Robert Howland
Las Vegas, NV
Retired and interested in all forms of drawing and watercolor.
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Robert Howland
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1yr
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I found this to be a valuable and enjoyable project. Without using reference material, it gave me an opportunity to work my imagination muscle. I can see that I need improvement regarding believable organic forms and gestures and hopefully that will improve with practice. Critiques and suggestions would be appreciated.
Robert Howland
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1yr
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The first image is my hierarchy version and the second, the light and shadow. I wanted to keep it simple and not vary the shape of the lines. I found it difficult to convey the sense of light and shadow without the addition of shading but I was impressed with how impactful the line hierarchy method was.
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1yr
Nice! You definitely got down the understanding of this lesson, with great mapping of lights and darks in line weight. If you want to take it a step further, try tapering your lines as to transition them from heavy to light weight and vice versa. This practice will put you on the track of using variety in your linework as you sketch, making it a very useful tool. It can also help you utilize a middle weight in between heavy and light, which can be useful as you build a hierarchy of importance, with certain areas more important than others but not as the most important area overall.
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I found the Penguin and hand gesture the most challenging due to a lack of straight lines. I couldn't resist erasing instead of just drawing more lines on top of each other and I need to focus more on the gestural lines instead of getting lost in the details. Overall, I liked this project.
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1yr
Nice job. Gesture drawing just takes practice. You can’t overthink it.
These are solid drawings. Keep at it!
