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Hi. Which course should I start with? This one or Figure Drawing Fundamentals?
Thanks.
One attempt of each without demo (trying to save up to buy the full one but.. hard times:( ). I messed up with the shirt because I'm very impatient. In a second attempt I think I would make it darker (maybe using also a 4b instead of just hb) because the 2nd and 3rd highlights are not that easy to tell apart.
Also, my light setup makes graphite way too reflective lol sometimes it's even hard to see.
Hey. I'm new to this community. Here is my Pear Drawing Exercise. This is Before The DEMO.
The pear drawing exercise … I seem to gravitate to rounding things anyway. But, here the stab at Level1
Did lines project!!
Level 1 are done without demo then watched level 1 demo and tried level 2...
Reallllly happy with skeleton!!
Any feedback is very much appreciated..
this course is complementary to Digital Painting Fundamentals? and how I add it to a wish list
Nice attempt, the demo is definitly going to help out. I watched the demo maybe a few times to really understand whats going on. I look forward to your second attempt! :)
Did once without 'demo and critique' then after watching...
Did struggle in hair for second one and now it looks a wierd circle in her head but pushed through..
Definitely long way to go but here we start....
Any feedback is much appreciated..
Thank you!!
This is a really nice looking pear with nice values but I am not sure if its the lighting or the values are a bit too light. It looks really good I just wish I can see it a bit better. :)
This was suprisingly hard. I had hard time finding the values! But enjoying the start and can’t wait to keep going😎
Can i use a watercolour pad, but i draw with graphite
I think it's fine, as long as the texture doesn't bother you and you don't mind the extra cost
When you convince yourself you can justify the cost of this course only to find out you have to pay 20 % VAT upon adding it to your cart... Yeah, I don't think I can justify it after all. Maybe that's for the better.
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Will take of 15%, maybe that will make it worth it to you. I'm still on the edge. Just sucks to see that tax thrown on top of it, in my country tax is already included with listed prices so took my by surprise as well :/
Hi! Just started following the free version of the course, really excited to find out I could still make posts here.
Although I don't have access to the project videos I've been trying my best to do them using the images in the free critique videos or just other images I find on the internet to put the theoretical stuff I've learned into practice.
Here's what I've drawn so far and my commentary on it:
1. The pear! Drew it before I watched the critique video.
2. The face, had trouble with figuring out where the highlights in the hair should be, as well as just struggling with the values in general because of the red pencil. I also had trouble with simplifying the shapes where the lighter values of the face are, so those are a little more loose
3. Decided to have a go at sketching from imagination after I watched the demo, so I looked up images of toucans and drew them.
4. This one is also of toucans from reference, although I begin to try to exaggerate them a bit here
5. A page of toucans from imagination, trying to exaggerate and cartoonize them a bit
6. The full page sketch without shading
7. The final drawing. For having almost never drawn animals before I am pretty happy with how it turned out.
8. Drawn before watching the critique video (made the mistake of trying to copy it exactly lol)
9. Loose doodle of how I could try to push the gesture. Drawn after watching the critique video
10. My second attempt, after watching the critique video. Not happy with this one at all. Tried to push the gesture but I couldn't quite tell what I was supposed to push. I think it's a lot harder for me to push and exaggerate human shapes at the moment because of all the different limbs going in different directions. Was also getting increasingly frustrated which led to me rushing and my lines being bad.
11. Ended up doodling the penguin because it seemed easier and I needed to end the session on a better note lmao
12. After watching the video on habits for good line quality, and practicing the tips individually, I did a full page drawing, trying to practice all of them at once. Noticed I was struggling a lot with the S-curves, I ended up mostly separating them into multiple c-curves to be able to get them somewhat accurate. Also struggled a lot with ghosting. I mostly ended up ghosting just a little bit at the beginning of a line instead of actually following the full motion before drawing it. Finally, I also noticed that I struggle with getting a stroke that is properly tapered at the beginning and not just the end. Overall I'm pretty happy with the final drawing.
13. The reference picture for the previous drawing. Chose to draw something more cartoony so I could focus on the lines that are already clearly there instead of worrying about simplifying a realistic image. (art is by Sage Cotugno, I believe)
14. Drew cubes to test the different ways to use line weight! (don't know if my shading makes sense on any of these) This is the Hierarchy of Importance one.
15. The Depth and Form cube
16. The Light and Shadow cube.
Any qritique (both positive and negative) on both the drawings themselves or my mindset/reasoning is of course heavily appreciated!!
Also sorry for the incredibly long post xd
Your drawings of the birds are fluid. The line work is gestural and rhythmic. Great job
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