Now OPEN!!! Open Figure Drawing Workshop with Hong Ly and Rebecca Kimmel 003

oof, well that just prooved to me how badly i need to be joining in! ah well, more hours are needed in the day. thanks for setting this up!

an hour or so of painter

here is a drawing made in photoshop with intuos drawing pad- about 30 mins to an hour to complete-
hope you like it!
please, take the time to click on the thumbnail to view the image in full size


oh yes, and if anyone knows how to post an image so that is not a thumbnail i would apritiate if he could pm me or something

just a quick comment to mdme_sadie
i find it best to draw rather then paint when i have a short time frame for a figure image- and concentrate on just one part of the figure- like the thorso. This gives you time to explore and understand the subject much better then when painting. Beside this the use of colour allso is a huge task which would call for more hours devoted to the image-
This offcourse is valid only if you are studying the human form- if its an art piece then anything goes!

hey rebecca
started on it, will post here when i finish .. just wanted to say i realy like where this thing is going

i'd like to state i can clearly see all the scale and proportional problems, i want to say before you start pointing all the bad things that this is my first full body sketch, up until now all i did was head profiles, fronts, 3/4 but mostly profiles of my class mates. i have never taken an art class in my life. i started sketching on my own this year after doing 3d models.
i am how ever interested in shading advice, strokes, mass, volume
thanks in advance to rebecca and everyone else who comments on this.

p.s it took about 1 hour (i was watching some tv). its night and i snapshot this picture using my digital cam so thats why it looks so horribly yellow

pencil on sketchbook

find some bugs when i finished this sketch, next one will be better...

Wow, already some really nice posts!!!

mdme_sadie,

Great to see you here! Thank you for posting!

I like the blocky stroke approach, and the fact that the bkgrd is filled in with a darker tone. I would caution you not too go too light on the figure too soon, as you will run out of a proper range of values. You will be surprised at how dark even light skin can be in midtone and shadow areas ~ to see this, desaturate a copy of the reference photo (Ctrl + Shift + U in Photoshop) and you will see what I mean.

Keep going with this, I look forward to seeing your update!

veljko-lemonade,

Welcome to the Forum as well! Wow, this was done in Photoshop? You have achieved a lovely pencil or pen ~ quality sketch, and I think your style is lovely! Will you be working on the face / arm? I really would love to see where this goes! Please post updates!

warpyy,

Look forward to seeing your work!

zhuzhu,

Great to have you here! I really like the torso and arms, even if they are too skinny / narrow ~ but you really show good use of Opposing Curves here, which is great! Look forward to your update!

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Cheers!

~Rebeccak

omg, my work pales in comparison to that beautiful sketch.
maybe i should try to copy it ?

@zhuzhu what kind of pencil are you using and what kind of papers?

wow a 003 workshop plus new cgtalk challenge. I will be busy for a while.

warpyy,

This sketch is not bad at all, in fact ~ I think it shows a lot of potential!!! You really have the torso done very nicely, and have definitely exhibited an understanding of Opposing Curves. While the legs are small, the torso is nicely proportioned, and the arms are an easy fix. When I get the chance I will do a drawover for you. Good work so far, and kudos for braving comparison to the zhuzhu ~ he is indeed very talented, but it is always good to have people with experience around to learn from.

One exercise which I always recommend to beginners at figure drawing is to trace the photograph ~ either traditionally or digitally ~ a few times to get the feel of proportions. Once that is done, then do another freehand sketch, and notice if you see a big improvement.

Good work so far, and if you feel like doing another drawing and posting it, please feel free to do so!

Cheers!

~Rebeccak

thanks, i cant remember taking notice of opposing curves, it might have been a happy accident. i do remember opposing curves in your first anatomy study. i will try to work on them from now on.

i tried tracing something a while ago. it was my first and last, i dont realy like tracing it feels like cheating. i enjoy so much freehand sketching and i dont feel like tracing. i also remember that the author of "drawing on the right side of your brain" said that tracing is a first stage but afterwards you should stop it and continue.. that is also one of the reason i feel like its going back.

never the less thanks for all the advice, its much appreciated.

here is the update of my work-
i think i will stop here with this one
what do you guys thing?
i started working on the face but somehow it just killed the composition and the image..too many small details in the face that break up the form and this effects the entire image imho
still im opened to suggestions


p.s. thx a bunch rebeccak for explaing how to post the image which is not displayed as a thumbnail!

Can you tell I haven't drawn in a week? lol... (- As usual my "roughing out" of the image first, resulted in it spilling over the boundary of the paper... #*%$!!? )



ZhuZhu's work stuns me into silence as usual...

Looking forward to some amazing work from everyone


MIKE