Anatomy Thread of Rebecca Kimmel

#61

There is a Dreamy Quality to your work!The lines have a lot of life in them!

Cheers

#62

Thomasphoenix,

Thanks!! :)

2 Drawings from the [[b]15 Minute Sketchathon[/b]](http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=295498&page=1&pp=15)...actually, 30 minutes each (done tonight):

   [img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b380/rebeccak5/15%20min%20sketch/15-min_18.jpg[/img]


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#63

Very powerfull! I like the way you emphasize the underlying bone structure.

May I ask on what size newsprint you work? Maybe a silly question, but here in the Netherlands “newsprint” doesn’t come in small sizes. They are huge A1 or A2 sheets, and if you want them smaller, artshops have an industrial papercutter as a service.

Also the reference photo’s are excellent. It shows plenty of muscle without being over inflated like bodybuilders. Now if only ice speedskaters didn’t have to wear insulating bodysuits…:slight_smile:

#64

Margie,

Thanks!! I use 18" x 24" newsprint, like the kind pictured here:

http://www.dickblick.com/zz103/11/

I don’t care about the brand, I just look for the cheapest. I prefer smooth to rough, but I can’t seem to find it anymore (at least in the stores). I have a hard time fitting a full figure on even that size, though, as I like to draw large ~ it enables me to get detail, as that’s what I tend to focus on to a degree. I have a giant size newsprint pad, like the kind used for class demos, but it’s pretty unwieldy, so I stick with the 18" x 24" generally. It’s the kind I always used in school.

I typically use a sketch board:
http://www.dickblick.com/zz229/45/

on a lightweight easel similar to this one:
http://www.pearlpaint.com/shop_details~ocID~~parentID~9500~categoryID~9499~sku~864009.htm

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#65

Hi Rebbeca
These two latest drawings looks really great! Thats exactly kind of drawing what I should (and plan to) do more often … keep em coming :thumbsup:

  • Slux
#66

You’re disgusting… And I mean that in the best possible way :wink: Great drawings, and in only 15 minutes… scary… :smiley:

#67

@Slux,

Thanks!! It’s great practice for me…funny, I never time myself on master copies, so doing these drawings in that same style for me is pretty liberating…I like that I don’t have to labor forever over these, usually to the point of ruining them. :slight_smile: I’ve gotten wise to the fact that when I think I should stop on a drawing, I should actually stop. There’s a certain point, particularly in traditional drawings, where the media / relationships you’ve set up in your particular piece just can’t be pushed any further before becoming mush. I’ve learned to respect that line! :slight_smile:

@“Peter”, :scream:

30 minutes. :wink: Don’t give me more credit than I deserve. Plus, you know, that’s 30 minutes +
@@@ # of years spent practicing. :wink:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#68

Ok…I lied…I spent 15 more minutes on this one, bringing the total to 60 minutes. :slight_smile: From the “15 Minute Sketchathon”:

Images are after 15 minutes each:

[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b380/rebeccak5/15%20min%20sketch/15-min_21A.jpg[/img]

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Reference image:
http://www.queensoul.com/images/sketchathon/1125a.jpg
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#69

My Fave is the top one ! Lots of Torque there !
And the sensitive lines.
Its a complete drawing in itself!:thumbsup:

#70

Thomasphoenix,

Thanks!! :slight_smile: Heh, it’s funny, sometimes your first tries are your best ~ I tend to think of it as trusting your first instincts, even if it means closing your eyes to draw your impression of what you’ve seen. Scary, but sometimes this works! :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#71

My usual faves including the Great Masters like Michelangelo,Leonardo,and modern day Greats like Hogarth and Bridgman are their Fiery Sketches and not often the painstakingly detailed work(some detailed works have the same spontaneity too but that’s rare) check out “Arcane eye of Hogarth”, detailing has its uses, but usually unless its done spontaneously ,things can get a wee bit contrived and hard(stiff).My take is once the mind starts gettin too logical about it things get a bit stiff:),the logic is best left to subconscious.

#72

You know, I had Burne Hogarth as a teacher, and I had never heard of this book!

[The Arcane Eye of Hogarth](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1560970871/002-6733442-6091234?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance) ~ thanks! :thumbsup: I will definitely have to put that on my Christmas list and check it out. Hogarth was a great teacher who could bust out a drawing in an instant ~ I definitely like the combination of his and Bridgeman's work. Though I would not want to draw like Hogarth myself, I have learned just tons from him, and have done many copies of his work, which has helped me to improve tremendously. I agree with you, often my best sketches are the ones done in 5 minutes, when you truly must rely on instinct, reaction, and your subconscious thoughts about the pose. The [[b]15 Minute Sketchathon[/b]](http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=295498) (which I would love to see you participate in!) is great for just that reason ~ forces me to work fast / not labor over my drawings. :) Of course, I cheat, and go for multiple 15 minute sessions. :D (Of course, I note that when I do). ;)

Yep, my faves are Michelangelo, Pontormo, and Rubens. Painting~wise, I lean toward more expressionistic masters such as Lucian Freud and the somewhat hard to categorize Odd Nerdrum. Do you do any traditional or digital painting? I would love to see that work. Clearly you have a love for drawing ~ that’s fantastic to see! :slight_smile:

I also love the three Tiepolos ~ but not to copy. In terms of copying master works, I find Michelangelo and Rubens (for me) to be the best. Michelangelo is so clear, and a completely impossible act to follow, and Rubens, to me, makes Michelangelo more accessible.

Cheers, 

~Rebeccak
#73

Oh MY GOD!:bounce:

BURNE HOGARTH! THE BURNE HOGARTH!

You are one lucky Lady Rebecca!

I studied from Burne Hogarth for the best part of two years 12/7 , I mean All Hogarth and nuthin else!(about 12 yrs ago)You could say Hogarth was my Foundation in Drawing! I owe a TON to Him!And u know ppl used to make fun of me for studying frm him, but I used to tell them that he’s the most terrific teacher ever, He was able to teach a guy a few thousand miles away frm him with seven books!Better than any live teacher ever could!And believe me his words taught me thousand times more than his Drawings!literally Freed my mind!

What can I say!A great honour it is that im able to talk to someone who stood on the same ground as Hogarth and shared the same air!

Check out the reviews ive done fr his books on amazon.com!(Im very defensive about hogarth:))

I am good with light and shade and color but am not into traditional painting.To me the pencil and the paper are the begining and the end, the area where I really enjoy my work,and I dont have to think or stop,even to sharpen the pencil,I use mechanical pencils, tho I do paint digitally.
And My work is in CG Animation on both the tech and Art side.(Drawing is all im able to do after work)
Im waiting fr my wacom tablet to start off with the sketchathon!shuld be another three days or so.Or ill just sit in frnt of the monitor and burn paper!:slight_smile:

#74

LOL!!! :scream: I have never seen someone more excited with the exception of a kid on the occasion of his first Christmas! :scream:

I was really fortunate, I had one of his last (full) classes before he died. He had one more class after mine, during which I believe he died (in Paris, I believe). He was an incredible teacher with an enormous personality ~ you could ‘sense’ him coming down the hall, lol! :slight_smile:

I became overwhelmed with how much I was learning in school at one point, and took a trimester off to just copy from his books and try to absorb what I’d learned from him and from my other teachers. Hehe, I know that people criticize his work, but who the hell cares? The purpose is not to draw like him exactly, but no one has more of a systemmatic approach to the figure as he does. His books / and teaching have been invaluable to me. :slight_smile:

I think it’s cool that someone from halfway around the world has gained so much from his books ~ truly they’re a worldwide phenomenon! I was truly saddened by his death, he used to eat lunch with us (or rather, us with him) :slight_smile: and he used to tell us all how stupid we were and how little we knew about the world ~ it was a blast! :scream: We just liked being in his presence. :slight_smile:

At any rate, it’s cool to see someone so influenced by his work! I’m sure it would have made him smile. :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#75

Oh,I had nursed hopes of one day meeting him (Hogarth)in the U.S. but by the time I grew up he was gone:sad:.

And the other Teacher I regarded very very highly was Robert Beverly Hale.Boy was his writing inspirational or what, it still is :).

And the man whom I studied the Longest was Michelangelo,5 years almost.Was the toughest phase of learning bcuz its difficult to get a lot of Authentic stuff in books(drawings),and its a tuff task to study from Michelangelo as all who have tried will know, lot of work that appears in many reputed books under his name is not geniune!And I had to rely on a fictional biography to inspire me"Agony and the Ecstasy"!

Of course I have studied extensively the works of Leonardo,Rubens, Pontormo,Titian,Giovanni Battista Tiepolo,Annibale Caracci,Honore Daumier,Auguste Rodin,John Sargeant,George Bridgman,Victor Perard, and contemporary artists like John Raynes and Glen Vilppu and from an Animation perspective
Norman Rockwell and Milt Kahl.and many more that im not able to remember rt now,(ill put up a list one of these days)

Too bad most of these people are no longer there.

And like u very rightly said, Hogarth never asked in his book for anyone to become clones of his.Rather he just used his invention to make a lot of solid points.

I think Lot of ppl need to re-look Hogarths work and “READ” it before they try to pull him down!I have met a few in my life!And by God I changed most of them:D!

#76

I know…I have Hale’s books, including Artistic Anatomy, and Anatomy Lessons From the Great Artists ~ these are well~thumbed books! :smiley:

And by God I changed most of them :D!

I literally LOL’d at that one! :scream: A true proselytizer, for sure! :thumbsup:

Ok, I’ve probably completely killed it now, but here it is: the final image (after 15 more minutes): :smiley: …I’ll post it above too, it helps me to see the whole sequence…

#77

15 minutes…not crazy about this one so far ~ I photoshopped out the bits I didn’t like in the CU:

    [img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b380/rebeccak5/15%20min%20sketch/15-min_27_CU.jpg[/img]
  
  [img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b380/rebeccak5/15%20min%20sketch/15-min_27.jpg[/img]

EDIT: After 15 more minutes…

Reference Image ~ from the dude on the left
http://photo1.dukenews.duke.edu/pages/%20Sports%20Information/Track%20and%20Field/2000-2001%20Season/Action/Men’s%201600-meter%20relay.hr.jpg

#78

hey rebecca,

just browsing your drawings and it seems that you do mostly studies of body segments. You said you liked to work big, is there a compositional reason behind doing mostly studies or just a preference?

#79

@ storyForge,

A very valid point, my friend! :wink: I LOVE to do detail, and as such, tend to run out of time / focus / energy when I go for a full figure. But you’re right, I need to focus on the full enchilada more often. It’s just that, when I do, I can’t focus on details, and after a while, I lose interest. So, to ensure that I keep drawing, I tend to do what I like to do. :wink:

Spent 15 more minutes on this one ~ am happier with it now…

#80

:drool: WOW!!! Amazing work Rebecca! I love your ballpoint drawings and your photoshop work. Thanks for posting :slight_smile: