Critique on these 2 tone studies
2yr
Wibly
All done in a 2 hour session. Attempting to better understand how to separate the lights and darks, I find I'm struggling to decide what to do when the surface is dark (like the wolfman or medusa) the shadows and surface seem to blend together and not show any detail or form. Do I ignore the surface tone and only pay attention to the shadows or should the tone of the surface be shown in studies like this?
These are great and I think they all read really well. I like what Craig Mullins says. "You don't have to follow nature completely, change nature to communicate." I agree with @Steve Lenze says. Ignore the local value (surface tone) and focus 100% on the shadows. If you can get an image to read well in just black and white plus you know the form well and perspective you can draw and paint anything in any medium. Great job here, keep going!
Hey Wibly,
These are really cool, nice job. The purpose of this kind of exercise is to create clear shapes that define the shadow and light. That means you should ignore the local value and just deal with the shadows and light. That means if the local value is dark, don't group it in with the shadow shape. I hope this helps :)
