Composition and Drawing Techniques – Stephen Bauman Sketch Tour Part 2
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Composition and Drawing Techniques – Stephen Bauman Sketch Tour Part 2
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Inspired by this lesson: a Loomis method invented faux-portrait (i.e. no reference). Bauman makes me want to be a better artist!
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We continue Stephen Bauman’s Sketch Tour, this time focusing on figure drawing techniques, line quality, composition, observation, shading and style! How multiple artists can influence different aspects of your drawing style, and what an artist can learn from looking back at old sketches.

His masterpiece demo is a full realistic portrait drawing mini course from a live model. You’ll learn about blocking in the basic shapes, establishing the big impression of light and shadow, organizing halftones, developing the structure and planes of the head, and a bunch more. Stephen’s a really good teacher, you guys should check it out.

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I think you did pretty well on drawing the proportions from imagination. One thing that stands out to me personally is the lighting; It looks like it's coming from above and a bit from the right (judging from the cast shadows), but the strong light on her jaw and neck together with the halftones on her forehead makes it look a bit like the light is coming from a lower angle. Perhaps making the forehead lighter would've made the direction a bit clearer?
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