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

#21

much appreciated.

#22

And the other one - I should really get around to shading my next lot… :scream:

MIKE

#23

I can already see this is going to be good. Great start everyone.

veljko-lemonade. You can’t leave her without a face, surely.There is a lot more room to increase the depth, and tonal range of this already lovely drawing. The shadow behind her near arm, and below her leg, for example. Afford a great opportunity, for echoing and counterbalancing that wonderful swathe of black hair. It is Photoshop after all, if you don’t like it delete the layer.

#24

Alright, Mike’s back in action! But…where is AOAH?? :slight_smile:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#25

Snap :thumbsup:

#26

PSR,

Snap? :slight_smile: As in, magic powers? You and AOAH must know each other. :slight_smile:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#27

its definitely looking good, i realy enjoy seeing other styles than mine.
how come my neighbours grass is allways greener ? keep it coming ! :bounce:

#28

For those of you who are interested in learning more about Traditional Shading techniques, I have posted a REALLY brief tutorial on the Anatomy Forum:

TUTORIAL - Shading Techniques (Various Media) - By Rebeccak

[left]I may add to it as I go along, or as people request things.

Cheers! :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak
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#29

Hey rebeccak, ta for the quick response. Ill have ago at what you said. Ive always found i hard to do things without planning which can make things seem a bit rigid but i just seem to get everything outta whack most of the time. I guess it comes of being more technically minded :shrug:as my teachers were always telling me. I think ill have ago at the head to begin with and if i get on well with that then the torso. Its all good practice for my major project for when i go back to uni anyway :). Ta again and ill try to put up an update as soon as pos.

Also just wanted to say that some of the other stuff thats been posted looks amazing. I have no idea how some of u guys produce work that fast and that looks that nice. I guess its all down to practice :).

#30

i guess its practice, and some of it is second nature.
but seriously my work is very novice, i looked at the body edges and kind of copied it. then interpeted the shading but it clearly isnt that good.

hmm… :banghead:

#31

D4ng3rmouse,

No problem! :slight_smile: Yep, that’s what these threads are here for…practice, and to motivate one another to get better. It’s not a competition, it’s inspiration…and I feel lucky to be part of a community outside of school where one’s work in progress can be seen. Quite frequently, people don’t create art once they are outside of school because their audience is gone ~ I think the CGTalk community is quite amazing for providing that audience which gives all of us encouragement to continue to practice creating art. :slight_smile:

warpyy,

There is an old saying that it takes 10 years to learn how to draw, 7 if you’re a genius. Not being a genius, it has taken me a good 10, and I still don’t feel like I know what I’m doing! Really. It’s practice. That’s what we’re here for, baby! :slight_smile:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#32

@Rebecca

its true it takes a lot of time to learn, but i dont want to wait 10 years, or even 7 :slight_smile:
i guess i like to learn about things fast …
on the other hand time will clearly make sure i will mature my drawing skills the right way.

#33

warppy,

Lol, well, I think the Internet is turning out to be an amazing tool for learning / teaching, but it still takes good old fashioned hard work to get there. :wink:

Here is a trick you may know but which always helps me to simplify things when I draw / paint something complex, such as this figure: use the concept of Negative Space to draw ~ instead of drawing the figure, draw the Negative Space around the figure. Here is an example of Positive and Negative Space for this figure:

[left]This is a great exercise to try, and I highly recommend it. Hope this helps. :slight_smile:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

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#34

just common sketch pad, and i use two kind of pencils.the golden one is really good!

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#35

zhuzhu- What kind of pencils are those especially the gold one.
Is it a lead holder?

So you ar using a .05 pencil and leadholder.

#36

@zhuzhu - how long have you been sketching ?
the black one looks like a Pilot 0.5, i cant tell which is the Golden one and what kind of led it has. also are those 2B pencils i see in there ?
how did you get a black bally eraser like that.

@Rebecca
i am familiar with the concept of negetive space , it is one of those things i picked up on my
own and then after i saw the “drawing on the right side of the brain” i knew how to name it :). for all of those newbies like me around here, the idea is to block in the big shapes and then after the basic shape is there you can add smaller details and work on all the positive space curves shading etc…

#37

here’s my attempt…the edges are a bit dodgy…i messed up the background and tried to fix it with a fill.

#38

do you mean how long that i have start learn drawing? since high school, in 1990, almost 15 years ago. if you ask me how long that i finish that sketch, about 1 hour.

it seem you and pushav are interested in which pencil what i used. the balck one is 0.7mm HB pencil.i always used it for details. the golden one just like holder, you can choice different “stick”. about that “balck eraser”, it was waxiness eraser, but dirty already~~~:)

i think the tools choice is not very important thing, pay attention to the basic of drawing, that’s the point.

#39

lol 15 years, no wonder i am not even close to your level.
i have experimented with many “tools” the last year and i still havent found my selected choice of tools :slight_smile:

thanks for the info.

#40

zhuzhu,

Thank you for sharing your art materials! This is cool to see. :slight_smile:

drawMonger,

Great to have you on the thread! :slight_smile:

You have a great start so far!! :thumbsup: The overall attitude is working well, and your proportions are, for the most part, very good. Proportionally, what I would recommend would be to elongate / extend her lower left leg, as right now it looks to be too short. The relationship of the head to the body looks good, as do the arms to the body. I think the right arm could be a bit thinner, and her lower right leg thicker, as right now these are approximately the same width.

With respect to values, the major thing I would recommend would be to really go ahead and just completely darken the bkgrd value to a deep brown, as this will give you a much greater range of values, and will show the lightness of her skin tone to a much greater degree. Right now, if you squint your eyes at the piece, she sort of blends into the bkgrd.

Finally, I would recommend making her skin tone not so light all over, as you are currently limited in the value range that you can go up on the skin. Many times, light areas are darker than you think, even on light skin, and so you want to afford yourself the full range of possibilities value~wise from the beginning. You want to gradually build the lights from a mid~range value up to the highlights, and down to the shadows.

Looking great so far! Looking forward to your update! :slight_smile:

Cheers! :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak