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Willow Charcoal Drawing
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Hi, I'm going through Joseph Todorovitch’s course “From Paper To Canvas”, and did this drawing in 5+ hours. It has unfinished parts, but I chose to stop here. Any feedback appreciated :) I’m happy because I took the time to squint to compare the edge types, and I managed to not abandon ship; as I started to fill in the background and lights, the value structure got weak, but I think I managed to fix it. The part I’m most confident about is the torso. In the head and arms I got confused, unsure what to prioritize, and I started to make more ambigous marks. In the lesson I think Joseph mentions how he goes through the body in rounds: he brings the head up to a certain level, then he continues down to give the rest of the body the same treatment. Then he cycles; bringing up the head, then going down. When I reached the stage where I had to fix the value structure, it felt more natural to me to fix all the big things first, before jumping into the cycle and add the next level of detail to the head. This is what led to the confusion I mentioned above: I wasn’t sure what to prioritize and this led to me making weaker statements. Do you think I’m following a good process? Thanks in advance!
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