Drawing Basics
Getting Started
Lines
Shapes
How Perspective Works
Intuitive Perspective
Values
Bonus Content
Pear Critiques are here!
Critique for the portraits coming Thursday, but I recommend level 2 students watch this critique video too. I give advice and demonstrate things that should be useful to both levels.
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@geoff7t7
3h
Lv1 but did the portrait anyway. Overall....it looks alot like an old friend of mine and not alot like the subject :D
Blane Nasveschuk
4d
TY for these simple reviews. Very helpful. This pear assignment was specific and clear, without question. Found myself saying to myself “… oh that’s what you mean”. I think.my ears need as much fine tuning as my eyes in their ability to see accurately. Ha!
Little Reimu
8d
Sara
11d
@crowlle
12d
I've done this before but im here again to try and truly understand and learn and most of all to finish it , i am not new to drawing but i am new to learning art.(this is the attempt before watching his demo)
Sara
12d
beautiful
@superokay
13d
I tried this orange. Overall I’m happy with it but I feel like the shadow area isn’t giving it a realistic form
@mikeprz13
16d
Maybe I don't get it. My wife said it looks like a nice planet. Please help.
Justin
15d
I was inspired to try your photo while watching the critiques, thought I would share it in case it is helpful. That orange is so round! and I found a sphere is really difficult to do in this lesson. So I really tried to simplify it as much as a could, and focused on shading along the "planes".
I think the biggest thing that stood out to me on yours is the edges you darkened along the shaded values, they should be the same value of the shadow for that region so that they don't look like a "border" or intentional outline. And the 5 values should tend to transition like 'darkest > dark > mid > light > lightest' as you move from the deepest shadowed part toward the light source.
Just a beginner here and new to the site, sorry if I overstep but I liked your photo and just wanted to give it a try and send some friendly and hopefully helpful feedback :)
Good luck!
Oliver Wan
16d
Tried the project a third time after watching this critique.
Not much of a difference compared to the last pear.
Still have trouble filling in flat tone. Especially in the light area.
First two are my first two attempts. Third picture is the reference for this attempt. And the last picture is the actual attempt.
Kira Kim
19d
making my shading look even and nice was quite hard! I also realized the outline on the shading in the first photo down the middle of the pear is a bit harsh in retrospect. then a second version once I realized it was meant to only be 5 values.
@berzerkerh
24d
man, this was hard for me. i tried it three times and didnt seem successful any of the times. I’d love feedback i'm completely new to learning art. thank you all!! so excited to have started this journey.
@tomyoung
1mo
My first attempt, I think I was a bit lazy with my shading and could have simplified further. Would love some critique.
Jason Lankford
1mo
Here is my third attempt at simplifying shapes and using 5 shades of grey. I think i tried to stick to the instructions more than the first two attempts, though i did a little blending at the bottom of the bowl. I could darken some areas more, but I tried to simplify more. I used HB, 2B, 8B pencils.
Giovanni Lambertini
1mo
Hi everyone! This is my first drawing of the course. let me know what you think.
URSAMNOR66
1mo
my very first attempt of my very first lesson with proko :) i don't really have the materials to make this project look great as i'm pretty much solely digital now ;-; but i still wanted to practice the simplifying concept with whatever traditional supplies i have (which happens to be... a cheap mechanical pencil and some printer paper... lol)
i don't have access to the demo video yet, so i watched this critique right away as a supplement and it definitely clarified how i should approach this study as i definitely would have gone in with too much detail off the bat.
any feedback appreciated (besides the fact that i drew the core shadow at the wrong angle... that much is already clear to me... lol)!
Tommy Pinedo
1mo
After doing the pear assignment 3 times, I decided to do a project of my own using the same rules for the pear. I decided to use the 5 values on the taped banana that was sold for $6.2 million lol. This was hard because I had to keep it simple. I did not add in the brown spots of the banana.
Let me know what you guys think? Any feedback is welcomed! Looking to improve my skills :)
Elijah R
1mo
After watching the critique I decided to try to do a lemon.
Tony Zhang
1mo
I will be better.
John B
2mo
Third attempt after watching the critique video. Less worried about finding hidden values and broke it up into more uniform planes. I think it turned out better! Feedback much appreciated, thank you.
@berzerkerh
24d
i know he said not to outline our highlights and i know absolutely nothing you’re better at this than me but i think from a solely artistic perspective the outlining you did for the shadow gradients and highlights actually work really well. it creates a style and its consistent. it goes against his critique video but its cool and way better than mine! haha
Jannes Lauwers
2mo
The biggest issue I found while trying to do the shading in this picture was trying to decide which value was which shade. Was I supposed to keep the underlying colour of the differing fruit in mind or not?
In the end I decided against it and just kept light in mind as I chose the shades. Any chritisism would be very much appreciated!
pinkfin
2mo
Tried to draw with my own reference i found online. I think i have done bad with showing the form of the top of the pear... it kind of seems flat? I don't know, just something feels off. Would really appreciate criticism!
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2mo
I think it’s just these 2 shapes. They break up the planes a little awkwardly. Smooth those out and I think it looks more 3d.
Overall, nice work! Keep it up!
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Founder of Proko, artist and teacher of drawing, painting, and anatomy. I try to make my lessons fun and ultra packed with information.
