Activity Feed
Fran
•
8mo
added comment inProject - Learning to Sketch from Observation
Asked for help
Feedback on the hand would be greatly appreciated. I felt confident with the penguin and the VR girl was the most entertaining. Thank you.
•
8mo
The penguin looks great! I can tell you were feeling confident with that one. Your strokes are long and thoughtfully placed. The VR girl loses a bit of that style and flow in the torso, particularly around the shoulder and hands. With the hand, I get the same sense that you didn't have as much confidence so your strokes became shorter and stiffer. I think it's more so a matter of practice -- maybe try the hand again and see if you can find different rhythms in the palm and fingers. This is a great start and I'm excited to see more!
Fran
•
8mo
Asked for help
SNAIL: I was unsure if adding lines to the biggest section of the snail part to create surfaces as in the pear exercise makes sense here. BOOTS: I felt confident about the lines i drew but not about the level of detail. Are the boots too simple? Thank you.
Fran
•
8mo
Asked for help
Hello! I am struggling with multiple parts of the assignments, but especially "filling" the shapes. The directions of the lines feels important but I do not understand when they should go at one angle or even if that matters. Also, I find it tricky to draw consistent consecutive strokes: some are too long, others too short, some close and others wide apart. By comparison, I think I see everything that is wrong about my pear, but not how to improve it.
•
8mo
You're doing a good job! The directions of the lines is important. Generally you want to direct your lines in a way that follows and accentuates the form of whatever it is you're drawing. Think about your lines wrapping around the form like a rubber band. You've done a good job of accentuating the form by shading around the pear. As for the consistency in your shading, that will come with time and practice, its really challenging to balance pressure for an even tone, but you're starting to get the hang of it. It looks like you could apply another layer of tone on top of each value to even things out. Take another pass filling in each value so each shape is as clean and consistent as you can make it, but try keep the values you have established. Take a look at the demo for the Pear Project, Stan covers how to layer up each value so it's clean and consistent. Keep up the good work!
