Sketchbook: Carl00

[Carl00]

This is an improvement but there are still plenty of mistakes nonetheless, especially the nose-mouth area. I'm not too practiced in capturing structure so some advice from those who know would be nice. ;)

http://j.imagehost.org/0149/no2rs.jpg (http://j.imagehost.org/view/0908/picresized_1270389309_b01548b3a82be275edf7850884e78dc9)

[Carl00]

Final one for today. I think the angle was a better one to draw from, there's still a lot of improvement to be made but I'm pleased with it. meh.

http://j.imagehost.org/0029/no3rs.jpg (http://j.imagehost.org/view/0726/picresized_1270407724_fd4a63843b7d841a2d04ec82c21afabb)

[Tasp]

Hi there Carl00, I like your shading style, it looks nice and classical. Sadly I don't have any critiques for you, I feel that I'm still a little too new at figure drawing to give you any useful advice other than this-

Keep Drawing!

Looking forward to seeing more

[Carl00]

Thanks for the comment Tasp.

This one has took about 2 hours. I think I'm spending too much time on trying to replicate the image rather than actually capturing the form of the sculptures. I'm going to focus on just the lines in the next one and see how that goes.

http://j.imagehost.org/0583/no4rs.jpg (http://j.imagehost.org/view/0159/picresized_1270469648_0b978cf46a3d69cfb7239d1e039a84ea)

[Carl00]

ok, I got this one down to 45 minutes which is an improvement but it's still a bit too messy I guess - I'm not sure but in terms of technique I'm still not satisfied.

http://j.imagehost.org/0675/no5rs.jpg (http://j.imagehost.org/view/0400/picresized_1270476043_03d8ae47601642b21440965d5e404b11)

[mister3d]

If your head is tilted, the eues line will be tilted accordingly. Now it's a bit off, check it. Good works.

[Carl00]

Yeh, I see what you're talking about. Thanks for pointing it out.

[Carl00]

My drawings are having the tendency to be more like reproducions rather than studies. :curious:

A new approach is needed.

http://j.imagehost.org/0917/no6rs.jpg (http://j.imagehost.org/view/0053/picresized_1270501897_590bf2a73949bd669a2e07c0e7de59bc)

[Tasp]

Hi again Carl00, I've got a few questions. What's your artistic background? Also what's your process for these drawings? Are you using any blocking lines or doing a sort of gestural sketch before moving onto the details?

Disclaimer- I'm an amateur, take this advice at your own risk :D (although most of this is advice that other people have given to me)

In my opinion your drawings show that you have a good grasp of shading and seeing tone changes and such. But if you think you need a new approach I will help you if I can. By that I mean I'll share with you what I've been doing and what I think works. I would suggest that you pick up some anatomy books, if you don't have any already, and start familiarizing yourself with the anatomy that's under the skin. Bone structure, muscles and all that. I've got Anatomy for the Artist by Jeno Barcsay, Figure Drawing for All It's Worth by Andrew Loomis, The Vilppu Drawing Manual by Glenn Vilppu and Dynamic Figure Drawing by Burne Hogarth. All of these are great and have been a huge help to me (and all except for one were recommended to me by some of the amazing artists on this forum).

Also try to do a quick sketch of the entire piece before getting down to details. I try to do them in under 5 minutes. Use that time to also lay in blocking lines using what you know about proportions of the face to mark out where the eyes nose ears and neck go. By keeping the initial sketch quick you can start to see what might be wrong before you've spent a lot of time on a piece. If something looks off it's not a problem to erase and try to fix it since you haven't already spent a lot of time doing detail work. You may be doing this already, I can't really tell from the sketches you've put up. But for me this really helps. I used to start with the eyes of a face and move from there, but my drawings would turn out looking skewed and messed up. Now I always do a quick sketch and review where I've placed everything before moving on. Sometimes it takes me a few tries to get it right, but those extra minutes in the beginning pay off when you are going to invest a lot of time in the details. While my drawings are far from perfect I do feel like this process has helped me get better results. Also try to have fun with it and don't be too hard on yourself it's going to be a loooong process if you want to become awesome so be willing to take your time.

I hope some of this helps.

[Carl00]

Hey Tasp,

I've drawn a lot in the past but I've never really devoted any time to figure drawing, a couple of life drawing classes a few years ago and that's it but I'll be signing up for a few life-drawing classes next week. I can't wait, I expect them to be a huge boost. My general approach when drawing is to make a rough outline of the image with a light pencil and to then gradually work back into it building up the tones and the details.

I recently bought a book on Bernini which is just cover to cover with images of his sculptures thinking that this would work for anatomy study but I think I'll take you up on your recommendation and get myself a good anatomy book to study bone and muscle structure. I'm also going to take a break from the head studies and work on the body, as you said in your own thread, the face can be a distraction. But, I'm certainly enjoying getting back into drawing again. I just prefer to see rapid development.

[Carl00]

The skulls were an exercise in drawing from an actual model. I've found it more beneficial than the drawing from books I've been doing over the last few days and once my skeleton friend moves in at weekend I'll practice some more. :)

http://i.imagehost.org/0121/no7rs.jpg (http://i.imagehost.org/view/0121/no7rs)

[Carl00]

This is just a colour piece I did for fun but I find water-colour pencils awkward to use, I need something a bit more consistent to use, maybe some paint or pastels next time. Although I'm not too sure what benefit these colour and material exercises are in developing my understanding of anatomy. :rolleyes:

http://i.imagehost.org/0601/no8rs.jpg (http://i.imagehost.org/view/0601/no8rs)

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