Patrick Bosworth
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Thanks @Noah! This is a good idea!
Happy Friday, all! More Zorn palette experiments. Don't drink the paint water, cheers!
Very nice. You're making me want to crack open those qouache tubes I picked up a couple of year ago.
Maren
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3d
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I went too far with my shapes I think, not as simple as the homework assignment asked for, but I had so much fun with these!
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Excellent!! I love the characterization of each, the shape language really informs the personality. The anxious one reminds me of Courage the Cowardly Dog! Awesome work!
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8d
Nice! Keep it up!
Brad Hewitt
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10d
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Feel good about all 3 but my hand cramps up pretty bad after the second sketch….
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9d
Hey there, Brad! How are you holding your pencil when your hand cramps? Traditional "tripod" writing grip, or overhand? Looks like you might be trying both based on your lines? You might want to try warming up before you get started drawing to loosen up your hand. Starting a drawing session with a page of warmup Mario Mushrooms, ghosting them in as lightly as you can to start, will help you get a feel for drawing with a lighter touch. Also taking breaks to stretch your hands and get the blood flowing in your fingers is a good idea if you're drawing for a while. Here's a link to the Mario Mushroom wamup, and a few lessons covering how to hold the pencil.
https://www.proko.com/course-lesson/warmup-mushrooms/assignmentshttps://www.proko.com/course-lesson/ultimate-guide-to-pencils-and-erasers/noteshttps://www.proko.com/course-lesson/how-to-hold-and-control-your-pencil/assignments
Day 150: 1st May, 2025
15 min value study
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9d
Solid! Wonderful luminous quality to the light on the roof tops.
A quick still life of my drafting pencil lead pointer. M. Graham gouache Zorn palette. This was the closest I've felt to being somewhat in control of the correct water ratio during the painting, "somewhat" being the operative word here. Some very basic drawing mistakes were made while my brain was focused on the painting process and observation, but I learned a lot with this one. A few more steps toward mileage, so on to the next one!
Joseph Cicero
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13d
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I've been practicing portraits for a little bit and really wanted to do a master study of Batman. I really like Jason Fabok's Batman so I chose this one to study. I made the tilt of the head more straight than the reference but didn't notice until towards the end. Gotta remember to step back more often to put some fresh eyes on it. I also need to practice hatching more as it was difficult to follow all the hatching details in this one.
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11d
Nice work! Stepping back to put fresh eyes on it is a major help! Mirroring or flipping your canvas while you're working will also help you catch proportional errors along the way. If you're using Procreate you can flip your canvas horizontally using the wrench icon to select Flip Horizontal or set up a Quick Menu shortcut for it. That way while you're working you can flip the image, see it with a fresh perspective, make any corrections and continue to work. It also helps when you need to find a better angle to hatch, hope this helps, keep up the good work!
