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Brad Hewitt
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2d
added comment inProject - Simple Animal Portraits
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Very quick action on this assignment. After spending (some good) hours on the last assignment , I'm eager to move into Shapes!
Brad Hewitt
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MisterG
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15d
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I am a huge admirer of Caspar David Friedrich but never seen any of his sketches.
I found them really tricky to imitate as there don't appear to be any searching lines or insights how these were constructed... I also struggle to fully understand some of the decisions about the thick lines. Especially in the hat, not sure why they need the emphasis, unless there was no specific reasoning as it was just a sketch?
Nice job.
im a newbie and I found the same challenge in reverse engineering how Rockwells drawing were constructed. So I studied other drawings of his and looked for similarities and differences.
Brad Hewitt
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8d
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As I studied Norman Rockwell and his pencil portraits and sketches, in order to replicate I had to get comfortable with drawing human faces. It took a lot of time (to begin) to learn faces, but couldn’t be avoided as the very early work continued to look silly. Never the less, I observed the following:
1) strong use of broad range of line value while still quite simple with often just 3 or 5 values used.
2) Very few linear lines used except on inanimate objects.
3) Very little use of contiguous lines; rather, strong use of line width variation to show surface curvature , shadow and depth
4) Simple - no extra lines. Well placed sketch lines stay.
5) Broad use of varying pencils and white overlays/highlights on lips, ears, tip of nose.
6) Every line delivers on multiple functions giving form, flow and emotion.
Ryan C
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27d
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Some line master studies from Stefan Atanasov, Iain McCaig, and Miki Montllo (spelled it wrong in the image, whoops!).
I thought I noticed a lot just looking at some of these people's drawings, but I learned more than I expected when I actually tried to draw the studies myself. This exercise was actually really fun. After doing these three, I realize it might benefit me to branch out a bit. I'm looking forward to trying more of these!
Brad Hewitt
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2mo
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Decided to study and imagine my bff. She’s not feeling well right now. Trying to find that emotion…..
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2mo
Sorry to hear she’s not feeling good :( hope she’s on the up and up now.
The shape of the eyes convey a lot of emotion. She has very sweet, gentle eyes that turn downwards with heavy lashes. Try playing with those ideas — how would you convey them with simple shapes?
Brad Hewitt
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2mo
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Feel good about all 3 but my hand cramps up pretty bad after the second sketch….
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2mo
Hey there, Brad! How are you holding your pencil when your hand cramps? Traditional "tripod" writing grip, or overhand? Looks like you might be trying both based on your lines? You might want to try warming up before you get started drawing to loosen up your hand. Starting a drawing session with a page of warmup Mario Mushrooms, ghosting them in as lightly as you can to start, will help you get a feel for drawing with a lighter touch. Also taking breaks to stretch your hands and get the blood flowing in your fingers is a good idea if you're drawing for a while. Here's a link to the Mario Mushroom wamup, and a few lessons covering how to hold the pencil.
https://www.proko.com/course-lesson/warmup-mushrooms/assignmentshttps://www.proko.com/course-lesson/ultimate-guide-to-pencils-and-erasers/noteshttps://www.proko.com/course-lesson/how-to-hold-and-control-your-pencil/assignments
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2mo
This is a great place to start! You did a nice job separating the values into shapes and I really appreciate the way you drew out your values on the side of the page.
The biggest issue I have here is the reference. This is a lovely photo of a lemon, but the light sources are confusing for this assignment.
Lighting the lemon with a single strong light source (like a desk lamp) would be the best way to photograph this.
It will help your study and you will get more out of this assignment.
Hope this helps. Keep it up 👍
