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Painting Without a Brain: Ever feel like learning to paint or draw is too complicated? This course is designed to change that by breaking down the process.
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A demonstration of how to use a grid to draw from reference.
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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.
Fyi, there aren't any grid lines on my sketch b/c I'm working in Procreate and using its built-in grid.
Hi @Morgan Weistling!
I'm so excited to be taking this course. I've had a few beginner painting courses recently in acrylic, watercolor, and oil. Oil painting was what intrigued me the most of those 3 mediums. I settled on your course as I appreciate the "Painting without a Brain" method. Just am easy to follow along course that will get me established with some fundamental painting knowledge.
Here's my attempt at using the grid method. I must admit I am definitely one of those "grids are cheating and no REAL artist uses them" camp, however after putting my ego aside and giving it a try I was pleasantly surprised that after the tedious grid setup my initial lay-in was completed in record time.
I'm looking forward to what I can pull out of this course and to see my improvement.
Cheers!
The printer I used made this image so dark it was hard to see any details.
My image wasn’t matching up with what was on the instructional example.
I think the printer I used cropped the image a bit.
Things got weird.
I don’t know if I should start over or not. When I finished I nearly got the gray acrylic to paint over and just try again tomorrow.
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Any advice would be appreciated.
Hopefully if I do need to restart and get the image fixed before proceeding to the next lesson….. one of y’all lovely individuals could let me know.
♥️ Happy Valentines ♥️
Looks quite solid already. The distance from the lower lips to the bottom of the chin has become too large; push the chin up a little and lower lip down a little. As he is squinting his eyes, the eye white should be smaller. Note that the end of the mouth go down a bit and then curl up again. The position where the glabella meets the nose can be slightly lower. And the nasal bone just below the glabella can be a little thicker. Good luck and have fun!
It was challenging to completely capture the accuracy of shapes in each grid so I tried to keep in mind comparing the negative shapes to vertical + horizontal edges and noting both positive and negative shapes being formed
Hi Morgan, great course....thank you very much. I would appreciate your feedback regarding my charcoal sketch.....thanks in advance!
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6mo
Great , ready for paint.
There is a distortion in the vertical that I am not sure whether it is my sketching at fault or if I have made a mistake in the proportions in the setting up of the grid.
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6mo
take your time on this and work hard to get the smaller shapes accurate. I like how you blocked in the hair
Any feedback appreciated. I’ve never really drawn a face before… I love to paint but hate to draw so this is a new adventure for me.
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6mo
Then this is really amazing! Never forget this lesson of the grid. Get even more specific using careful observation. Don't draw it if you don't see it.
I usually draw in graphite, and so charcoal isn't my favorite. I can see plenty of structural issues like the top lip is too tall and fat and the eyelids should be heavier, but I'm betting I can correct a lot of this when painting. It's a start
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6mo
yes, it;s a good start. Just keep up the observatations and measurements with paint now.
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.
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6mo
This will work if you get much more specific with your drawing your darks with a brush small enough to be specific with those crucial areas. This drawing just is the beginning of the drawing that needs to take place now with your brush.
an old messed up panel. I didn't have charcoal, but will get some. Until then, I drew with pencil
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7mo
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.
So much to learn but I can’t believe my first attempt at drawing this wasn’t a disaster.
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7mo
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.
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7mo
This is a great start!
Really enjoyed getting the sketch going, the grid was super helpful.
Looking forward to next steps.
Eric
