Project - Simplify from Observation

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Project - Simplify from Observation

Lesson by

Stan Prokopenko

in Drawing Basics

36K

Course In Progress

Assignments 6.3KLesson NotesDownloads 9

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, 2023, so I can begin filming and producing the critique video.

Sajal Khare

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My attempt at the level 1 assignment

Sajal Khare

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My attempt at level 2 please critique it :)

Abitha J

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Here is My Level 2 project

Sajal Khare

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Awesome

Nedir life

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@dctanugi

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Petra-Kate Huff

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I used the pear download 1 photo reference. I struggle with shapes a lot.

Sajal Khare

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Hey this isn't really a critique but smoothe out your darks they create unnecessary noise which will can be a bad habit he tough one to break

Thiago Debia

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My first attempt, trying to understand better how to do the shapes

Petra-Kate Huff

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Great job.

Abitha J

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My first attempt

Aubrey Hannah

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Looks great for a first try!

@harumih

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I think I did pretty well for a first timer. This is my first try drawing the pear, with some of the steps included. Any feedback is appreciated!

Petra-Kate Huff

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So cool that you included step by step photos. I didn’t think to do that.

@pierreyves

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Here my second try of a pear after listening some correction. I have some trouble to draw the different facets of the pear with different inclination lines

Petra-Kate Huff

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I think this is great. I think the only thing I would suggest is whether you could add more shadow along the side. There were 3 download photos of the pear. Maybe keep practicing with the other two so you don’t get bored. Great progress.

robby guida

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Third pear image.

HM L

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There are my three pears before demo. I don't like the fist one so I redrew it.

Sajal Khare

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You are definitely not a beginner

Joshua Flores

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level 1 pear 1 the actual draw wasn’t horrible but this is my first time actually trying to shade, didn’t know it was gonna be that difficult xD. had fun doing it though!

Melanie Scearce

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I agree, the overall shape of your pear looks great. You have a good eye for proportions. Something you can improve on is designing your value shapes to follow the form of the pear. I put together this tip sheet using a screenshot from the video of the pear that has been simplified to planes -- I really like this image because I think it expresses the core idea of the project well. Think of a wireframe covering the pear. Each "plane" that makes up the wireframe will be facing towards or away from the light source at varying degrees which will determine how much light it receives. The planes that are more directly facing the light source will be lighter in value, and the planes facing away from the light source will be darker in value. It's like putting together a puzzle using these geometric pieces -- using 5 values, how will you build this pear to best express those value changes? Something else that helps organize your values is to start by making a clear separation between the light and dark value areas. A common way to do so is to divide your 5 values as 2 dark values and 3 light values. Keep the majority of your dark values on the dark side and light values on the light side and that will give your drawing clarity of form. Hope this helps :)