Ben Cayton
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This exercise was incredibly difficult to do without a straight edge or drawing guides. My angles were almost always off unless I leveraged a straight edge and extended construction lines from the VP. The spacing (sizing) of the windows on the left wall was also difficult. Measuring with perspective is something I’m not really used to, and from what I’ve read in Loomis’ “Successful Drawing” book, it requires a second vanishing point with diagonal lines after a measuring unit has been identified.
Maybe I’m too in the weeds. The square book case against the far wall has some measurement problems. The door to enter the living room is also kind of wack.
Any tips / critique is appreciated.
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I know this assignment was specified to only measure the eyes, mouth, and nose on the subject used… I went a little overboard on this one and decided to do a full render. I realize there are many problems with this piece, but I’ve gotten to the point where I’ve learned enough from this one and need to let it go.
Any critique is appreciated.
I know he’s got a turkey neck, btw. ;)
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Hi! I tried to do this project with my frog sketch, focused just on the hierarchy of importance in this one. Really struggled with the feet, wasn't quite sure how to show all the little bones with simpler lines.
Ben Cayton
6mo
This is wonderful! Your heaven weighted lines around the feet against the lighter lines of the leaves give wonderful contrast and make the frog center stage against the environment.
I do question the heavy line weight on the right side (frog’s left side) of the body. Just behind the frog’s left arm the body and leg are weighted considerably. This seems to break the illusion of depth in the drawing. I’ll attach an example
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I’d appreciate any critique.
These were done over a couple of weeks. I’ve been too busy with my day job to put in regular practice, and I was just trying to breeze through them at first. I feel like 3-6 were much better than 1-3. I can see where 1 and 2 are definitely very stiff, but I feel like finding the rhythms between parts of the body started to come easier with more practice.
I feel like 5 was my best, but even then… the proportions are off and the rhythm of the torso isn’t correct. I’m looking forward to practicing these more.
7mo
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Finally broke out the sketch book for a couple of these. It felt nice to get away from the iPad for a bit. I feel like I have much better control with analog tools.
I’m glad I only did 5 of these because after watching the critique video, I feel like it would benefit me to go back and do the other 35. I need some practice.
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I hated this project. I had to overlay and remeasure a million times. It’s still not accurate, but it’s as close as I care to get it for now. I *should* keep doing this exercise, but I’m tired of drawing this guy. I may try to do more with some characters I find interesting and post them for more crits. Feel free to roast me. Any critique is welcome.
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I numbered each sketch in the order I did them for each reference animal. Obviously the first is the worst EVERY TIME. Getting a sketch out makes subsequent iterations a little more loose.
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7mo
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I studied David Malan. Jesus, this was difficult. Proportions were hard. Line weight control was hard. Confidence was hard. Everything about it was difficult, but I love the image and his style so it was worth trying to learn from him. I eventually had to just throw in the towel and call this done because I was spending too much time on it trying to correct it.
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Study of David Malan's Artwork
I can see the proportions are off, it usually is the case with me. Also, poor space planning.
It was somewhat intimidating to start, I've never done a master study before this, but i enjoyed it a lot. I tried making confident lines, but i think i focus a lot on copying the lines instead of focusing on the technique and the essence.
Critiques please.
7mo
@Divya Kumar this is great! Most of your curving lines look very confident and clean with great taper. I see some of the hatching to indicate planes look a little inconsistent. It appears some of the hatching done looks great and I can make out the shapes your indicating, but some of them seem messy. The values could use some work, too, which may help drive the contrast of the portrait.
For instance, the value of the lines on the chin, neck, back of neck, fold of hair on the forehead… These are really dark and help direct the eye. Your pencils may not have the range to emulate that, but it’s just something I noticed.
Overall, really nice. I think you can really start to wield that Malan style with a little more practice.
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First is Shadow and light direction method. Second is hierarchy of importance. I feel like I started to look the differences in values in the shadow assignment. I’m doing most all of my work with an iPad and Procreate. Sketching has gotten easier, and the pencil control is coming together. However, line weight control is still getting away from me a bit, but I do feel like it’s getting marginally better. I just need to continually practice.
Any critique is appreciated.
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The boots were pretty tough. The laces and bends in the boot last made proportions hard to delineate. This took an appreciable amount of time to finish. I’m enjoying this though. Just focusing on the lines is keeping me honest
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7mo
I think I broke some rules with starting to add values and shading with this exercise. Overall fun to do. I’ve never drawn a snail before. The line work could have been cleaner imo, but I think I got the benefit of the exercise overall.
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7mo
I’m trying to follow this course using an iPad Pro and Procreate. I started this assignment with an image of an orange that I had taken at my desk and struggled with it for a few hours. The pencil brushes in procreate are pretty unruly imo. I had a terrible time controlling value and textures were unpredictable. I’m still looking for some brushes that can emulate graphite, and I will happily take any suggestions.
I wound up taking the route of more or less “painting” the planes of the subject, and anyone can see where I had started blending some of the darker strokes. I have a lot of work to do if I want to keep up with this course using digital tools.
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