David Stein Ferguson's Life Drawing Work

[anandpg]

Hi David!! Welcome to the club!...great start!:thumbsup: Eager to see more of your work! You might want to try imageshack.us ..they don't have much of a problem with nudes.

[selphoo]

yep!- that's a good start and i can say the same as anandpg - try http://imageshack.us ;)

waiting for more - cheers!

[FreeWingStudios]

Thank you both for the kind words and the helpful information. I will get over to imageshack.us and get started.

- David

[NR43]

You might also consider getting a hosting package somewhere. Generally, those servers will load the images in your visitor's browser faster and you won't be bothered with popups/adds at a pretty low anual cost (I pay 15€ per year or so for 100MB)

[sycen]

Wow! Great pastel work.

[yuriythebest]

looking good, welcome!

[FreeWingStudios]

Thanks for all the nice comments and helpful advice everyone. Here is another portrait from life drawing. This one was a 30 minute pose done in charcoal.

Have a good one,

David Stein Ferguson
Free Wing Studios
http://freewingstudios.blogspot.com/

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t134/FreeWingStudios/DSFLifeDrawing-02_blog.jpg

[FreeWingStudios]

Hello everyone,

Here is todays post. Another 30 minute charcoal portrait from life drawing.

have a nice day,

David Stein Ferguson
Free Wing Studios
http://freewingstudios.blogspot.com/

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t134/FreeWingStudios/Charcoal-Portrait-2.jpg

[FreeWingStudios]

Hello again,

Here is todays post. This one is a speed paint of a character from one of my D&D campaigns, he is a mad druid. It was painted directly in Painter 9.5 with my Intuis 3. No references.

Have a nice day,
David Stein Ferguson
Free Wing Studios
http://freewingstudios.blogspot.com/

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t134/FreeWingStudios/08-21-Fin-copy.jpg

[FreeWingStudios]

Hello,

Here is todays post. It is another 30 minute life drawing done in charcoal.

Have a nice day,
David Stein Ferguson
Free Wing Studios
http://freewingstudios.blogspot.com/

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t134/FreeWingStudios/Charcoal-Portrait-3.jpg

[Rebeccak]

That last one has a nice sense of structure and tonality. :)

[FreeWingStudios]

Thank you Rebecca. :)

- David

[NR43]

Hi
I posted a reply on your speed painting a few posts back but then I got the "server too busy" page and I didn't have the chance to re-post it before today so here goes the shorter version :)

I think the hair needs more highlights and more shadows
The forehead could use more highlights as well.
For painting hair, I strongly recommend experimenting with custom brushes.
There is a thread in the tutorials section by Cris Palomino (who is still being missed at the forums :shrug: ) in which she explains how to create your own custom brushes in Painter.

Great to see another Painter user on the forums btw :)

[FreeWingStudios]

Hello,

Thank you for the helpful tips Johan, I will check out the tutorials you suggested and will post more painter images here soon.

For now, here is todays post. It is another 30 minute charcoal portrait done in life drawing.

Have a nice day,

David Stein Ferguson
Free Wing Studios
http://freewingstudios.blogspot.com/

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t134/FreeWingStudios/Charcoal_Portrait_4_blog.jpg

[FreeWingStudios]

Hello,

Here is another 30 minute charcoal portrait done in life drawing. I did life drawing yesterday and I will be heading off to do another 3 hour life drawing session at A.V.A.A. http://www.avaaonline.org/programs.html tonight, so I am sure I will be back to post again soon.

Life is short so have some fun,

David Stein Ferguson
Free Wing Studios
http://freewingstudios.blogspot.com/

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t134/FreeWingStudios/CharcoalPortrait5.jpg

[FreeWingStudios]

My father was a working class hero and a private contractor who did all the hardest jobs. He taught me the meaning of hard work by having me work with him painting houses and fixing roofs through the hot summers of my youth in San Antonio Texas. One day he got bit on the ankle by a brown recluse spider. The wound never healed and became infected with M.R.S.A. through the hospitals. After seven years of battling a terrible infection that ate his leg up to his knee, he began to have horrifying hallucinations and was hospitalized with a severe case of sepsis. After two weeks he was released from the hospital and the Doctors all said he was fine. Three days later he was was found dead at the age of 56. The next day I got a call from the sheriff informing me of my fathers untimely demise. Later that night I painted this image. I was in shock and did not shed a tear until I got about half way through it, and then the tears began to flow freely down my face. Rest in peace Gene Raymond Ferguson.

in loving memory,
David Stein Ferguson

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t134/FreeWingStudios/EternalSleep.jpg

[Rebeccak]

How terrible - I'm really sorry.

[selphoo]

:surprised.........:sad:.......

Please accept my sincere condolences... Take care.

[NR43]

wishing you strength to get through these hard times...

[FreeWingStudios]

Thank you all for you're kind words of condolence.

-David

[anandpg]

Hey David.. Condolences, man.. Please know that we all share in your grief.. and tears..

:hugs:

[FreeWingStudios]

Hello,

Here is a 15 minute speed painting from our short pose life drawing sessions at the Austin Visual Arts Association. I did this one in Painter with my Wacom and laptop. I will try to post more soon.

Have fun out there,

David Stein Ferguson
Free Wing Studios
http://freewingstudios.blogspot.com/

Come draw with us at A.V.A.A. - http://www.avaaonline.org/programs.html

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/6089/dsflifedrawing003oi9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[FreeWingStudios]

Hello,

It has been a while since my last post. I have been swamped working 12 plus hours a day on a massive web design project. I have however continued to put in 6 to 9 hours a week in life drawing and I have finally found some time to begin posting some work in my sketchbook again so here goes. Here are a few digital life drawings done in Painter. They are all speed paints done in the short pose life drawing program that I coordinate at the A.V.A.A. If you are in Austin, come draw with us Sundays and Mondays at the Austin Visual Arts Association.

"You are where your intention takes you"- Deepack Chopra

Have a great day,

David Stein Ferguson
Free Wing Studios
http://freewingstudios.blogspot.com/

Come draw with us at A.V.A.A. avaaonline.org/programs.html

http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/214/616081mnpostcrh8.jpg (http://imageshack.us) http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/2539/616081mnpostbtn1.jpg (http://imageshack.us) http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/2129/616081mnpostdrv7.jpg (http://imageshack.us) http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8428/616085mnblogik0.jpg (http://imageshack.us) http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/4377/616085mnbblogdf4.jpg (http://imageshack.us) http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4931/6168710mnablogbs9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[NR43]

Great work!

Perhaps you could change your brush setting to have it's size vary according to the pressure you use? This way you can add volume to the forms by varying the lineweight. Your lines are too thick and equal in thickness, which flatten your figures.
Also, try to widen the range of values used. Lighter highlights and darker shadows will add a lot of volume.

Hope this helps!

[FreeWingStudios]

Thank you for your critique Humble Dwarf, it is greatly appreciated.

- David Stein Ferguson

[FreeWingStudios]

Hello,

Here are a few more 30 minute charcoal portraits that I did in life drawing. I love the challenge presented by the endless variety of the human face and so I do a lot of these. I will post more soon.

" Undoubtedly, we become what we envision." - Claude M. Bristol

Have a great day,

David Stein Ferguson
Free Wing Studios
http://freewingstudios.blogspot.com/

Come draw with us at A.V.A.A. avaaonline.org/programs.html

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t134/FreeWingStudios/Charcoal-Portrait-14-1.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t134/FreeWingStudios/Charcoal-Portrait-12-web.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t134/FreeWingStudios/Charcoal-Portrait-10-web.jpg

[sycen]

Great one! :thumbsup:
I wish I could go there and join your life drawing.

[FreeWingStudios]

Thanks Sycen. If you ever find yourself in Austin Texas, you will be welcome at the A.V.A.A.

- David

[FreeWingStudios]

I do 4 to 6 of these 30 minute speed portraits in life drawing sessions every week. Here is another one picked randomly from the pile.

Have a great day,

David Stein Ferguson
Free Wing Studios
]http://freewingstudios.blogspot.com/[/url]

Come draw with us at A.V.A.A. avaaonline.org/programs.html

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t134/FreeWingStudios/PORTRIAT-10.jpg

[anandpg]

Hey David! Cool portraits! :thumbsup: the 3rd one on post #27 is my favorite.

[FreeWingStudios]

Thank You for the compliment Anand.

Here is another 30 minute pose from life drawing, this time in pastel.

David Stein Ferguson
Free Wing Studios
freewingstudios.blogspot.com

Come draw with us at A.V.A.A. avaaonline.org/programs.html

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t134/FreeWingStudios/PastelPortraitPost002-webco.jpg

[FreeWingStudios]

Hello,

Here is another digital life drawing. This one is a 30 minute pose created in Painter.

David Stein Ferguson
Free Wing Studios
http://freewingstudios.blogspot.com/

Come draw with us at A.V.A.A. avaaonline.org/programs.html

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/3924/08022fincopy2gg4.jpg (http://img165.imageshack.us/my.php?image=08022fincopy2gg4.jpg)

[FreeWingStudios]

This charcoal portrait was created from my imagination, no model or reference.

David Stein Ferguson
Free Wing Studios
http://freewingstudios.blogspot.com/

Come draw with us at A.V.A.A. avaaonline.org/programs.html

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t134/FreeWingStudios/charcoal-portriat001-blog.jpg

[FreeWingStudios]

Hello,

Here is some more digital life drawing.

David Stein Ferguson
Free Wing Studios
http://freewingstudios.blogspot.com/

Come draw with us at A.V.A.A. avaaonline.org/programs.html

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/1151/08009vam1.jpg

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/9563/08003fincopykn6.jpg

[FreeWingStudios]

Hello,

Here is some more digital life drawing.

David Stein Ferguson
Free Wing Studios
freewingstudios.blogspot.com

Come draw with us at A.V.A.A. avaaonline.org/programs.html

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1870/fld001qq5.jpg http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6742/fld002xo2.jpg http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/9783/fld003eg2.jpg http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/228/fld004dq2.jpg http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/9639/fld005wj4.jpg http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4065/fld009yp1.jpg http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/3915/fld011ck4.jpg http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6562/fld010oq2.jpg

[FreeWingStudios]

Hello,

Here are a few more 30 minute charcoal portraits done in life drawing.

" Talent is the ability to do hard work in a consistently constructive direction over a long period of time." - James Whistler

Have a great day,

David Stein Ferguson
Free Wing Studios
http://freewingstudios.blogspot.com/

Come draw with us at A.V.A.A. avaaonline.org/programs.html

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t134/FreeWingStudios/PORTRIAT-108317-copy.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t134/FreeWingStudios/Charcoal-Portrait-9-web-cop.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t134/FreeWingStudios/Charcoal-Portrait-7-web-1.jpg

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