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Master Studies are one of the most effective methods for improving your art. Let’s take a look at a drawing from my instructor, Jeff Watts, and see what we can learn.
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@takayoshiosumi
24d
Angiev
26d
I noticed that many people attempted the skull. Is there a download of the school or do I have to search for one?
Christopher Lebreault
1mo
🤯🤯 My brain is short-circuiting. I can understand trying to inmate the same shape or lines the person you are studying did..... but that is it. I don't know how the artist started ( did they lay in or go directly to drawing, did they use a box or circle when constructing the head.... etc)
In this Glen Keane sketch. on top of the above things I have stated, there are places where he did more than one line to get the line he wanted, am I to drawing all his attempts or the fine line he was was happy... how do I know which line that is even? some lines idk what they were supposed to be, could they be a previous mistake or maybe they are leftover evidence of his lay-in (if there was one) before he found what he wanted to commit to?
Please send help lol
I tried to do a study of Soirie Kim but I feel like I copied more than I study. the picture with all the yellow is her original and the pencil is my copy/study. I uploaded mine twice because I applied a black-and-white filter to it to try and take some glare away
Shreyans
1mo
It was really tough, especially when using the overhand grip. Almost every line that I was attempting using overhand grip was either at the wrong place or the line quality was off, so it took way too much corrections in the process, was quite frustrating. Also I Was using a graphite pencil so it might was expected, idk.
Took almost 1.5 hrs, And I'm not that much satisfied with it, because of wrong line weight and unnecessary texture in every stroke. Well I definitely need to practice confident lines with overhand grip.
Minty Guy
2mo
Agnieszka
2mo
Chauncey Holder
2mo
i tired the Jeff Watts skull, and tired replicating and constructing some strokes
Bee Murray
2mo
Ah! This study was very difficult and I didn't realize until I watched the video that the side profile of the skull would not be covered in the video. I also tried to attempt this with my sketchbook paper and a 2b pencil.
It didn't hit me until halfway that I should have switched to charcoal and a different paper.
I still learned a lot from studying Jeff's drawing and line work.
@arthiecio
3mo
didn't have any idea what to do with the line tried to emphasize the shapes that i liked
@clickbrick
3mo
I mainly wanted to study Watt's very confident loose line work. I had zero focus on portions, shading, or style. I tried my hardest to focus on good line quality and confident lines. Feedback would be very much appreciated.
Léo Ikhlef
4mo
I felt way too scared at the beginning, that I kept delaying when I should draw the skull xD
Finally drew it, and understood what Stan meant by "my proportions are off because i'm focusing on the line quality". But WAYYYYY more :') Noticed it when I stepped back to take the picture, that my skull look like he went to the dentist (swollen jaw) Anyway, it did take me an hour (and a half maybe), I'm reaaaaaally slow when I draw, but I'm glad I did it (and covered the whole page :') Maybe should have done it smaller ?)
Also tried to replicate the edge Jeff Watts do, while not having the same tools, hope you can notice it at least a bit.
Thanks for the potential feedbacks :p
(Mine's the left one, of course.. xD)
Jack H
4mo
Did this before watching the demo, and added the notes afterwards. I did not follow all the lines used fully as I left out lines that were less appealing to me in my own opinion. Also, certain lines had to be constructed since I was using a graphite pencil. Halfway through, I noticed that it was possible that the light source was coming from the right, which improved my understanding of why certain lines were used.
Overall, it was a fun exercise and I learnt a lot.
@macdre
5mo
I was trying to do this while following along but I found it was making me really tense, so I stopped the video and just worked at it by myself. I definitely struggle with moving the pencil in certain directions, but I'm trying not to rotate the paper every time
ANX804U
5mo
Feels like I rushed too much at ending, but believe me until I was doing this with graphite it was looking good 🥲😭, still not satisfied because I know if I had to all by myself I couldn't have made a stroke good enough to even show 😭😭......
Aura
5mo
Definitely did this a lot quicker than I wanted to, unfortunately. But as always, the demo was extremely informative and I learned a ton.
Zander Schmer-Lalama
5mo
Hello! So with this one I was trying to 100% copy Jeff Watts skull, then it began to look like a Tetsuo Hara drawing. I guess it was inevitable since he is my hero lol. So, I tried to think like he would. I made the jawline shape and I tried the shading techniques he uses( which I’m not the best at yet). Also with the main characters, Hara gives them either small or nonexistent cheekbones, so I had to think of how the chins would look lol. Feedback would be appreciated. Have a great rest of your day!
Stefan Sharkov
5mo
My first and second attempt on following the lecture. I really felt my line quality improving after the second drawing. I am going to copy a different artist for the final project, but I'll try to sketch in Jeff Watts's line work first. Feedback would be appreciated.
Maurizio Leo
5mo
I really tried to pay attention to the details here. It's very challenging emulating the sheer breadth of line quality/type with graphite, but I did my best. I'd love to try charcoal one day.
I watched this video then skipped ahead to watch Jeff Watts' line weight video, then did this. I think that was a good order because his talk inspired me to pay even closer attention to details as best I could.
I'll definitely be doing this skull again, and as Stan said, I'll try to take the lessons learned into future drawings.
@julia52
5mo
Studied the art of Claire Wendling. Any advice would be much appreciated.
@matej
5mo
Little mermaid but face is deformed maybe she's from the rock age
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