Project - Simplify from Observation

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Project - Simplify from Observation

Lesson by

Stan Prokopenko

in Drawing Basics

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Course In Progress

Assignments 7KLesson NotesDownloads 9

Use the reference photos in the downloads tab or go find your own reference and start drawing! Remember, this project is all about simplifying to clarify.

Make sure to keep these 3 things in mind:

Shapes - Draw your shapes with straight lines
Values - Use only 5 values. 2 in the shadow and 3 in the lights
Edges - Make every single edge sharp!

I'll publish my drawing demos of both levels next Tuesday so you can watch me go through the problem solving process. For a chance to be included in the critique videos, you must submit your drawing to the community by January 26th, 2023, so I can begin filming and producing the critique video.

Wieke Pierhagen

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These were done with the demo, quite a difference!!

Wieke Pierhagen

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And the pear assignment. Both are done before watching the demo (going to do that after posting these), so I am very curious what I will learn and how the assignments would be after watching the demo's!

Wieke Pierhagen

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My first assignment, done with 2B pencil. My focus was on the sharp edges and values; I tend to make soft edges and use way more values, so this was new! Critiques are welcome ;-) PS: Seriously happy that I found Proko!!!! I don't have good drawing classes where I live, so this is really helpful!

@ikaykov88

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13h

First attempt at the pear

@jackctater01

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15h

My Pear

Yan Grd

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19h

This is my 4th attempt. I try to draw bigger (on a bigger paper) and i think is little bit better now. I can go deeper in the detail and design the shape with more precision. I tend to want to go too far into realism. I still need to work on that for this exercise.

Laika

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23h

Here is my second attempt with pear 2 after watching the demo

@hichem

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Hi there , here is my first attempt after watching the demo. Your feedback is more than welcome 😀

Rachel Dawn Owens

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This is a very good pear. Your shapes are so clear and evenly shaded. The middle value is pretty close to the shadow value. I might lighten it up to match the light values more. Its only a slight adjustment. You did great!

Alannah Howlett

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These are my attempts at simplifying from observation in chronological order. Critique is welcomed.

David Blundred

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Pear pose number 3 😀

Melanie Scearce

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Looking good!

Amatullah Jamali

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So here i have tried sketching the portrait version before watching the demo , have tried to apply the principles learned from watching the demo of pear observation , i am not that affluent with portatits so have given my best shot. Would appreciate feedback on how i can improve myself .

Ty Rogers

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Doin my best.

@cderleth

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Couple of self-critiques. The top proportions ended a little more symmetrical than ideal. Also struggled with the mid-range values such that it ended up a bit overworked in places. But really enjoyed the exercise.

Sam Bailey

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Matthew Spadola

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Forgot my sketchbook for the first drawing. Used whatever paper I could find at work.

Melanie Scearce

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Are these images before and after demo? Your shapes in the second drawing are better designed to follow the plane shifts. Nice work!

Phil

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My first attempts for pear 2 and 3.

Amatullah Jamali

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so here's my first shot, i am a self taught acrylic artist , i'm trying to build up a strong foundation starting from practicing my drawing skills, here i have tried to sketch a pear before watching the demo , i guess i have got some values right but the practice has made me realise that i need to train my eye to see more of the shadow and light play. would be great to recieve some feedback!

Chuck Ludwig Reina

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Looks good! One of the tricky things to get used to is seeing the different aspects of the shadow side of something. It's an area we often overlook. We will more often than not find we need at least two levels of dark shadow, one to represent the darkest shadows, and the core shadow (where the light turns to shadow and there is little reflection) and where there is reflected light. You modeled 4 of your colors more on the light / halftone side of things, which made you have to compress all your darkest values into one. While this can sometimes be a great graphic effect, it takes away a little of the three dimensional nature of the drawing. Again, good drawing. Keep it up!

Gappy

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Attempts for level 1 and level 2. Not too happy with the results, but happy I finished them. :) Advice would be much appreciated!

Matthew Hayward

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Attempt 1 prior to the demo, attempt 2 after. The first go around I totally missed the whole concept of shading in blocks and using the lose lines to feel out the contours. I also used a HB for the whole thing. I made the little scale after watching the demo (which helped a ton). I still struggled to distinguish all 5 tones and the shadow on the second attempt I had sharpened my 2B with a razor hence why it looks so smudged. Fun project!

@airship

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Tried it with an apple.

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Stan Prokopenko

Founder of Proko, artist and teacher of drawing, painting, and anatomy. I try to make my lessons fun and ultra packed with information.