W.I.M.U
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Art is fascinating, and I want to learn as much as possible. Welcome In My Universe!
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@sabersnail
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21d
added comment in"Quick" Portait
Nice job! I think you did a good job at capturing the "feel" of the face. You drawing looks recognizable as the subject of the photo, and that can be difficult!
I do think your drawing looks somewhat flat. That may be because there is not a lot of variation between the darks and lights. Squinting at the photo makes it seem like the cast shadows (from the nose, ear, lips, and under the chin) are as pretty much as dark as the hair and probably darker than the eyebrows. The highlight on the cheek is barely visible in the drawing. I think a broader range from light to dark would have give more depth to your drawing.
As for training more quickly, consider how you might be able to focus your efforts. Instead of doing the entire project, select a portion to do. That might mean just doing one part of the body. That might mean doing the sketch and then copying that sketch multiple times to use as a starting point. That might mean not trying to get certain aspects entirely correct so you have time to focus on other parts (such as not worrying about proportions so that you can focus on rendering the forms). I've seen some good advice about accepting that you are going to make bad art while you practice. The point of practice is to improve your skills, not make something that looks good. You might find value in a shift in focus like that.
W.I.M.U
10d
I had never heard of squinting to check the values, and I see it now, thank you! I'll definitly apply your advicies to my future practices. It's true that I always try to make something that "looks good", so thant I can post it, but it isn't the best approach I see.
Thanks again, it helps a lot :)
I would stop before you get into the rendering if you want to do a bunch of quick studies. Most of the work is placing everything correctly and proportionally, so once you have that on the page move to the next one. After you get your practice in and you have the desire, you can pick one or some to render and finish.
I understand, thank you for your advice ! I have a liltle question ; when you practice, do you focus on one specific thing at a time (like proportions or values) ?Or dp you try to get everything right each time ?
Hello !
I made a these two portraits using charcoal, for the deepest shadows, and graphite for the rest. I tried to be as accurate as possible regarding the proportions (by tracing so of it) but it is the shadows I'm unsure about.
Is there something else I could've done to give more depths and "strength" to these portraits?
Any feedback is more than greeted !
Hi ! I tried to make a "quick" portrait of this reference, but ended up spending weeks on it .How can one do a quick and effictive portait, just to train? I really struggle at knowing when to stop. And what do you think about it?
Have a nice day
Beautiful work @W.I.M.U! Awesome job for a first charcoal drawing attempt. You have a great value range. One thing I noticed that could help you bring more rhythm to your drawing is to emphasize the relationship of the tilt of her hips against her ribcage. It's pretty subtle in the reference image, but there is a bit of stretching and pinching happening between those two structural landmarks. Using your knowledge of anatomy, you can push those relationships to make this fairly static pose more dynamic.
Ohhh I see, I must admit I haven't really studied tosro anatomy so I'll look into it. Streches and piches are still a mystery for me haha, I'll work on that. Thank you for your time and explainations!
Hi artists, I just finished my very first attempt at charcoal figure drawing.
Am I missing ?
I feel like the bottom turned out better then the head and hair, but I don’t know how to fix that. Feedback is more than welcome !
Hi, I think it'd help if you drew them a bit bigger, like just having 5 ones done to the best of your ability covering an entire page, so that we can see it clearer. And also, this is sorta an extra step but using Canva to sorta group the references with the drawings could help, it's free too. Or maybe numbering them using the editing stuff in your phone with the corresponding picture could be cool too
W.I.M.U
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10mo
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I have been practicing the bean for a while now and I am absolutely desperate for help. It feels like I still don't quite understand how to deseing the forms or make them look enjoyable to look at .
I've been trying to focus on making them accurate, but the lines and the forms don't come out very nicely.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
My first recommendation is to get blank paper. It's much harder to read the beans on lined paper. The other is to do them bigger and make sure your using your arm to draw. The final thought is to really look at the motion before drawing, for exemple in 1 there's no real sense of them stretching up in the in the bean and the twist is missing in the bean, based on the bean I'd expect them t obe standing upright.
Steve Lenze
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10mo
Yeah, you could add the line that separates the shadow from the light, and if you want you can fill it in with tone.
@colorpuffs
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10mo
maybe just add shadows without the separating lines and do shadows with just line (that's just my preference) and try to make those lines as long as possible or just don't break lines too much
