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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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Now that you’ve all had some time to try the first project on your own, you can watch how I do it and figure out what areas you are exceeding and struggling with.
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Now that you’ve all had some time to try the first project on your own, you can watch how I do it and figure out what areas you are exceeding and struggling with.
Here is my step-by-step demo on how to properly execute the first project for level 1 students.
First attempt, I haven’t watched the tutorial yet. Complete newbie and pretty happy with how it turned out. I expected the result to be so bad I’d quit the course once this was done 😂 (I will be continuing 👍).
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Well done. I love that you did a value chart right next to the pear. It can really help, as your drawing shows.
Here are my two attempts at the pear. First picture was without watching the lesson, second picture is after watching his breakdown on how to draw it. Can't really tell if there's any improvement in the second one besides the proportions being closer.
-Added a third attempt without doing the chunky style. Feels like it was an improvement this time
Was kinda holding back posting my drawings,but i so much enjoyed watching other peoples creations that i want to give it a go. First 2 are from before the critique video 3rd one after (and a different pear photo). Also somehow found it hard to use 2 different lighter shade.
Hi, first post of my first result. Shading with just one pencil is challenging. Enjoyed the exercise, though.
Hello, I am new here and just finished the project. Instead of using pictures, I tried to use a real object - an apple.
This is my first attempt and second attempt after the demo. I learned a lot from the demo and tried to incorporate some of those lessons into my second drawing. I tried to keep each value more consistent and the plane changes cleaner than the first one. Any suggestions or comments?
My before the demo and after the demo - definitely some room for improvement but I’m proud of how much of a difference there is already from my two attempts!
Now, I tried it again after watching the video. I’m still struggling to find the right pressure on the pen when shading…
Mild to moderate pressure is probably better. If you use heavy pressure, you will indent the paper and you will not be able to remove the impression. If you need it to be darker, change to a darker (B) pencil. You are shading in multiple directions, which you can do, but it can make it look unclean if it is not blended well. If you think about light, it has a consistent and pretty uniform effect, whether that is causing light or shadow. However, the overall effort is still good, keep practicing.
I've done multiple attempts at this, but I still feel like something isn't quite right. I'm trying not to overwork it as I've had a bad habit of doing that in the past, but I still feel like there's something wrong with my drawings and I don't know what. If you could let me know, I'd appreciate it. Thank you!
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I see nothing wrong with your drawings. They look great. Two suggestions that might help:
1) try to differentiate your core shadow, and darkest shadows, from the reflected light at the bottom of the pear. The darkest darks are in that transition between the shadow side and the light side, and right beneath the pear. These seem to be blending together.
2) try going a little darker in all your values. I feel like your midtones are a little close together. By darkening everything except your lightest lights, I think it will help pop the image out a little.
Good work!
I did two versions, 1F is not simplified, before seeing the video, 2F is more simplified, after seeing the video ^^
Couple first attempts before watching the video and one drawing following the video along.
Didn't get a sketchbook and pencils yet so here are my two attempts of pear with a mechanical pencil and a notebook. The pear to the left is the one I did with the demo, the pear to the right is the one i did before watching it. Got a long way to go haha
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You got a really nice full range of values with just a mechanical pencil. Looks great 👍
