Tina M
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Identifying the values and the planes are a skill I need to work on. Not gonna lie, before this class I didn't look at everything around me and ask myself, "Is that a shadow or a dark half tone?"
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This lesson was extremely useful. Here is my attempts. Comments, critiques appreciated. I had difficulty identifying and executing the mid tones and light shadows, a skill I need to practice. I attempted level 2.
Tina M
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I went through Stan's demos and revisited the pear and the portrait with markers. The pear went swimmingly and I lost it on the portrait.
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It’s quite disheartening seeing everyone else’s incredible work, but I suppose we have to start somewhere. I struggle a bit to see different shades of shadow.
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I struggle seeing the different shades of shadow as well. You are not along. I also think you have got the idea. Morelock has great suggestions I'm going to try. :)
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The advice to draw before learning to draw kills me! It seems so backwards! I mean as a kid I didn't mind drawing terrible drawings but I didn't know they were terrible then!
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Hey Dana. I get your frustration. I think there are different states of drawing; Drawing for fun when there's no pressure. Drawing to learn, doing practice exercises and when you take time to make mental and notes on paper about how you are progressing or how your time was spent. Drawing a final piece, the stuff we sweat because it's going to be on display. You'll do great.
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I have a question about the Bristol paper. The one linked and shown in the video has a "Bristol vellum surface", however the Newsprint was supposed to be smooth. Should we also go with smooth Bristol or is vellum actually the preferred surface type for Bristol paper?
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Hi Eugen, fellow student here. I'm not sure I follow but I'll tell you what I know. Bristol board/paper comes in two textures, smooth and vellum. The vellum is a little more textured for charcoal use and stuff like that. Newspaper is different, at least I don't know of a Bristol newspaper, and it also has different textures. The company Stathmore make both Bristol and Newsprint pads. I hope this helps.
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im a supplies hoarder also but I cant find enough time to draw. Well,not as much time as I want anyway. I keep meaning to learn digital but I love the feel of traditional media so the motivation to learn is a bit lacking. Playing around with markers and color pencils.
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