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I think it looks lovely! What kind of final look are you going for? Do you have examples of artists that you admire? This can go many different directions. If you want it to look more vibrant like the photo, you can saturate some of the colors, like the tomato, onion skin and the lemon. Also, what's your focal point? Is it the onion or the cup?
Any pencil would sometimes have tiny crushed stones in it. Just draw back and forth on another piece of paper until that piece is removed.
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Hello Rebecca, I have tried to do that, but it still won't play. It plays on my other devices, such as my tablet and phone; however, it does not play on my computer for whatever reason. My sincere apologies for the delayed response.
I don't have advice for you. I find it hard to remember too, but like you said, with time it gets easier. A lot of times I just feel/observe my own arm if I forgot something.
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I should've done digital but also wanted to practice more traditional medium, so here they are!
I noticed there are two types of people in the world: people with hobbIES, LOTS of hobbies, and people with no hobbies. I don't know anyone personally that only has one hobby.
It's supposed to be fun! I drift around among different hobbies. Art has been my longest running hobby in my life, but I still do music whenever I can. Not as much as I'm "supposed to", but I'm not a professional musician so who cares.
Sometimes I drift away to do something else for a few weeks or months and I don't do art much. Just follow what your heart desires.
But it also sounds like the problem of making art too stressful for you, not so much that you're not interested in art anymore. Make sure you remember why you wanted to do art to begin with, and do some fun, personal projects in between assignments. Doing nothing but following courses can easily burn you out.
I really don't do personal projects. My expectations are way too high. I just to the projects because they are not supposed to be pretty pictures. Honestly I wanted to do art because I saw Chainsaw Man and thought to myself: "I want to animate". Afterwards I saw Samdoesarts' portraits and I told myself that I want to do portraits. I personally don't remember when I had fun doing art. I just did it. It was a good way to spend time after gym and before going to bed. Still torn what to do but I appreciate your words. Thank you
What's your goal? Draw figures well or learn anatomy? Do you want to learn anatomy well so you can draw from imagination and know which muscles will contract, which will extend, or just enough so you can draw believable figure drawing from observation?
Hampton's course covers more geometric forms, which could be a good training for you if you have trouble visualize 3d forms.
If you want to learn anatomy well, following Stan's free anatomy courses on YouTube and do all the assignments would be a good start, maybe consider investing in the premium course. The interactive tools really helps you see how the muscles move from all angles.
yes im aiming to draw confident from imagination, major anatomy of the body i had yet done.
Yes. You need to be able to eyeball and measure. You can use your pencil to measure like he showed in one of his earlier videos.
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Your style is pretty close, but your lighting direction can be more consistent. Like the bird on the right has no shadow at the bottom. And their shadows can be warmer, as in your example. You can make the lit areas a little lighter and yellower, and have a warmer, darker and more saturated shadow.
The lighting on the brick wall is odd. if the light comes from the top, you should make the top lighter. And the brick wall is much more saturated than the animals. I don't know if that's intentional because the brick wall is the focal point? If not you should consider change the color/saturation of the wall.
