I think the big takeaway from Robert de la Torres’ work is how he tapers lines, but also the direction he starts the lines. Especially on the first drawing, he uses the start of a line stroke to indicate the edge and curve of the end of a hair. Then he tapers to indicate highlights, especially on the bangs of the first subject. His style is so sick I had so much fun imitating it. It’s interesting that he reverses the direction of the lines to indicate flyaways and imply messier hair, where the stroke starts in the hair and tapers out on the edges. My first drawing was too soft with my lines. After sharpening my pencil a bit and leaning more into the tip of the pencil, I think it looked better. I don’t like the proportions as much on my 2nd drawing but I honestly don’t mind since I focused more on the lines themselves.

My study of these works by Roberto De La Torre.

Please someone tell me this demo was meant for Level 2 students! 😭 I was feeling so confident with my drawings and I really loved my lines. But after doing this demo and studying other master draftsmen like Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, I don’t feel as confident anymore, and my lines suddenly look like they have less character. I think it might have been a little too soon for Level 1 students to study line work from masters and try to imitate them. Now I feel like I’ve forgotten how I draw my own lines! 😅

Much happier with this one

Real struggle with this one. Messed up the proportions. I changed the pencil to see if I got better marks. Caran’dache 4B. A bit better…I don’t know. I’ll change paper next time.

My first attempt. Still struggling with shading and the eyes but slowly getting better. I'll try a different pencil/brush on the next one

Struggled to get energy into the strokes, partially, I think, because the paper is too smooth. The experience was better on the copy paper when warm up, but then in the sketchbook…. It just didn’t translate. It’s always good practice though… so much to learn! Jeff’s lecture made me both inspired and a bit overwhelmed… so I am just trying to do next thing after the next thing. 💀

Maybe the line has a little massive. XD

I really liked Roberto de la Toree's ink drawing l, so I decided to try studying his lines. It was really fun!

it was fun

I've been an on-and-off enjoyer of de la Torre's artwork for a while now. I have never read Conan, but I will have to check it out sometime. I did my study of one of de la Torre's pieces from 2021 which is of a character named Tercio. I paid less attention to rendering his face and did more of a study of how other parts of his character were illustrated. All feedback is welcome!

Hi! these are two studies I made. I used a 5b pencil, will try a darker shade the next time. Any advice is welcome

Here's my attempt.

HERE THEY ARE !!! (I'm really happy with the first one ... but the second was definitely not my best -_-, but Im probably going to do that one again in the future) (◕‿◕✿)

It's been a long journey, but I've had a lot of fun drawing. I'd love to get some more advice, thanks.

tried this with 3b

Tried this and pleased with how this one turned out.

My first attempt to do a Master's study in ink by Roberto de la Torre!

I found this pretty helpful, but definitely difficult. I'm not sure if i captured the first one fully, compared to the second one, but I'm happy with how it turned out overall. Wasn't sure really how to deal with the hair, but helpful to watch the demo after to see how Stan tackled it.

I was really intimidated by this, but went for it. I typically try really hard to match what I'm seeing, very precisely, resulting in a lot of erasing and very boring results. This study with bold and loose lines was really fun. I'm amazed, honestly. This class has taken me out of my comfort zone and I'm loving that.