Drawing Basics
Getting Started
Lines
Shapes
Bonus Content
In this demo, I show the "light and shadow" method for organizing line weight.
Newest
Bewoot
18d
lazy0
21d
The left picture is before the demo
the right picture is after watching the demo.
I had fun with this one, but I realized I was afraid to be more bold with the darker shapes. So I went darker after watching the demo, Feedback is appreciated.
Patricia French
26d
Light and shadow drawing.
Nikita
1mo
before and after demo
Helen Cade
2mo
Before and after demo.
I found the information about differentiatiating between high contrast areas as opposed to areas of low contrast in shadow very useful.
I noticed how freely Stan varied his line width, as well as pressure and realised that I would have found this exercise easier (or at least, made more fluid lines) if I had used a wooden pencil rather than a mechanical one.
Working at an angle rather than on a flat table would also have helped me to vary my pencil strokes.
Lots of food for thought, as always.
Gabi Gueron
2mo
Finally submitting.Done before watching the demo, but decided to maintain the blackened nostril and ear.
mikriarktos
2mo
renegaderumi
3mo
New: left, Old: right
Felt completely lost on the small details, but happy with the progression of the shadows and lights and the big forms. Stan, working out the contrasts all around the image is tough! Hope it becomes more intuitive with more practice. Here they are!
Malakai King
4mo
Here is my attempt after watching the video. I improved some, and still need more practice.
Erin
4mo
I never thought I'd get so excited about lines. Very cool.
Lona C
5mo
2B and 8B
Sita Rabeling
5mo
First one (on importance), with 2B on tracing paper. Second is with Procreate, the line weight assignment.
Tried to work a bit on these while away for 2 weeks. One should be able to work anywhere, even with curious cats around…. sitting on your paper and chewing on your pencil.
Aidan Harte
5mo
My submission after demo also, finding it hard to capture the contrast between light and shadow
Fabio Caccavale
5mo
My submissions after watching demo. I re-trace the ryno by myself. Hope the result is just as good enough
bert2
5mo
What is your guys drawing setup like ?
Im sat at my desk with my computer screen in front of me and my drawing paper flat on my desk also in front of me.
Does anyone else have this setup where you look up at your screen and than down at your paper?
Im wondering if this makes getting proportions right harder since your kinda looking at your paper from an angle.
Does anyone have your paper like this woman has in her video ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znr1OY-aHhM&list=PL3aPoNPQSJnSJVw2_GUVR7jC0nbnksq6F&index=5
Where you are just looking straight at it.
Jacob C
4mo
I purchased this (https://www.michaels.com/product/artists-loft-all-media-flat-surface-easel-10669874) easel from Michaels and have it on my desk to draw at a roughly 45 degree angle. Having the drawing paper flat on a desk was messing with my posture because I kept hunching over and causing some back pain. My desk is big enough that I set the easel in front of my monitor and just look over it at the screen when I need to.
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Andrea Böhm
5mo
I am doing both - almost: My easel is not 100% upright. I don’t like the extrem angle between my hand and the paper a completely upright easel would cause. Therefore I have a bit of distortion when using the easel. But when I have a printed reference attached to the side or my tablet standing in a similar angle the distortion does not matter as much. I use the easel mainly for having chance to change between sitting and standing while drawing. Sometimes I sit in front of the easel, sometimes I stand and at other times I sit at my desk as you are. But I don’t work on the same drawings when I change between desk and easel - I think the different perspective would throw me off.
For now I can live with the distortion. But I haven’t done these Bargue drawing the woman in the video does.
Carlye Luft
5mo
Post Demo
Peter N
5mo
Surprised how much harder this turned out to be compared to basing the line weight on hierarchy
polinaagame
5mo
Thank you so much for this demo! I tried to redo this task with another picture
Andrea Böhm
5mo
My try after watching the demo - much more cohesive than my first try.
Mike See
5mo
I didn't spend nearly enough time on this. I didn't rush it, but perhaps I didn't realize how much consideration could be given to each line. There's a lot to think about - in a good way.
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