Assignment examples of the bean
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Lin
1mo
The beans felt really hard at first but they got a lot easier by the end. I found forshortening the most enjoyable, whether it's because I was more comfortable with beans by then or something else, I'm not sure. I thought it would be the worst part for sure! Twists are the most challenging for me.
1mo
Awesome job!!

reina1999
1mo
Here is the foreshortening part of my bean exercises. I will have to keep practicing for a bit longer before I’m ready to move on to the critique video. I’m really enjoying the learning process of how to draw these beans.

thesmokingrotoscope
1mo
And that’s foreshortening! Definitely gonna have to go back and watch that section again because this went poorly. And advice is appreciated!

Phattara Groodpan
6mo
Eveline Rupenko
6mo
Hello! Here is my exercise for this video!
Helen Ali
9mo
Post for help isnt here... would be nice
Dwight
9mo
Hello, I see your plea for help, so let me give my two cents.
I think your less foreshortened beans are pretty good, but I can see (such as #10) that sometimes things get a little unclear.
Allow me to begin my essay. The most important thing about the bean it learning how the big masses of the body move, and to that extent, I think you've succeeded. It's very clear where the pelvis or ribcage is located in space.
Now, if that was the only thing you wanted to accomplish, then you can move on. But if you want to make these beans really shine, I'd focus more on gesture and overlapping lines. My favorite bean is #4, as it's flow is one smooth curve, and the overlap line shows the pinch really well..
On the other hand, take number #6 or #7 for example. If you were to look at the overlap lines individually, they each tell a different story. But not only that, I think the pieces feel too far apart, as remember the ovals actually overlap.
So for the future, I'd practice the two line overlap. Remember to exaggerate the pinch and stretch, something your two line overlap beans are lacking. For instance, in #3, the right overlap line (since ribcage leaning towards us but also pinching) would be closer to a cross contour (which you've done), and the left overlap line would be straighter, to show the compression on the right side of the bean. Apply that to #6-#9, and I think you'll be on your way.
I look forward to your progress.
- Dwight
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Helen Ali
9mo
would be REALLY nice
Howard Chiang
1yr
8/6/22: Draw-along to the video. I went faster today, so the lines aren't as clean.
Howard Chiang
1yr
Title should be "foreshortening"!
Sandra Süsser
2yr
the last beans with foreshortening
Barbara Lentes
2yr
Beans all over the place…
it‘s amazing how this exercise made ahuge difference in my next figure drawing!
Bre
2yr
Hmm...I really love drawing beans!
Andrea M.
2yr
Hi All,
I've been doing a lot of gesture and beans lately and even combined the two. I'll do a 30 second gesture and follow up with a quick bean. Here are a page of beans (one of several that I have done) and a few samples of gesture with bean. Look forward to your feedback.
Thanks.
Sita Rabeling
2yr
Beans beans. Will continue using this practice.
Katt Scratches
2yr
These are lovely!
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Vera Zgonik
2yr
Any critique very welcome!
My first try on iPad... I’m still struggling with the gesture and I haven’t practiced for a few months now... I don’t like fb so I’m really glad for this site - I really want to get better so any feedback would be much appreciated!
2yr
Hi @Vera Zgonik These are great! Got nothing to critique, only a tip I received when I submitted my bean drawings for critique: Try to use different lineweight to emphasize the gesture and clarify overlaps.
Hope this helps :)
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Vickiana Dulcio
2yr
Followed along with the tutorial, any feedback would appreciated.
Vera Zgonik
2yr
I'm new as well so I don't know if I'll be of any help. Maybe try to vary the strenth of the lines as Proko does to make the sketching of spheres less visible and to show the curves at the end more?
CHARLES DEIGHAN
2yr
Following along, any comments would be appreciated.
CHARLES DEIGHAN
2yr
Thanks Bradwynn, I really appreciate your comment. Yes, my lines are wobbly, I'm trying to get use to a charcoal pencil and using my arms instead of just my hand. The feel of the charcoal is different from lead, it's a lot smother, which I still have to get use to. Thanks for your tips, I'll keep them in mind. Sorry for the late reply, I'm still getting use to this platform, I didn't realized you had posted something.
2yr
Hi Charles! Looks like you are getting the concept well! The lines look a bit wobbly in areas but that will get better with practicing circles and beans. It took me about 3 months (if I remember correctly) to be able to draw clean and light lines when drawing circles and ovals. Good work here and keep doing these for a quick warm-up. That's what helped me learn faster.
Nihi Sus
2yr
Following along Proko, just for the record. Any thoughts welcome
Vera Zgonik
2yr
You are way better than me, I can't even see anything you could change...
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Deiff Mg
2yr
more practice of the beans!

Sinan BAHADIR
2yr
Interestingly, these were more easier to understand compared to previous poses. maybe because though these are extreme poses, they were easy to see the bean.
Lasse Jin Brøgger
3yr
Asked for help
Assignment: Bean Foreshortening
3yr
You're on the right track! 3 looks a bit to mushed together and 7 isn't clear with what's happening. Checkout my examples of those.
Also, for future assignments, it helps to provide some more context, such as what you struggled with.
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Margaret Langston
3yr
Bean Foreshortening. I felt like I could have exaggerated the foreshortening more in many instances.
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