Use the reference photos in the downloads tab or go find your own reference and start drawing! Remember, this project is all about simplifying to clarify.
Make sure to keep these 3 things in mind:
Shapes - Draw your shapes with straight lines Values - Use only 5 values. 2 in the shadow and 3 in the lights Edges - Make every single edge sharp!
I'll publish my drawing demos of both levels next Tuesday so you can watch me go through the problem solving process. For a chance to be included in the critique videos, you must submit your drawing to the community by January 26th, so I can begin filming and producing the critique video.
Hi,
Complete beginner here. I just started the Drawing Basics course and instead of the pear, I chose to draw guava that I had in the fridge :-)
It is far from being a piece of art but hey…. Everyone needs to begin somewhere, right?
All comments, advices are welcome.
Have a nice day!
Nice one! For points of improvement I think you can maybe define each plane more, I mean each shadow plane within each segment of the pear. Right now each segment is clearly defined but the shadow planes within them are blurred. Also I think it would help to use more straight lines :)
Wow. I feel like I'm looking at progression drawings.(I'm a newbie sorry if some of my terminology is off) Did you do all of these during the same day? Pear 1 - You did a good job capturing the shape of the pear but it doesn't look three dimensional. I think its because of the shading. The shading did not gradually bleed into light to dark. You capture the shading better in the last two drawings pear 2 and pear 3. I also liked how your pair is off centered. It makes the composition of the drawing more interesting. Good luck on your art journey.
Hey everyone! Here are my submissions for the simplification course. I can definitely improve on the quality and even application of my values and do a better job not creating extra values. My proportions from my lay in are also something that need work too but I would love to hear from anyone and receive some critiques, Thank you!
This was my first Proko project! I have never drawn anything with strictly straight lines and hard edges, it was really fun and made me think of the subject in a totally different way.. anyways ~ if anyone happens to see this post it would mean so much to receive some critique! Also, I would love to create some community and keep an eye on each others work, too!
(this was done before watching Stan's demo)
Consider simplifying the front edge of that core shadow, making the larger 'bay' of grey into a lake of grey, rather. I can see an edge to in the reference just in front of it. The urge to push details for 'realism' is real, believe me but here, try to simplify the shapes.
this is really good! you seem to have a good understanding of planes, values and shapes of them. The thing I notice that could use some tweaking is the shadow could be in perspective more. rotated -45 degrees perhaps? notice the negative space.. examine the top left point of the pear (reference photo) and visualize a line from that point to the top of the shadow. in the reference that almost looks like a 90 degree angle, while in your study it seems a 45 degree. All that being said i think you're well on your way :)
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Use the reference photos in the downloads tab or go find your own reference and start drawing! Remember, this project is all about simplifying to clarify.
Make sure to keep these 3 things in mind:
Shapes - Draw your shapes with straight lines
Values - Use only 5 values. 2 in the shadow and 3 in the lights
Edges - Make every single edge sharp!
I'll publish my drawing demos of both levels next Tuesday so you can watch me go through the problem solving process. For a chance to be included in the critique videos, you must submit your drawing to the community by January 26th, so I can begin filming and producing the critique video.