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Founder of Proko, artist and teacher of drawing, painting, and anatomy. I try to make my lessons fun and ultra packed with information.
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Here’s a clip taken from the premium critique of the drawing basics course.
The assignment was to simplify a pear or a portrait down to its shapes, values, and edges. In this critique, I break down some of the common issues I saw students have with their shape design. I’ll give you advice and talk about proportion, asymmetry, and improving your shadow shape design. If you enjoy this critique and would like more be sure to check out the full course.
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Pear Critiques are here!
Critique for the portraits coming Thursday, but I recommend level 2 students watch this critique video too. I give advice and demonstrate things that should be useful to both levels.
Did a couple of 'pears' with different pencils and paper. I present the ones I think are ok-ish. Looking forward to input!
hi! here's a fast sketch i did for my pear, could anybody give me advice on how to make it more appealing/ make it look better in general? i know it's nowhere near as good as it could be, i myself see some mistakes in shape and values, if you see anything that feels off and know how it could be better please tell me!!!
Don't talk yourself down. When you say it isn't a good as it could be, my question is what do you know you have to improve? Is it the time you spend on it? My observation is that the right lower side is a bit too wide and the highlights at the bottom are incisive for me. What I like about it that it clearly is a 3d object. And the pear seems to be happy through your style!
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This is a beautiful pear! Don’t be afraid to get darker in the shadows.
Night and day difference between pre (left) and post (right) critique watch, I'm so pleased! They are of different pears so wasn't expecting them to look the same, but already the quality difference is huge.
My biggest takeaway is that I have to go a lot more slowly as I build skills. I probably spent 5x the amount of time on the second drawing as compared to the first.
Just wanted to get some critique on my drawings of the pear here. Image on the right was the 1st attempt. Image on the left was me going back after a couple of minutes and trying to nail it down. Obviously a lot of work to do - but I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I know it looks off, but I'm not sure how/what to fix.
OK so this is my third attempt on the pear . The last one is after seeing the critique video. Request a critique and suggestions please
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Nice work, and big improvement after seeing the critique video. One thing I would say is to go a little slower as you build up tone. It is better to make more marks lightly and carefully. This will let you stay within the lines you designate. Layer the pencil on top of itself to make things darker, rather than trying to press a harder, and you will have more even tone. It takes a bit more time but will let you be more precise. Good work, and keep it up!
Attempt after watching the critiques. Pear 2 this time with pencil. Found a 6B somewhere that felt pretty good.
Found myself darkening the shadows like 5 times, and having a hard time with the lighter lights. But a lot more happy with how this one turned out than my first one (done in procreate, second image).
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1mo
The pencil drawing feels more solid. Nice work!
Before (right) and after (left) watching the demo and critique videos. I feel like i got the proportions better and the simplification, but still a lot to be desired. But it's really satisfying to see even minor process.
This is my second attempt, I think I did a better job separating the edges and I used a range of darker pencils to make it easier to get those darker ranges. I messed up a bit and bled some of the shadow onto the next page of my sketchbook lol. I also somehow forgot that I needed 5 ranges of light and used 4 instead. One of the things I feel I need to improve on is my shading, the unevenness and directional shading just looks wrong.
I am grateful if I can have critiques even I am a free course follower. It will help me a lot for my progression.
I am grateful if I can have critiques even I am a free course follower. It will help me a lot for my progression.
I did this. I am grateful if I can have critics about my drawing even I am referring to the free course. It will help me a lot to improve myself.
Hey Everyone,
I'm Chris and just got started with the course recently :)
These are two pictures of the pear drawing before and after watching the demo. Would love to get some feedback on what I can work on to improve! I'm also trying to keep myself accountable so if anyone has a group/space to collaborate through the journey - would absolutely love to get in touch.
Third attempt after watching critiques. I think this one is a huge improvement over my other two attempts. I think I got a much better feel for simplifying, and picking and using better values.
Attempt #3 after watching critique. I feel I understand the planes a little better. Please provide suggestions if able to
I agree with you about the planes, they look really good! I think one little suggestion, one that I wrote down in my notes after watching the critiques, is to have uniform lines with less spotty-ness. You stem is wonderful I might add
First three are after watching the demo, the last one is the latest one after watching again the demo and critique video. Would appreciate some community feedback :)
i am following the free course, for heads since it about simplifying shapes instead of going the usual way of me drawing with the circle and guidelines i tried to draw using the outline of head and blocking its shape followed by the eyebrows nose lips ten eyes. Watched the critique videos and will try to improve the values
