
Patrick Hynes
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This is from a drawing by David Malan. Definitely a learning experience trying to replicate his use and execution of line weight.
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While working on this, I realized that I have never done anything like this before. I've never studied someone else's drawing through replicating it. So, I'm not sure if I did this correctly. But, it was interesting as I found myself thinking about the drawing in a lot more depth than I normally would - going past general observations of technique down to low level details while still trying to stay connected to the overall energy of the drawing.
Anyway, I chose this picture by Bill Sienkiewicz. I like how the lines communicate the menace of the bear. It first appeared to me as though there were just a lot of frantic scratchy lines in a evil bear shape. In trying to copy it, I found that there were a lot fewer lines than I thought and that their placement was not as random as I thought. I did my best to recreate that. I left out a lot of the solid black part because it would have taken too long and I didn't think it was important.
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On the last assignment, I felt like I did not simplify enough. Hopefully I didn’t oversimplify here with the bird and the hand.
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This was a fun assignment. I felt like it helped me to become more aware of when I'm using chicken scratch strokes instead of smoothe ones. Often when there's some uncertainty about how/where a line should be I'm catching myself drawing little short strokes with my fingers. So, it's definitely something to work on going forward.
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Day 12: Icicles from a photo (it was too cold to draw outside)
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Day 11: We took a train trip today. I tried drawing the view from my seat (omitting the other passengers). The lines are wobblier than usual as the train would sway and bump as we traveled.
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Day 9: Oranges in a funky bowl
Day 10: Plum tree blossoms
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Day 2: Shoe
I've been drawing casually for a long time and I'm realizing that I learned to draw with the pencil pinched in a death grip between my thumb and index finger. In addition to causing my hand to cramp up in a long session, I think it encourages me to draw with wrist and fingers only. I'm working on holding the pencil in a very loose grip - just enough pressure so the pencil holds steady and doesn't fall out of my hand. For whatever reason, it feels like a looser grip encourages the use of my arm instead of my fingers/wrist.
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After watching the demo, I saw a few big issues with my first attempt:
- I spent like an hour and a half doing the whole thing. So, I sort of rushed it and this caused all sorts of problems.
- The brightness on my display was too dark. I was not seeing some of the highlights and half tones.
So, I set my display to full brightness and took my time -- especially on the lay in. I don't know how long I spent, but it was at least 4 hours to complete the drawing. I think that made the biggest difference.
The other thing that made a big difference was following the order Stan used in applying the different values. In my first attempt, I took a kind of random approach to shading which yielded an uneven and disjointed look. Following his approach helped a lot.
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My attempt at the portrait