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CharmLotta
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14h
added comment inDemo 3 - Shade a Sphere - 5 Minutes Graphite (Unnarrated)
If any more projects and demos with shading are planned, it would be helpful to know what pencil hardness is used in each step of the drawing process.
Juice
11h
Good idea. I can help a bit for this video. shadows were made with 6b and lights with 4b. Not sure with the marks in the beginning but I guess HB or 2b.
CharmLotta
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8d
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My untimed version took me ca. 35 min., so 25 min. wasn't very challenging. 10 and 5 minutes were just crazy scratching paper the paper wit a pencil. In these two quick sketches I think I should have focused more on the initial linear value map, and less on refining values transitions.
I generally love shading with the most laborious method - many pencil layers. It's so relaxing. Luckily, I'm not going to make it for a living because it takes ages to finish the drawing.
CharmLotta
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17d
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I did the level 1 almost a year ago (https://www.proko.com/s/6vsk) and now I tried level 2. I got lost a little bit with the dumbo octopus (reference photo attached) - it was challenging, because its wavy form is different from all blobby shapes we mostly have practised so far.
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17d
Awesome work @CharmLotta. That octopus is challenging, but turning it into simple shapes can help you determine how to place the most important cross contour lines without getting distracted by all the organic bumps and waves. I think it looks a bit like a hat - a blob with a convex disk. It's a lot easier to build detail off of that simple structure.
@justdraw02
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1mo
Will you now upload videos only once a month😕
As far as I remember, it's the first delay with new lessons during the two years of the course, so I wouldn’t' be so pessimistic. This time just “life happened” to Stan, I suppose :-)
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It was a bit difficult for me to distinguish "ideas" from "memories and emotions". In a simpler form, couldn't the first question actually be "what can you do with this item?", "how could you use it"?
My first item was a cake baking pan and I answered the first question: "baking cakes", "testing new recipes", "creating a homely atmosphere". How do you think, is the last answer an activity or rather an emotion?
Hi CharmLotta! The last answer to me tends more towards an emotion than an activity: what does a "homely atmosphere" mean to you? The heat radiating from the oven while it's baking? The idea of sharing a tasty piece of food at the family table? The smell of baked goods spreading through the house? This can mean a lot of different things to each individual.
I think in retrospect, creativity is to help our minds see beyond the obvious: a baking cake = action of baking = a cake. And so if you go beyond and look at the idea of "homely atmosphere", then this is when you step away from the obvious and let your imagination wander...
How long is this going to go on? Is it really the single most important thing we have to practice? We've been at it for over 3 months now, and the tedium of watching these seemingly endless videos is exasperating.
It also seems to me that we spend a surprising amount of time on this one topic, but I'm not in a hurry. Learning is a continuous, endless process that requires repetition. So while waiting for new lessons, I'm just doing a second tour through the course. I watch all videos again, repeating level 1 as a warm-up and facing level 2 this time.
And... Stan is not a robot. Maybe this time he just needs more time to prepare the next lessons. He supplies us the highest quality content, I can wait, no problem.
Michael Longhurst
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2mo
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I went with an onion for cooking, a drawing mannequin for art, and a metronome for piano and music.
CharmLotta
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2mo
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While waiting for new lessons, I'm doing a second tour through the course. I'm repeating level 1 as a warm-up and facing level 2 this time.
CharmLotta
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2mo
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I like reading about others' experiences, so I'm sharing mine too.
I was always keen of making various crafts (sewing, crochet, knitting, papercraft). So I have some kind of art background - I design paper decorations and pop-up cards plotter templates as a hobby (blog / Instagram links in my profile), but I feel my designs are so simple and not very impressive (although people like them, because they are also easy to make).
Generally I find it difficult to create my own project without "feeding" my imagination with other people's creations. Of course, I don't copy their ideas literally, but I don't have my own distinct style either. That's why I'm here. I'm also participating Stan's "Drawing Basics" course.
I'm also doing the Drawing Basics course, and some others too. I find that people who are good at many things, techniques, crafts, woodworking, etc, will often be the most creative! So I think we're in the right place!
