Morgan Weistling
Earth
Award winning fine artist represented by @legacygalleryart in Scottsdale AZ
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Shawn Laughlin
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2d
added comment inSkin Mixing Chart
These are the skin tones I came up with. I don't know if its my monitor, but the light looks a little cool to me. I went from warm shadows to cooler lights. I tried to keep the colors close to what you are mixing with your limited palette. The lightest light is probably way to light, but I think the rest is ok.
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22h
should work. I think.
Shawn Laughlin
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2d
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This is digital. I'm going to try to do the entire course digitally and pick up what I can out of it. I did this with a grid and drew a lot of it upside down. I then put the reference over it, and turned it on and off to show where the glaring errors were.
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22h
try and think more about he two families of shadow and light and how you can keep each family separate but tight nit within each group. You should be able to see it very clearly in your drawing in a small thumbnail image. It shouldn't look all disjointed.
Debra Rank
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3d
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This video about finishing touches is really helpful Morgan. Thank you.
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3d
So glad it helped.
@mnk
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4d
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I gave it my best effort to really keep checking the drawing while painting and I think it kind of worked, I cant spot anything major right now.
I think the hair is somewhat poorly painted, i struggled going back and forth between too much blending and not enough. If someone has a tip let me know :D
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4d
You’ve done very well here. What you’ve described is always going to be a struggle because I know I still struggle with it. Knowing just how much brushwork to keep to give a pain in life is something you just have to learn through experience. But I can tell you that there’s more leeway within the light areas that are not touching the shadow or looser brushwork. That’s why I go thicker in those light areas and allow my brushwork to show. You’ve done a good job with your edges and you would never want random rush work to disturb them.
@fepampeyan
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7d
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Here's my sketch and painting. I think I need sharper charcoal sticks. I really enjoyed painting this darling little girl., It's not as easy as you make it seem. But I hope to do more children.
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4d
Nothing is as easy as it first seems, but I think you did really well. The only thing that’s missing is a little more attention to correct drawing and there’s nothing major standing out. It’s just a lot of little accuracy problems but when there’s enough of them, they add up. But you are very close here and hope you feel good about what you’ve done so far.
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I tried pushing the dark values a bit further than I usually do. It was a struggle to keep them all balanced and even. The pinky fingernail trick to keep the hand off the page while still maintaining contact is a great tip!
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4d
Excellent job.
@mnk
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11d
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After the last feedback I changed my setup slightly, to have my reference closer to my canvas and have a bit more space behind me so i can step back and don't have to turn my head to look at the reference.
I think it already helped with this drawing, I cant spot anything that stands out at the moment.
Considering how long the drawing took, I am slightly worried about painting this. Would it be a good idea to skip ahead to the drawing section and finish the course before coming back to this?
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8d
Looks pretty good to me, except for the top of her head may not be quite right
janet wilson
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10d
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My first time using the simplified grid. Definitely harder than the full grid.
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8d
Yes, it does get harder and maybe you should use a little bit more grid until you’re more sure of yourself. There are definitely some issues with your proportions because you were not using more grid. If you haven’t gone forward with painting yet, I would suggest doing more grid and get a drawing that’s closer to the accuracy of your photo reference.
Elmari Van Zyl
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10d
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8d
I worked over this a little bit on my iPad. He sure to be using a small enough brush to think about drying when you’re doing this. Get in closer like I did with the eye and try to be more accurate with your shapes. As you move to the other side, always measure across to get things lined up. Just be more specific as you move forward. Take note of other things I did on this overlay
