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A continuation of the first observational portrait drawing demonstration.
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Part two of the observational drawing section of the first oil demo. Again, follow along with me here.
This might not be an exciting lesson to watch, but it will show a less rigid way of drawing relative to the grid method.
I did various practices of Glen Orbik and Fred Fixler using squinting and measuring.
I started with ball-parking a generalised lay-in before squinting down on dark and light shapes, measuring them as I placed them.
For most of them I found it hard to respect overall height and width.
1st issue
Measuring units from way too many landmarks/features resulted in not getting a full big picture and major proportions were still off like the overall height and width.
2nd issue
Using plumb lines alone resulted in proportional errors done from eyeballing relationships.
The overall height and width + their respective Center points are off in this instance
Currently trying:
Only using 1 longer established landmark at the start as a measuring unit as a 'point of truth' to compare everything to it.
To play it safe, I will usually use the landmark/feature aligning closest to the halfway points of the overall height and width of the subject
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1mo
Your values are looking good, but your proportions are off. You have a tendency to lengthen. The face is too much. You can combat that by working the smaller shapes more carefully and accurately to get to your larger shapes. Don’t just eyeball large distances. Use smaller shapes to really make sure those longer distances are accurate.
Tried to follow your lead for the drawing, went a little too heavy with the wash : )
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8mo
I like your stylization
Hi, I don't know why it's uploading three times. When I try to delete the extras, it deletes all of them. Sorry about that.
Oh man...this is much harder without the grid lines. Not really 100% happy with the way it turned out. I feel as if the face could have been a little wider to the right to make room for larger eyes and maybe a little longer nose. Something about the jaw line also looks bubbly to me. Not really sure. I keep thinking in my head "beautiful shapes beautiful shapes" and I end up doing the complete opposite lol
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11mo
You don’t have to abandon the grid just yet. You can expand it to be less divide as you get stronger with your observation skills.
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11mo
I can tell you have a naturalness with making nice looking shapes. This is going to be really a nice painting.
I draw much better freehand. I found myself struggling to find a likeness through grids and rigorous measuring and I ended up overworking the sketch. I practice a lot of loose quick sketches with moving models for my line-of-work. It was a good exercise, but I prefer the more intuitive approach.
Next time I will start with a lighter background to provide more contrast.
Looking at this thumbnail version my grid looks off by a little and that middle third is taller than it should be. That measure twice principle probably would have helped.
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1yr
you are doing good. be deliberate with every area and compare to make sure you are being accurate. You have it down pretty good. watch the drawing of his right eye. get those little light shapes as correct as you can with constant rapid eye movement back and forth.
Starting at 8:35 there's some strange audio stuff happening.
Drawing to be painted using the grid method and vine charcoal and kneadable eraser. Any feedback is welcome, Thanks
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1yr
because you followed the grid your drawing is very accurate. I hope you found that to be helpful in placing your head. Now keep that kind of objective abstract type of thinking as you move into paint.
