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Melodie Wynne
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I did a bit of smudging to give some 3-D effect after watching your Dec 7th Eliza Ivanova post; more messy for sure!
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1yr
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I’m working on shapes but still have trouble with line quality and proportions.
I’d love to have suggestions on how to take photos of drawings on iPhone - lighting? Where to prop them up? Anything else?
Thanks, Melodie
1yr
After watching Stans demo of the inker Roberto DeLa Torre, I saw how he used pencil to simulate inking. I tried doing the same with graphite of two images: a series of inked profile heads from Framed Ink volume 1 and also a Rembrandt pen sketch. I could really see how both artists used line quality. Loved this exercise, thanks Stan! I also “inked” part of a graphite block-in from the Rembrandt pen sketch.
My confidence with these materials went way up.
Melodie
1yr
I was away so only had time to do 2 “masters”, which I copied in graphite. One was an oil sketch/painting by Richard Schmidt and the other was a chalk drawing by Peter Paul Rubens.
I learned so much just doing the two!
I may try a Watts image as I bought the book “Watts on Bridgman”. May also try the Watts skull after I watch Stan’s Demo.
1yr
Thank you for this demo, Stan. I definitely missed some of the concepts you showed here like contrast and showing shadows in shadows with thick and light soft lines. I only used the thickness of the lines.
@Proko Support Is it possible to add LESSON NOTES to this demo? They are quite usefully for a quick recap.
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Melodie Wynne
1yr
Yes, Lesson Notes are very helpful, and as a reference for later.
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After doing the first attemt way too detailed and probably missing the point of the exercise I set the timer to 10 minutes to finish the second attemt in order to shift the focus away from details to more confident lines.
1yr
Yes, a time limit is not a bad idea - maybe a bit short, but you don’t have hours to fuss over a drawing. Can “fix it” in a second, timed pass if you think it is necessary.
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Really enjoying your course...thank you so much.
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I found the task very difficult. But after the 10th try I could see clear progress. I will keep working on it.
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I watched critique video and I decided to paint a different pair of boots this time - one that has a lot of lines, and the difference is I did whole work using shoulder and elbow to draw, almost no wrist - to force me to pick lines. I must say - it is so hard to draw against ones instincts to zoom in and draw using wrist xD
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