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I suggest you use a couple of strait lines to make the eyelids around the eyes. I struggle with it myself, but i've noticed that making the lids with straight lines I can show the lids wrapping around the eyeballs.
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@aeyt
Longer figure drawing i just finished! It’s been about a year since i started actively drawing and while progress can’t really be seen day to day it’s fun to look back to see how far I’ve actually come. Feedback of course appreciated!
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Greetings @aeyt , It is amazing how we can see where our journey was as opposed to the present. I like very much your use of value. I do see that some of your edges seem to be hard edges, perhaps you can try to blend some of them to soften them up. The one feedback I see is the leg that's stretched seems to be bending inward I would suggest to do a construction with gesture first and look at your proportions before you add the anatomy. @Proko has a good video on proportions. You can also also try some plum lines for where things are at in relation to others. I hope this helps.
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I asked proko this but not sure if he will answer. When he says a thin piece of the side plane can be seen from the front, does that mean the side plane isn't totally flat, but curves a bit toward the front? Or does that mean when seen from the top, it is tilted kinda like the first image? In that case, in a profile view, wouldn't the side plane be slightly to the front of the head instead of right in the middle? Or am I misunderstanding something?
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You are correct!
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Welcome back @silentmoonss, The structure looks really nice on your sketch. The first couple of things that stand out for me are the turn of the face (your sketch is facing more to the front while the reference is more turned to the our right). The eyes sockets seem wider in your sketch as well and it perhaps has to do with the face looking more frontal. The last one I see is the tilt of the head; the angle on your sketch's head is more at 90 degrees, but on your reference the head is slightly tilted to the left. I hope this helps. For having eyeballed the proportions you were pretty good.
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Hi fellow Artists. My first attempt to draw a portrait after a very successful 5 week Head drawing course. I think I'm finally starting to get likeness on my drawings. I'm still trying to work the far eye issue. If you spot anything else your feedback is very welcome.
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@mogumogu
I don't like how this turned out, maybe the values are too dark?
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Hi mogu! it's always nice to see your art here. I think what may be happening is that there is no difference in value between your upper and lower lips. The bottom of the upper lip you can try to go a bit darker that'll help the transition in values. Since it's moving away from the light the area should be slightly darker.
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Alain Rivest
Here's my drawing I did while watching the real-time demo (and pausing a lot of time!). I used F, 4B and 6B pencils.
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Awesome Rendering skills!
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Marco Sordi
2023/7/19. Good morning everybody. Let’s start the training day with my usual 30 mins warming up exercise. It's very interesting seeing like changing some details like the length of the chin or the shape of the nose, makes your character changes dramatically. Thanks.
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Marco, If I may, Where did you get this reference?
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Marco Sordi
2023/8/3. Figure and portrait class with live model at R. Museum Art School tonight.
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Hi Marco! as always you sketch looks awesome. The only thing I see is the proportions of the nodes of the mouth and the iris. It looks like the one on the viewers right is right on the center, and the other is at the inner edge of the iris .Also, I see no irises, this might bring some depth to the eyes.
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Here is my attempt to sketch the godfather of surrealism himself. I think I got the chin a little to wide. If you find any other opportunities for me to adjust I will greatly appreciate it.
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Grace Mounce
Hi everyone! I think I'm getting a little better but still struggling with the Robo Bean. This pose in particular I'm having a hard time with...The model seems very close to a side view here, so I'm not sure if I should show any front or back planes for the ribcage and torso. I did 4 different attempts at this pose. Do any of them look right to any of you? Thank you for taking the time to check out this post! Good luck with the Robo Bean everyone! Sincerely, Grace Mounce
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Hi Grace! You might benefit from placing the spine on them, Try to make it slightly thicker
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Cade Burdett
Hello everybody! Hope everyone is having a great day. Please check out my drawing from today and let me know if you have any suggestions!
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Hi Cade, The values look better already. Something my wife has suggested to me is a tip one of her professors at college gave her; don't be afraid to go darker if you need to in order to show the range in values.
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Cade Burdett
Day 26: I did another portrait with some simplified values today. I like how the proportions turned out, but I’m disappointed how my values look, especially with how long it took me to draw this. What’s giving me the hardest time is seeing the different values in the lights. Even when squinting it’s still difficult for me to see. Other than that I see an improvement so I am satisfied with this project. Please let me know if you have any suggestions!
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Steve provides a really good suggestion Cade. One thing that has helped me as well is turning color pictures in black and white. It has helped me train my eye to see the differences in value. Remember that what you are drawing ins three dimensional. What might help as well is to fill all the places where shadow is on the face at a value 5 first and start darkening from there. Gradually might be a better bet for you.
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Dre Torres
I spent about 20 minutes straight trying to get the measuring right and when I started drawing about 5 minutes in I realized it was completely wrong and I spent nearly half an hour wasting my time. How do I do better?
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Hi Dre! Thank you for your courage to come forward and admitting that you are struggling. It can be hard to admit; I know that from experience. What helped me understand the whole measurement thing, especially when it come to the Loomis method was watching Proko's video on how different head shapes fit into Loomis. Loomis is a good reference, but it is not the law. It is a good thing that you caught the mistakes early on. However, take as long as you have to with your drawing, I can relate because you see people like Stan, and his former teacher Jeff get to a point of likeness with such ease. Don't worry, it'll come. You may want to take your drawing to a finish to the best of you ability, and place tracing paper over it to redraw and correct the mistakes you see on your drawing on the tracing. I hope this helps.
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I wanted to draw again one of my first drawings from 3 years ago when I started drawing back. Please take a look at them, and provide some feedback on where I can do better on the new one. Let me know If I captured the likeness better this time. Thank you all in advance for you feedback. The one in the middle is the one I made yesterday and today (6/7 and 6/8)
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Steve Lenze
Wow, what a huge improvement! I think your proportions and placement of the facial features look good, and the over all expression seems nice. To improve, you need to make sure you are accurately copying the shapes and angles you see. I did a diagram to show you what I mean, I hope it helps. Keep up the good work :)
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Bark congratulations!!! I definitely second What Steve says. You gave it much more space for the features compared to the previous one. If I can give you any feedback on this version, it would be bein careful with the eyes. The yes are too close to each other on this version. The rule of thumb is that the eyes are the equivalent length of an eye between them. One way it can help you is looking at the edges of the wings of the nose, you can use a plum line to place the tear ducts, and the can help with having the proper distance from the front view. Great job.
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Hi there K.C. Thank you for your post. I think it depends on how you digest the information. For me what worked, was Watts' Head Drawing Fundamentals with Brian Knox that helped me understand how the skull plays into the drawing. He uses the Riley rythms to explain where the features of the skull fit in the concept. I would highly recommend you checking that. Vonun brings a good point to checking the Anatomy course here on Proko as well. If you want a tutorial that perhaps goes a bit deeper like "the eye socket is the size of the distance from the bottom of the nose to the bottom of the teeth;" I'm not sure how much are we allowed to suggest other schools, but the Life Drawing Academy has a pretty cool tutorial on the skull where it explains the proportions of the features on a skull. You can also check SOA channel on Youtube, That is more academic is ran a a profession at one of the universities in Kentucky, but it's pretty good as well. I hope this helps
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Hello fellow artists. This is my try at a 3/4 view female. I've been struggling with getting likeness. I did use the Loomis method to build the head. Any feedback you can give me will be very much appreciated. Reference came from Bodies in Motion.
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Vue Thao
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I like that you put the back of the head which is hard to do.awesome sketches
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Hi guys and gals this is my first try at the Loomis Head from any angle. I agree that the 3D model makes it way more comprehensive.
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