Stephen Bauman
Åsgårdstrand, Norway
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2mo
I have the realistic portrait drawing course , and I like it , so naturally I have an eye on this course now.
Can you tell me what the block in course offers that is different from the realistic portrait drawing course?
thank you
-Michael
2mo
SO much. The course you have is primarily a demo. The BIC is a super specific step by step work along lesson series designed to help you build individual skills that lead up to an optimal block in procedure.
3mo
I didn't see the downloads until just a few minutes ago. I followed the visual style and did some measuring. Although, to be honest I struggle with the measuring.
By struggling I mean I seem to take an inordinate amount of time to measure and when I think I have it, I measure again and come to realize that nope, my proportions are incorrect.
I'll try it again with the newly downloaded portraits provided. In the meantime, here is what I managed by doing the first 3 videos of the visual style. I know it is still not accurate, but would like to hear some feedback as to what I need to improve.
Yes I know I added features (like the mouth and the eyes) when that's not part of the first 3 videos.
3mo
Good start- I'll offer this to make it better. The shapes can be more simple. The eyes for instance have more information than they need. This stage is about placement so you can use the minimum amount of info required.
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2023/1/1. Good evening everybody. Here's my assignment for the first part of @Stephen Bauman's Classical Portraiture course. Thanks for any comment or suggestion that could help me to improve it.
5mo
Careful of the uniformity of your transitional edges. Many of the shadow edges, for instance, could be much softer.
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Some portraits i made lately, im looking to imrove and would love to have some profesional advice on what i should focus on improoving,
Thanks in advance😃
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Lighting direction and concept is always at the start of making a better portrait.
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Top 5 things you want from a color theory course?
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@Stephen Bauman which paper are you using here. Which paper is ideal for pencil drawing like the ones you do. Could you share specific brand and paper speciation as well please
11mo
Stonehenge from Legion paper. I usually like the warm white but all the shades are pretty good.
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Proko
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Hi, I wanted to ask which pencil you use for making such portraits
11mo
There is a great variety. A lot of Pentel A3DX .3mm and .5mm mostly.
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11mo
Hello Stephen,
Great job. I just finished watching the entire series of real-time videos and I got a lot out of it. You gave lots of good ideas about technique and things to think about while creating a portrait like this. But... at the very last moment of the final video, there's a bit of a surprise.
In the image below, the left side shows how your drawing appears throughout the real-time videos. Then, on the right side, we see the final drawing in the "Thanks For Watching" screen and it is much darker with more contrast.
Can you please tell me which one, left or right, best represents the final image? I actually like both, but I'm about to try this portrait myself and I want to mimic your approach as much as I can. But now I'm not sure what my end-state is supposed to look like.
Thanks
Rich
11mo
The one on the right was taken with a polarising lens. It best reflects the true appearance of the drawing.
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