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A few highlights from the Rockwell exhibit. Seeing the charcoal comps next to the finished pieces was amazing. Loved seeing the globs of impasto used on The Critic's palette and some of the various changes he made to illustrations in the process, such as seeing the original jawline under the chin of the third child in "No Swimming" before he decided to add some weight to the silhouette.
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@Patrick Bosworth Thank you for sharing! ❤️
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quick animation of me trying to understand the rotation
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Plain paper A4 size, HB pencil, WIP. I wonder if anyone would recognise the ref. I will let you know when I have finished this sketch.
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I think your highlights could be a bit brighter, especially for the portrait in the centre of the second page. Her skin looks a bit dull. Beautiful job on the forms of her face! What captivating eyes!
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The big project I'm working on now in gouache is this Alex Ross master study. It's 16" by 20" on illustration board. There is still a long way to go on it, but I'll post my progress as I inch it closer to the finish line. I intentionally picked something complex because there would be a lot of practice tied up into the one piece.
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It is your life and whatever you do is your path. The support and opinions of others can be important and guide you, but in the end you make the decisions.
If you are bored with this hobby, take a break or quit. It is OK. Go back to your other hobby. You can always return to drawing, like me after 25+ years of not drawing at all and after a few years of slowly returning to drawing I still enjoy it, as a hobby. I do not complain or wonder where I would be if I had not stopped earlier. It makes no sense and would be a waste of time.
Also it is perfectly OK to have different interests. Its broadening your perspective and experience.
However if your goal is to make a lot of money from your hobby, whatever it is, stick with it, even if you get bored.
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In addition to using a feedback loop for figure drawing to check accuracy, I realize I need to do this for portraits as well. This picture has the reference, my first attempt, and my adjustments after checking the accuracy in Photoshop. Ironically, I'm not that far off--mainly the chin, but even being a little off in one area can throw the whole thing off.
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❤️ your study.
Before I found proko, when I drew from a photograph, I never scanned my drawings later to compare them with a reference in Photoshop or other software.
I always thought, it was better to train my eye and hand coordination and that I can find the right position of features and main shapes without any additional tool.
I still draw mainly the same way, but I have made some comparisons when I found and studied some references here on proko (with Gimp) and I have to admit that it helped.
But drawing as usual, what still helps me is finding the main shapes and main angles first. For example, when finishing the first sketch of the model's face I might notice that the right side of her face is a bit off.
However, I have also found that it is easier to look at someone else's work than finding something that I have overlooked in my own work.
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Since your initial post, I've been looking at a lot of Dean Cornwell images. I found this mini summary of his work and life on one of my favorite YouTube channels. The Dean Cornwell part starts at 6:52.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z2NnNbwEdA
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