards breaking it down to small details. Hope this helps, and welcome to the course! :)
Nokk Wombat
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6mo
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My two attempts. I did two since I got frustrated with my inability to shade within lines, practiced that and came back to try again.
I found accepting our failures and frustration is paramount on our Artistic Journey (any journey for that matter) You are doing great, keep going even if you think there are mistakes. Well done. ^_^
