Open Figure Drawing Workshop - HANDS - 023

#101

the second from me

#102

Hi all :slight_smile:

It’s great to see how quickly these workshps fly, hard to keep up with all the posts and the great work being created!

I’d like to comment on all, but will fit in a few for a start - keep it up and keep enjoying!

Johan - great start from you, I don’t think you need to scratch your head, the ‘unforgivingness’ markers and ink can be quite liberating. and yes black paper is fun! I got out the vacuum-cleaner to catch the dust from the soft pastels :smiley:

Mark - Nice to see you back and great start - it’s funny how we end up working on the same reference at times.

Glenn - Nice flowing brushstrokes, look forward to see where you take the next one

PaulAherne - Nice work! don’t worry about being slow, perhaps you could try a few warm up sketches where you set a time-limit of say 10 min or so (just for fun) and see if that makes a difference to how you approach the longer studies.

Splinter - I think your second hand looks more refined than your first, keep going!

Agostinuke - Nice work! the rendering in your hand makes the skin look so soft and almost transluscent

LadyPurple - Nice work

Calan - nice work on those hands, and agreed; the disappearing parts of his hand makes it hard to do, I think you’ve managed well.

Embryotic - nice! has an almost impasto feel about it - keep going

Anand - nice sketches, you have captured the sense of ‘time’ as in her hand looks like it’s from another time :slight_smile:

Yogip - nice hand, 2 hours well spent!

my second
after William Bouguereau - La Charite (left hand)


pen on paper

cheers all and take care
a. :slight_smile:

#103

hey guys here’s my first “hand drawing” i spent it maybe about 2 hours hope i can hold it on !

zhay13: Nice texture!

#104

Aaaargh… had just finished writing my reply… comments and everything… and it seams that a lost all of it after hitting the “submit reply” button, and all was gone even when I went back!! arrgh… then sorry for not taking the time to recomment. Well at least. good job everyone and keep drawing hands! :stuck_out_tongue:

So thats my #4:

Reference: William Bouguereau (1825-1905)
L’Orage [The Storm]

I will do better next time on the commenting part. :S

#105

APR. 14, 2008

Rebecca…I value all opions …A couple of other opions on the suject of painting, that I value…:wink:

Master painters throughout the years have said they never paint any subject except light. No matter what objects or figures are in the composition, the funtion of those objects or figures is only to provide contours for the light to fall upon.

Rembrant’s artistic development can be gauged in the way he has moved away from the precise rendering of descriptive details in every part of the picture toward psychological and emotional emphasis by means of lighting, color contrast, and varied brushwork.
From…History and Techniques of the GREAT MASTERS.

Annette…THANK YOU.:slight_smile: .The brushwork, and how it can represent. form is my main concern at the moment, while experimenting with those impasto brushes, along with lighting of course.

Two more from me…My own hand…conte crayon on newsprint paper.
Next I am going to see what the impasto oil brushes can do to a conte crayon drawing, once it has been hit with some light and color, as in the second one posted,…using the second one posted.
Glenn

#106

calan, I tend to write comments in Notepad first, then copy and paste them into the reply box. I used to experience this a lot, where I’d lose a long set of comments, so ever since that happened, before I post any reply, I select all of my text and copy it (just Ctrl + C) it so that it’s on my computer’s clipboard in case the forum fubars and I lose my text. I know the feeling. :smiley: Ever since I’ve started to do that, I’ve never had a problem, since I always have a backup of my post text.

Great piece btw. :slight_smile: More comments later.

Edit - btw, for those of you following the Workshop, be sure to subscribe to the thread as the plug will shortly go off of the front page.

#107

heres my first sketch… not finished with it, but i dont want to spend some of tomorrow since i need to catch up!! everyones work is very inspiring!! keep it up!

#108

Sorry rebeccak, i get carry away with the great bernini, so i made the full piece, i hope you don`t mind, so the 3rd hands sketch

#109

zhay13, haha, get carried away all you want. :slight_smile: It’s great to see your enthusiasm! Love the work. Some good pieces really starting to come in.

#110

Wow Zhay, If I painted something like that id be quite proud of myself well done :slight_smile: the light ‘quality’ just feels real to me, especially on the mans hand and beard, and the rim on the ladies knee - looks great.

Calan thats beautiful - the skin looks so soft and still the nails look hard

Frejasphere - thanks, your no27, the little finger looks a little long and maybe the angle is a little different - but the width feels right - I haven’t looked at Bouguereau before - beautiful!

PaulAherne - well done - I think you nailed it :slight_smile:

no2 (even harder than the first T.T) :

#111

Zhay - nice work :slight_smile: the lighting is lovely.

embryotic - thanks for your comments, I agree with that finger being too long…
nice work on your no:2; maybe a little too smudged on index and middle finger? I like
the shading on the top of the hand, and those soft white brushstrokes give a nice sense of movement - keep it up :slight_smile:

metacom - nice lines in yours - look forward to seeing more!

Glenn - nice! guessing you are left-handed? :slight_smile:

Calan - nice work on yours, and yes it’s annoying when the post gets eaten up in cyberworld…

A quick sketch in Photoshop for my third
After William Bouguereau - Jeune Fille si defendant contre lamour
(the little “amour-cherub’s” hand)

cheers all and take care
a. :slight_smile:

#112

APR. 14, 2008

NICE ONE …Annette…:thumbsup: …and yes I am deffenitly left handed…:eek: :scream:

Alot of great studies happening in this workshop, by everyone I think.
VERY INSPIRING :thumbsup:

Worked on the hand on the right this morning…Impasto oil brushes, Painter #9
Refference…my hand.
Glenn

#113

Great updates, everybody!! :bounce:

Here is hand #3 from me:

Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s
Memorial Bust of Gabriele Fonseca

#114

Nice Anand :slight_smile: I like the linework!

#4 from me

I decided to rework the hand from La charite in pastel
(I often like doing several versions from one ref, there’s always
more to see… and using a different medium can sometimes be
interesting)

after William Bouguereau - La Charite
(her left hand)


soft pastel on black paper (A3)

cheers all and take care
a. :slight_smile:

#115

Oh man everything in here is just awesome! Hopefully some of the skill in here will rub off on me…I need some. :smiley:

I wasn’t going to post because I’m no where near where you guys are…but I figured it would be better to suck it up, post and get some help. Hopefully as I do more they will get better.

This is after #21 Ingres…

#116

Let’s just hope the next hand will be easier



#117

Great hands so far.
I really liked yours anandpg, great job on those clean yet sketchy lines.

Here is my first try, I was trying to use little time, but then I started taking more and more time, oh well.

A bit more than 40 mins.

#118

Hey folks, keep it coming! :slight_smile: Good to see new people hop in, and regulars come back to participate. Please continue to comment others’ work, and don’t feel as though everything you say must be ‘great’ ‘good’ etc. Constructive criticism is encouraged here, so long as it is done with the intention of helping your fellow artists. :slight_smile:

Edit - have classes all day and won’t have a chance to comment individually til tomorrow, but please don’t feel overlooked if you’ve posted here, I check every post. :arteest:

#119

Had to much fun doing the first one, so heres another! I tried to loosen up a little more as I drew this one.

                           William Bouguereau 
                           Flagellation de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ

#120

APR. 14, 2008

MiguelS…I wouldn’t worry about time while doing these, in fact, throw the clock out of the window…just kidding…:scream: But seriously, that’s where time belongs when your really learning how to SEE, and not just LOOK.
I think on yours, you might concentrate on the shadow area of the second finger,…make a contour line in the shadow, to give a sense that the finger is round in that area…Your shadow areas are just as important as the lighted surfaces, if not moreso…Really go into those shadows and carve them out,…studying the darkest area of the shadow, and working your way to the lightest area of the shadow…This will really add depth to your drawing.
Also really take a close look at where the thumb meets the first finger, and study the way the two forms intertwine or lace together, creating folds of skin which decribe the underlying muscles…Use your own hand to see what is taking place in the model that your doing the study of.
Touch and feel the muscles and bones in your own hand. It’s very helpful and important to the understanding of what is taking place, and it is also free…:wink:
ANYWAY. keep going, …your doing great…:thumbsup:

A little work done this afternoon on the hand on the left.
Impasto oil brushes Painter #9…refference,…my own hand.
Glenn