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I love the line work by Bernie Wrigntson, the way he varies between hatching that follow the form and hatching that follows the rhythm/gesture. How he uses thin lines in the light and indicate texture, and in the shadows he uses think lines/shapes in a more abstract way.
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In this new project, you'll practice to improve your line quality by doing master studies!
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Pick a master drawing you find amazing and study it, focusing on the artist's use of lines. A big part of this project is about taking some time exploring different artists to figure out what you like.
Select artists you admire, do multiple small studies, and focus on studying the lines. Ignore any shading.
Don’t forget to share your drawings! Include the original master drawing and make sure to credit the artist.
Deadline for submissions to be included in the video critique is May 11th 2023.
Stopped on this lesson a couple months ago and am coming back because im going nowhere skill wise lol.
Got a little lazy on the lower half, the back sword not matching up to the hilt is by far the stupidest mistake I made in this it hurts to look at now.
Tried to copy the line wait but my should movement just isnt there yet completely to make smooth lines.
The one on the left is the original by Peter Han, and mine is the study on the right.
I'm pretty sure he used a brush pen so I tried to keep that energy with my pencil lines, and also be accurate.
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20h
This looks great. You did a nice job capturing the feeling of the brush with a pencil.
Here are my master studies and I borrowed some references from y’all please dont blame me
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2d
these are really good! Nice work, Dawid!
This was fun and intimidating. The lines are really hard to get in one flow as demoed by Stan. Many shaky lines will prove that.
1. is a Sorie Kim drawing and 2 is my rendition of it.
3 is Eliza Ivanova and the 4th is my attempt.
Requesting critique and suggestions please. Would really help.
I chose to study Glen Keane and Feefal. I really enjoy looking at Keane's character sketches; there is so much implied energy and his "searching" lines become an integral part of the final sketch. I can imagine that his hand works using the same muscle memory that a guitarist may have.
Feefal's drawings and sketches are just so friggin' cute, even when the subject matter can be a little morbid. I especially like her mushroom/fungus series--she uses a variety of line weights and beautifully tapers the lines. I enjoyed trying to draw Verdigris Agaric because I got to practice drawing lines that tapered and varied in line weight, often within the same line.
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3d
Nice!
I did a master study of a drawing by Rembrandt and one by Dave Malan. Very different experiences, but fascinating. I wasn't exactly sure where to start with these. I was able to look and study them far easier then I could reproduce them myself. But I'm excited to do more in the future.
With pencil. Was breaking myself back in today as my wrist has been injured, preventing me from drawing.
Here I did some master studies in linework from Paru Itagaki and Tatsuki Fujimoto. This was fun!
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9d
Really well done. I love your Sargent.
Decided to study Paru Itagaki. Her style is very interesting. Noticed the line weight gets heavier on certain curves especially ones by or in shadows. Little details are very thin. Very dark lines under the hand to show shadow and the weight of the hand pressing the ground. Still have a lot to learn but I think im getting there.
Love whimsical and illustrative styles, so here’s my lineup.
-Carrie Liao (Disney)
-Hayao Miyazaki
-Jerome Queval
-Jeff Watts
Apologies from the truly heinous picture quality. This iPad should be framed in a museum.
Quick sketch inspired by yoshitaka amano. Trying to focus on sketching out lines with my shoulder.
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14d
Nice work! And yeah drawing with the shoulder is clutch. Also, don't be afraid to sketch in your lines more. It's easy when we look at finished work to be amazed by how clean it all looks, but a lot of time people are sketching their way to the final piece!
Keep at it!
For my Master Study I chose works by James Gurney and Iain McCaig.
I had a lot of fun with this one! I grew up with my Dinotopia book being one of my most prized possessions! Doing a study of he works seems such and obvious thing to do, I dont know why I havent sooner.
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17d
Such great artists to study!!
My master study was on a collection of drawings from Rembrandt. This was my first ever master study period ,and was actually pretty fun. My graphite pencil got a bit dull so trying to make some of the lines visual understandable became a bit tricky. One thing I observed through this master study, is how power simple lines can create visual form when bunched together, and how the appeal of texture becomes more apparent. Over all it was a great experience and I’m excited to spend the next few weeks continuing some focused master study’s!
Any feedback and or observation would be greatly appreciated.
Beginner here- so help/ suggestions appreciated. I looked at the work of illustrator Walter Molino- I simplified the image. Trying to use line weight to show the perspective. Not sure if I captured a closer image of the boy (or in my drawing a 30 yo in pjs) falling or if it looks like something from Gulliver's Travels. I could NOT figure out how to make the boy's hair spiky.
Albrecht Durer study of three hands. I don't know what I was thinking especially when I tried cross hatching with a pencil.
You are doing a good job here mimicking the line weight of the contours. I will say the cross-hatching does need some work, if you are not sure how to do cross-hatching from the reference I suggest looking up how to do cross-hatching and practice for 5-10 minutes before trying to mimic the master. You can see that in Durer's hands the hatching follows the form as if it wraps around it, but that's something you'll learn when you reach perspective. And there's hatching that overlaps another, and you hat to pay attention to the angle.
When you are doing this try to ask yourself: What was the artist intend with these line? Was he trying to emphasize form? Was he based it of the light and shadow? Or was it all random?
And keep in mind that when you get more experience under your belt, you can come back to these and notice something you haven't notice before.
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22d
beautiful!
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23d
Great study! Your line weights are really well observed and executed. Nice work!!
