Proko - Critique - Learning to Sketch from Observation

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Critique - Learning to Sketch from Observation

by Stan Prokopenko in Drawing Basics

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A morning quick-sketch using a still from the movie The Banshees of Inisherin as a references (great film). I was attracted to the darkness of the the character's dress and the donkey. I need to do more of this. I've fallen out of the daily habit of pencil sketching since trying to learn how to ink better (which is S-L-O-W!). As you can probably tell, once I get going, I don't look back at the reference enough and just start to rely on constructive techniques (and other hackery).

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The assignment for this project was to pick from one of the 3 cleaned up outlined drawings and do a loose sketch of them. The goal with doing these was to improve your line quality. During this level 1 critique I did one of the drawings and then realized that I didn’t capture the pose. You’ll see me revisit the sketch and exaggerate it. Remember, these assignments are meant to be challenging, but also fun and I hope you’re able to keep that in mind as we progress further in the basics course.

If you want to attempt this assignment you can download the reference images and submit your work in here!

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Stan Prokopenko

Its time for critiques again! In this lesson, I’ll look over your sketches from observation and address the common mistakes. These two critique episodes took a bit longer to edit, so Level 2 critique coming out next week.

@maresanna

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I used the Line of Action website with a 10-minute timer. I’m struggling a lot to avoid doing a CSI drawing — I even placed a line in the right spot and then added some light lines just to pretend I was exploring more. I also tried using those weird lines from the critique video on the feathers. I feel lost, like I’m not really doing what was asked.