Final Thoughts on Drawing
Final Thoughts on Drawing
This lesson is premium only. Join us in the full course!
13:42

Portrait Painting in Oil Without a Brain

Drawing

Final Thoughts on Drawing

117

Final Thoughts on Drawing

117

Please follow along and post your work here

Newest
Eric Lee
5d
This drawing has been measured extensively, but it still feels slightly off.
Morgan Weistling
good job on your measuring!
@jsheffie
15d
I think there are a few problems. But I am hopefully I got the "yearbook photo" likeness.
@jsheffie
15d
after looking/reflecting at this a bit more, I can see that I miss-measured the jaw line, her neck is too thick, also I think the shape of the hat needs work. I did change the forehead size which I think threw the hat measurements off a bit. I may make an effort to fix, or re-draw her.
Zosya S
16d
Thank you Morgan for an amazing course. I really enjoyed it. Any feedback is welcome.
Morgan Weistling
I can tell you tried very hard with your measuring. Unfortunately, I think the chin got a little bit away from you and got heavier than it really was. But it feels solid.
Riku H
23d
This is what I ended up with. Started over three times until I got a block-in I was satisfied with to render. Sometimes it's hard to see whats wrong but you know something is. Need to get up and take breaks more.
Patrick Bosworth
Really nice! I love the more angular simplification of shapes in the back of the hair and in the garments
Patrick Bosworth
I tried pushing the dark values a bit further than I usually do. It was a struggle to keep them all balanced and even. The pinky fingernail trick to keep the hand off the page while still maintaining contact is a great tip!
Morgan Weistling
Excellent job.
@mahatsu
1mo
Unfortunately the charcoal pencil I have did not give me very dark marks. Hopefully this light drawing still works.
Rachel Dawn Owens
Looks lovely
@micahgj
1mo
Really benefiting from this shape to shape way of drawing! I always struggled with female heads when using the Loomis or Reilly lay in. Thanks so much! Would love to hear which areas you see where I may still be going astray here.
Ron Kempke
2mo
It may be due to the camera angle but, when I use your suggestion of rapidly comparing your drawing to its reference, I see the drawing as being slightly stretched vertically compared to its reference. Are you seeing that too on the video? When I was a student, this type of distortion was a common issue for those of us who didn't begin a drawing with an envelope that established the overall proportions of the image. What are your thoughts about using measured envelopes as a beginning, as Raphael Ellender teaches in his book, Basic Drawing? BTW, Andrew Loomis offers a "visual survey" on page 88 of, Figure Drawing For All It's Worth, that's kind of similar to your "inside to outside" method of measuring.
Morgan Weistling
I have no idea what you mean by envelopes.
Full course
You will be given unexpiring access to watch the videos online .
View course details
Give a gift
Give a gift card for art students to use on anything in the Proko store.
Or gift this course:
About instructor
Award winning fine artist represented by @legacygalleryart in Scottsdale AZ
Help!
Browse the FAQs or our more detailed Documentation. If you still need help or to contact us for any reason, drop us a line and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible!