LOL!! thank you very much, Spirit Dreamer… and I had assumed that you said it specifically to me because mine all seem to be missing it. I am very happy now.
Update on my painting to come in a couple hours or so.
Hehehe you just made my evening 
:bounce: :applause:
OK, it’s done sooner than I thought. Not like totally done of course, but as good as I can get it without some more crits
Thanks guys, all help much appreciated.
Amy- Nice work so far! Now it will be time to add some darks and refelctive lights
Keep on going.
Here is my first sketch of the day…
Materials used. Printer paper and .01mm ballpoint papermate brand ballpoint pen.
Any crits?
amy_517,
WOW!!! That is looking pretty amazing, and miles ahead of your initial post…Great work!!! :applause:
[color=LemonChiffon]EDIT: looks like you’ll be updating your avatar, lol! :)[/color]
pushav,
Much better!! The elongated torso and general proportions have really come a long way ~ good work!! The feet are less developed than the rest of the piece, but overall, this has just come a long, long way. Great stuff!! 
~Rebeccak
For some reason it is easier for me to constuct figures with a pen better than a pencil.
thanks Rebecca
lol, I’d better do that hehe
PushaV - I’ve tried to do a better range of light and dark with this one, but I think you’re right and I haven’t quite got it yet. Back to work tomorrow.
Hi Amy
:applause:
Mrs. Spirit Dreamer is going to sleep so all I have time to say is:
BEAUTIFUL !!
BEAUTIFUL !!
BEAUTIFUL !!
BEAUTIFUL !!
BEAUTIFUL !!
BEAUTIFUL !!
:applause:
Glenn
PS
BEAUTIFUL !!
Not quite ready to post a pic yet…waiting for camera batteries to charge. In the meantime as I sit looking through this thread I am (as allways) stunned by stahlberg’s work. Not only is he a brilliant modeler and texture artist (great skin shader), but his paintings blow me away!!! One thing that is clearly apparent is that if anyone seems to understand light it is Stahlberg. Just look at how well his figure studies are lit.
So I have to ask…
Mr. Stahlberg if it is not inconvenient and should you have the time, could you give us some insight as to your 3d lighting process and your thoguhts on light in 2d pieces as well?
Shaun
To be honest the post is allmost a waste of everyones time… The line is so soft and light that itis hard to see much of it, but I must moveon. I did say i I would post something tonight and you bet I will hold myself up to that.
My posts for this picture will total four in all. Each post will outline the steps i will take to complete the drawing.
1)envelope/block in (building basic shapes and angles)
2)development of contour
3)adding darks and lights inside the form.
This first post will consist only of the block in and any updates to the block in will be made as edits to this post so as not to waste space. I expect this portion to last me at least another hour or two as I break the larger shapes into smaller more precise strokes.
I have other pictures but becuase of the light line qaulity of the envelope and block in, the photos did not come out well. So in this case I pretty much recreated the process as an overlay in photoshop. I will post the incremental photos as links so as not to take up loads of precious real estate. the finished block in I will post as a viewable picture.
So here is the link:
[b]http://www.stipick.com/stipickPortfolio/sketchbook/images/figureDrawings/figureDrawing001/blockin001.jpg
Cheers
Shaun
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stipick_S- It looks like that her upper body needs to be stretched vertically a little bit more. Then you should be on your way to greatness. Are you gonna work in silverpoint?
Hi Amy
Looked at your piece with fresh eyes this morning.
Two small areas I think can be revisited.
One:
Where bottom of skull connects behind her ear, there is a surface plane there.
Not too visible on photo, but very important.
Soften outside neck line where it runs into ear.
This will put it behind ear in subtle shadow.
Will also make the neck more feminine and graceful. (Like Audrey Hepburn’s)
Makes a little indent where skull connects to neck muscle on outside line of neck.
Two:
Make hair above forehead, right side, more pronounced. Hair on right side near forehead needs to be fuller for the 3/4 view. Subtle shadow where hair and skull connect. (Top of right forehead, soften edge, will give it roundness.)
Just nit-picking. But sometimes little subtle details surrounding face really add to the character and mood of the face.
Try what I said on a clear overlay on the head face and neck - if it doesn’t help then disregard it.
Really beautiful face with subtle emotion on this new one!
Nice Job!
Take Care
Glenn
Thank you for your compiments and nitpicking, Spirit Dreamer - it’s nice to be appreciated but even nicer to get help improving it. I’ll get to work on that later today.
whoa… coming from you it means something… thanks… sorry i just got the time to read the whole thread only today… i’ve been admiring your works…
Hi Spirit Dreamer
Is this what you had in mind?
Thanks for your help, and encouragement!
Amy
I re-worked it with Rebecca’s suggestions. I think the values are now more accurate. I ditched trying to use oil brushes and went with ones i’m more comfortable using. I think the hands and feet look off to me. I have a problem when I have to get down to areas where a lot of small details are needed. They always look too liney and have this drawn look while the rest of the piece is smoothed out.
jinnseng,
This is becoming a beautiful piece…I love your warm grays!
A few notes:
Her right hand is a tad big. It looks a bit misplaced with reference to where her right arm currently falls. Her left hand looks great, though the thumb needs a bit of refining ~ these areas are tough because so small.
Her right buttock connects in too upward an angle to her right thigh ~ I would double~check the photograph, and try to add a bit more thickness to this area.
I think that her heel would fall a bit farther back toward the right buttock. Additionally, the feet look a bit large, so I would double~check the proportions on those.
But this piece is really coming along swimmingly, and the fact that this is your FIRST figure drawing/painting is just amazing.
Keep going, and post your results!
~Rebeccak
Rebecca- I don’t know if I am going to finish that painting due to the better poses that you put in the 2nd lifedrawing thread with hong ly.
:drool::arteest:
Lol oops was that spam! Lol!
Do you know any other good artist other than Paul Gauguin? That I may like
NOOB.
You are both serious spammers, so you should like each other a lot. Please take what I warned you about seriously and cease to spam the threads.
~Rebeccak
