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@lauralana
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added comment inProject - Designing Value Groups
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After working on white paper thought I would try it on toned paper and start with the value shapes. That was fun but I need a lot more practice with toned paper to figure out what value the paper itself is at and organize around that. I think I like the first one better even though the angle is incorrect. He's looking at the viewer, which isn't right but I kind of like it. As always, close study of the sculpture made me realize how masterful it is. Organizing values so that they connect and create vertical movement and visual interest and doing this in three-dimensions. Wow!
@lauralana
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1mo
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Next time I won't blend as much and let more of my line work show. Also, I made the occlusion shadow a little too deep and it's misshapen a bit. I think it should be a little closer in value to the cast shadow.
Wow, yours is one of the few where I can make out the reflected light. Good work! I think one thing I could probably do better is clearly distinguish the lightest midtones from the highlights.
@lauralana
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2mo
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I enjoyed this. I found the ginger root and spheres to be easier and struggled when dealing with more complex shapes, especially the manatee.
@lauralana
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4mo
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After I did the first one, I noticed that the fingers were connected at the edges of the shapes and I hadn't fully mannequinized them, so I tried to do that with the following two. It did help me to better understand the inherent geometry of the hand and try a form that had previously scared me (and still does tbh, but a little less so). :)
FlummoxMe
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5mo
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This assignment introduced me to NC Wyeth and Dean Cornwell, who I want to adopt as art parents. I checked out a book from the library on Edward Hopper, and I’m hoping to use some of his works for more notan master study references.
This is one of my favorite Hopper paintings and I love your study! Such a great idea to create Notan studies of Hopper paintings since he was such a master at painting light.
@lauralana
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5mo
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Three value studies. Realized that I tend to make darker values midtones and midtones into darker values when they lay somewhere in between. This was a fun exercise! It also taught me a lot about how the masters spatially organized their paintings, especially Lepage and Rockwell. Really interesting to notice that!
@lauralana
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5mo
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First are the five heads from the development drawings and then five new drawings. Thanks for any feedback! I know I tended to overwork some of them, but it was challenging to avoid doing that. I like the solidity of the second new drawing (of the woman glancing left, so I can see some progress. Thanks!
