SaraD…Throw that man a blanket, he looks like he’s freezing to death…:eek:
Great color for that pose…
Corvax …Nice job on those legs… are you going to finish it, would look good in your thread…
DrawMonger… I see you produced another great face. Have you ever done portraiture,
Seems like you have the nak for it. I also like the way your handleing that technique
your trying out…nice…
Rebecca…That little tutorial I put in the Beginers Lounge section for Lil Fairy, and
everyone really, is just a little part of the payback for putting together, and doing such a great job on my anatomy thread…THANKS AGAIN…
drawMonger: thanks mate your not doing to bad on that face you have there… its funny I’m pretty good whit legs, but cant paint faces at all… guess were all different that way :).
Spirit Dreamer: yeah I think this one is gonna be finished, I’m saving the juicy bits (hands, feet and head) for last, so hopefully I wont find it unbearably boring to paint on before I’m able to take it to a decent level .
Hi
Corvax
… Your not alone in that feeling about doing faces… They’ve always been really hard
for me… getting a likeness is the hardest part for me, seemes like every time one turns
out good, I mostly chalk it up to luck…I put a couple of pages from a book I got out
of the library a couple of weeks ago…posted them on the #8 figure thread. Book is
called Getting a Likeness, the authors name is with those pages…Get the book if you can,
it’s a great little book. The last couple of faces i’ve done, started looking like the face of
the model,…more than luck I think, on these last two faces, due to that book, I think,
and also with some help fom DrawMonger alonge the way. Don’t get discoraged…
faces are just another hill to overcome…and by the looks of your work as of lately
i’m sure you’ll master them in no time, just like your mastering the rest of the body…
Take Care
Glenn
Corvax -> Agree with Glen, your body is very beautiful… I’m sure you can obtain with more work a better face… maybe your resolution is too small for this kind of detailing… I have now less prob than before since I work on very large resolution, especially for faces…
Something little different now… I re-start with the previous picture made for the sketchathon… and play and paint with it with my feeling more than in reference to the model… just to see where I go…
And the final choice… more for eyes than for anatomy :shrug:
Ive been a little busy working on a new project but I took the time to work a little more on this. Hopefull I’ll have some time over the weekend to do a little more - J
Thanks Glenn, Other than these workshop’s i don’t have any expereience with portraiture, but it is an area that i’d like to do a lot more work in, eventually in natural media too.
The thing i find helpful when drawing the face is to spend a lot of time on anlges and the relative positions of the features of the face. It’s amazing how the angle of the nose can change the whole look of the face for example, so too the shape and size of the temples, forehead and chin. Nothing new in this approach, in fact i remember reading someting about this in the pages from that book you posted previously.
Corvax…WOW!..great work on the face!! but don’t leave out the penis! It would complete the picture.
That in fact was a bit of a dilemma for me, for some reason men’s privets and nipples on women are things that people tend to react quite strongly to. I remember showing people images of my process and as soon as there was a penis or a nipple they stopped seeing it as a nude and started seeing it as “naked”… I don’t really mind any of the two, but some people seem to dislike their presence.
I might come back in and paint it in but I really need a brake from this pose right now.
Mecha Hate Chimp…Stronge piece…great draftsmanship…
Corvax… WOW !!!.. GREAT eyes there,…really show emotion, they carry the whole
figure to a higher level…:arteest:
About the penis…I run into the same problem with the general public myself, not so much
with nipples on a woman though…double standard there I think. I solved that problem on
this pose, by moveing his knee over just a hair… throws that part that bothers some people
back, and out of sight, and mind of viewer …better than leaveing a blank, which draws
more attention to itself, I think…don’t be a slave to the photo, make changes where you
think them to be in order…just a friendly sugestion.for future poses.
Great job on this figure and face by the way…
David, I know where you are comming from…but if we, as artists at all levels, can’t be true to the piece in a figurative anatomy workshop then aren’t we missing something?
Here’s a quote from my favourite book, The Art Spirit by Robert Henri written in 1923:
“There is nothing in all the world more beautiful or significant of the laws of the universe than the nude human body. In fact it is not only among the artists but among all people that a greater appreciation and respect for the human body should develop. When we respect the nude we will no longer have any shame about it.”
Now, i’m not writing this because i think you, or anyone here, is ashamed or has any other issue with the human body…but Henri speaks the truth and it is perhaps something that we can quote to people who are confronted by the nude in its full glory.
That’s my 2 cents on the matter…and a further 50c to say that i hope you do finish your wonderful piece and then show it everyone you know
jowens: thanks~! ink sketch has so much fun, something you can’t presuppose,very exciting.like watercolor,ink is also hard media to cortrol,and it will dry vrey fast,so,i should drawing and blending color more quickly.i think i will do more ink sketch later,thanks again.
drawMonger: thank you,i used A4 size sketchbook for those ink sketch,and used NO.8 watercolor brush or some mid size Chinese brush for drawing.
scaled up the head a little and did some work on the upper torso, arms and hand
Happy Birthday Zhu! and fantastic work on the drawing you just posted to 008 thanks for the info too
I was going to chime in on this too, hoping not to be misunderstood or sound too biased or weird, but I think you’ve said it better than I could, drawMonger (not that it’s apparently going to completely stop me from adding some comment here anyway, LOL!)…so… I also think hiding or excluding certain body parts may in the end be a bit self-defeating. By responding to the discomfort of some by hiding certain parts of human anatomy we further sensitize people to it, helping to heighten their discomfort even more. The issue gets progressively worse, never better. Surely there’s little real secret what men or women actually look like. We basically come in two kinds, and surely nearly all of us have seen both by now. The whole issue is really pretty silly from a more objective standpoint, isn’t it? The artistic depiction of the body is such a noble and worthy cause. However it may seem, I certainly don’t consider myself any exhibitionist, not by a very long stretch, but I too would like to see the piece finished and shown to everyone with the sincere hope and belief that even if it results in some temporary discomfort for some, that good will ultimately result. I believe in the end it’s of benefit to mankind and a positive impact on the world in which we all live (and just for clarity, I most certainly do NOT feel the same way about “porn”/intentionally sexualized/suggestive/intentionally lust-inducing material).
On a different note, and while I’ve been watching, but haven’t chimed in a for a while, I’d like to say how much I continue to enjoy seeing all of these works. You all amaze and impress me, and I’m humbled and pleased that you have allowed me to be a part of this. Thanks very much.
jowens: Thanks jowens, I took some of ur comments. I have softened the edges and shadow.
drawMonger: awesome! I like the face. It looks so real… :eek:
Lemog: Lovely style! Look very stylish.
Chimp: He looks a little creepy to me. I love ur brush stroke
Corvax: very well done. The face especially will done. Perhaps u wants to add a little more shadow to his right forearm?
spiritdreamer: That’s cool
I’m busy with my work these few days… I think i can only finish it by next week
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