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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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COMMENTS
Attempt 1 and then attempt 2 after watching the walkthrough. Feel like there was definitely an improvement!
Everyone's pears are looking really nice. It feels like maybe the shading is a bit too light, but I'm pretty happy with the results. ^-^
So cool to see everyone's pear - here's mine and shading is wayy harder than I thought..
This was so hard!! My only experience with drawing so far has been drawing portraits from reference..I have so much to learn! These are my drawings before and after watching the demo.
this was a few goes to loosen up and then the middle one was the main one before the finale video with stan talking through it . i did one after stans run through and i was much more clear with the lines and more clean looking . i like both quick and non fussed lines and the clear and more clean attempt . i have to slow down too as i look verry quick and my hand is moving before i know it. sometimes this is good and sometimes too hasty . i really enjoyed the challenge and learning to look more
Here's my attempt. I had some issues with getting the value separation right. It seemed like every time I got lighter in value, no matter how light I went, it was still too close to the next darker section, and I couldn't get the darker values dark enough to create any more clear sep. I ended up having to go heavier on the outline to separate it out. Used a 2B, 4B, HB and even a 4H. Any suggestions welcome. Thanks!
Here's what I did. Feel free to let me know what you think. I did #1 and #2 before watching the demonstration.
i haven’t drawn consistently in a while so I’m following along with the free content from this course and holding myself accountable by drawing everyday. I think i’ll use my own references from now on, if that’s not a problem. Anyway, here is a drawing from the reference image of the first project.
Hello ! This is attempt 1 and 2 of the pear exercice. I am having a hard time with not making the edges darker than the rest (the interior). It is also hard to have ''uniormity'' in my values, I feel like my hands do not know how to ''press'' evenly. I feel like I learned a lot !
My attempts at the level 1 pear.
1) Before the demo
2) After the demo
3) After the critique video
Feedback is always welcome!
Here's my Level 1 drawing and reference image for the simplyfying shapes lesson.
Been doing a lot of the exercises here but haven't been posting. I have been learning a lot from this course. Thank you Stan.
Here is my brother and mine pares.
His is the more sketchy one and mine is the more full sized one.
Id love to here your opinions and point to improve
i drew it while listening to stan, Im going to take my time again to revisit the pears but this is how it looks like now, one key take away i got from the demo was the layering in the first attempt i did it all from dark to light, this definitely felt more comfortable
I did pear 1, the first one’s from before watching the demo, the 2nd one’s from after.
