Assignment: Mirroring
Assignment: Mirroring
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Portrait Painting in Oil Without a Brain

Grid Method

Assignment: Mirroring

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Assignment: Mirroring

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Your assignment here is to download the provided assignment, and mirror the images provided.

So much of drawing is keeping it intuitive and methodical. This particular exercise is trying to get you guys to learn about comparative measurement. Once you're able to guarantee a shape is in the right spot every time, you'll easily be able to draw anything from observation. Once you get everything in its proper place, adding everything else is just a walk in the park. 

This whole part of the course is deceptively simple, don't over complicate it and try not to get frustrated. Good luck!

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@lipstiger
Tried to show tilts and angles from different various anchor points, eyeballed the curves.
Diana
3h
Hi🙋! Really enjoyed doing this assignment, eventhough I see that some stuff is off…I used the grid method in both cases. Struggled a bit with the ear and eye, where I had to remind myself multiple times to only draw what I see in the particular field and not to overthink everything. Many greetings 👋
@szokebarnabas
@rdj8564
4d
Left image I used the grid method. Right image I actually tried to use a mirror.
Morgan Weistling
I think using the grid was a good solution. It involved measuring distances. That's the idea. Using the mirror on the vase one is not really a useful solution. I wish you had just used grid on it too. Remember, this is prepping you to take on a realistic portrait in oil. You will need this skill if it's going to work for you. So stick with the grid. The next thing is learning to separate the shadows from the lights.
Ernesto Canas
Not so sure this is correct , but here it is!
Morgan Weistling
excellent! do you mind describing for others how did it? What tools did you decide to use?
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