Proko - Grid Drawing

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Grid Drawing

by Morgan Weistling in Portrait Painting in Oil

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First lesson and i already learnt something new :)

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A demonstration of how to use a grid to draw from reference.

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ASSIGNMENTS

Your assignment is to do this with me! Again, it may seem overly simple but learning how to do this is a great place to start for the rest of the course.

Download the reference from the downloads tab of this lesson.

@brandonstudio

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Back to the drawing board! What a mess! My charcoal was too hard, and my surface too plastic due to the acrylic paint! I decided to draw this girl as I already had a print of this AI generated image that I created a while back based on a photo of someone I knew.

@sparlin

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an old messed up panel. I didn't have charcoal, but will get some. Until then, I drew with pencil

Morgan Weistling

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You are in the ballpark. But as you proceed with laying in your darks with a brush, use your brush like charcoal. What I mean is continue to draw shapes and measure and get more specific.

Angelina Del Buey

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So much to learn but I can’t believe my first attempt at drawing this wasn’t a disaster.

Morgan Weistling

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I think you did great. When you start laying in your darks, keep up with this very good job of observation. A lot of people get sloppy once they hold a brush in their hands. Imagine the brush is just more charcoal drawing, and you will end up with a masterpiece.

Rachel Dawn Owens

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This is a great start!

@ericj

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19d

Really enjoyed getting the sketch going, the grid was super helpful. Looking forward to next steps. Eric

@brugs_bunny

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3mo

Critique welcome. Thank you.

Morgan Weistling

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3mo

this is good but as you progress keep using the same observation skill for the smaller shapes as well.

Martin Collins

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4mo

Me and my wife recently began the course and it’s been fun so far! I’m looking forward to completing my first portrait in oils

Morgan Weistling

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4mo

so far so good. At this point you should already be thinking about how you are going to separate the two families.

Jessa Bratten

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4mo

The grid I put on the canvas was a little wonky compared to the photograph, so I ended up mostly doing observational drawing. I'm nervous to paint but also excited! Also my grey looks too dark, I'll use a lighter one next time. I'm hoping to use the paint to adjust the shoulder on the right, I see now it was too low.

Morgan Weistling

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4mo

Looking good

@mando_a98

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5mo

Hi Morgan, I'm having so much fun with the course so far. Here is my grid drawing. Thanks in advance for your feedback.

@itzkj

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6mo

Hi Morgan, here is my grid drawing assignment! Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Morgan Weistling

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6mo

Looks like you have your placement well established, and you can move forward

Madhu Girish

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8mo

Hi Morgan, Words are not enough to thank you for this course. I have watched lessons till intermediate portrait section and then decided to begin the assignment. The amount of knowledge you have shared here surpasses any other course online. And yet there is so much more to learn. I'll wait for your advance courses. Meanwhile, this is my submission for 1st assignment.

Morgan Weistling

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8mo

you took this further than needed but it's a good drawing for placement. Good job!

Ana Aguilar

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8mo

Hi Morgan, here is my grid drawing finished.

Morgan Weistling

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8mo

Ready to go. Looks good

Niklas Nilsson

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8mo

Learned a lesson the hard way. After completing the grid drawing the first time, something felt wrong. But no the lines match the grid. Trust the grid. Until I realised that my canvas did not have the same proportions as the reference. 41x33 cm instead of 12x16” re did it and it was much easier. Attaching failed attemp here also. 😅

Rachel Dawn Owens

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8mo

Thanks for sharing! This is a helpful lesson to learn for sure

Edward Taylor

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8mo

Hi Morgan, Heres my preliminary drawing for Grid drawing section. Loving the course so far!

@rachaelcawley

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8mo

First time using the grid method and it's awesome! so excited to see how it looks with paint.

@keiimotoleyendoshi

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8mo

Please pardon the lateness. Freehand.

Morgan Weistling

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8mo

solid. I like it.

Salem M

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9mo

This was my first time trying the grid method. I used 2" squares.

Shawn Laughlin

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9mo

This is digital. I'm going to try to do the entire course digitally and pick up what I can out of it. I did this with a grid and drew a lot of it upside down. I then put the reference over it, and turned it on and off to show where the glaring errors were.

Morgan Weistling

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9mo

try and think more about he two families of shadow and light and how you can keep each family separate but tight nit within each group. You should be able to see it very clearly in your drawing in a small thumbnail image. It shouldn't look all disjointed.