Open Figure Drawing Workshop - Mixed Masters - 020

#421

Hi all :slight_smile:

Christmas got in the way :smiley: and havenā€™t had much time lately - so itā€™s going to be an interesting first few days of the new year as far as finishing goes :slight_smile:

So many lovely pieces and great work from all you guys :slight_smile:

A small update: her mouth is off at the moment - mainly worked on her blouse and some highlights on the left side (looking at) of her face. Hoping to find more time very soon as itā€™s a great workshop!

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Take care all and cheers!

Also: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! :beer: :wavey: (incase I donā€™t get to update before - and we do have a slight headstart to the new year this side of the world :wink: )

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#422

My turn.

I started my own rendition of the ā€˜Titanā€™ pic. Here is the quick sketch and my first laying down of flats. More to come, though it will be slow going since Iā€™m a PS novice.

#423

Dec 29, 2006

REALLY BEAUTIFUL WORKS HAPPENING IN THIS THREADā€¦BY EVERYONEā€¦JUST MY OPINION THOUGHā€¦:scream:

FateBringerā€¦WOWā€¦HUGE PROGRESS IN YOUR PAINTING SKILLā€¦THAT CLOTH HAS A BEAUTIFUL SOFTNESS ABOUT IT, GOES WELL WITH THE BEAUTIFUL SOFT EYES YOU HAVE GIVEN HERā€¦KEEP UP THE GREAT WORKā€¦MARKā€¦:applause: :thumbsup:

HOPE ā€¦EVERYONE HAS A FANTASTIC AND SAFE NEW YEARā€¦KEEP INSPIRED, AND INSPIRERINGā€¦:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

A little further on this experiment. Getting away from the ā€œglow in the darkā€ tangent I wandered into .Saved all my versions, so have plenty of experiments to play withā€¦:scream:

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#424

Frejasphere - wow sheā€™s looking really beautiful and delicate! Youā€™ve managed to capture her youthfulness exceedingly well :applause:

Glenn - I have to say I like this new, toned down version way better! Oh man his face is really captivating! :buttrock:

again - a very tiny update on different parts, mostly the dressā€¦

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#425

come back from vacation, hope to have some time to dedicate to the workshop. Great work there ! Compliments to all

#426

Intervain another awesome one :slight_smile:

SpiritDreamer Thanks :slight_smile: really love that experiment your working on :thumbsup:

Oninoko21 nice start

Frejashere great work on the blouse :thumbsup:

worked on her hair tonight about 5 hrs
just some fine tuning left I think

Mark

#427

some miner fixes

Happy New Year everyone

Mark

#428

Wow Nice work in here. Good job everyone.

I sat out of a couple of these threads for a while now. I have to get my swagger back.

This is what I have so far. Painter 9 and about 30 minsā€¦

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#429

finished my piece, Nuvel`s Birth of Venusā€¦

again great work here, on this page especially, Spiritdreamer, Fatebringer, and Intervainā€¦really fantastic work dudesā€¦
sorry i couldn`t comment on others but well done nonethelessā€¦

krispee

#430

krispee - thank you and wow, sheā€™s great! Would have been nice to see some colour on those perfect lines now:thumbsup:

pushav - great to see you join it the fun!

FateBringer - the hairā€™s just stunning! I love it so much [pard me Iā€™m a hair person LOL, kinda obsessed with it :scream:] I have a slight problem with the nose, the nostrils seem to be starting down too lowā€¦ otherwise great job :applause:

getting nearer the colouring stage, decided to speed up with it so the dress is not perhaps as good as it could be :shrug: [thereā€™s one more in-between stage in my thread - didnā€™t want to post too much here :)]
Oh obviously I cheated with the wallpaper - itā€™s a texture pattern :wink:

#431

intervain: cheers dude, but she`s all graphite on paper so colour is out unles i start anotherā€¦no time thoughā€¦

yours is getting better and better, stunning work on that dress, all round in fact, looks great just mono, but i`m a sucker for mono workā€¦anyway, fabulouso!

kris

#432

oooh I was thinking about putting the scan through a photoshop torture :wink: But I do love it the way it is too :thumbsup: and thanks again!

#433

ah, you are way ahead of me dude lol, could be done tis true, hadnt thought about itā€¦will keep an eye on yours thoughā€¦

kris

#434

Well done everyone,Intervain you should post a close up of that detail work,looks realy good.

So hereĀ“s my final in this one,my respect for these Masters icreased so much,damm is just superb how they did this stuff with such attention a precision to details,values,shapes,etcā€¦i just made a copy and still thereĀ“s so much i could improved itĀ“s amazing.

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[size=2]Lord Frederick Leighton (1830-1896)
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Keep up the good work everyone! :slight_smile:

#435

imafo - fantastic work! Truly amazing, especially on the swan. Love the feathers! :bounce:

I agree with you, once you try to copy one of those paintings you gain a whole load of respect for those artistsā€¦ Iā€™m probably the biggest fan of Ingres alive LOL

hereā€™s some real size detail from mine - just the more interesting [well the lace looks like a lot of dots and swirls which is exactly what it is] parts :wink: - the dress looks like a load of smudges and strokes in close up and works only when you zoom outā€¦ [which is how I painted it half of the time - with a very tiny canvas, zoomed out 2x at least and a rather big brush with a substantial falloff - so only the centre really paints, which is what I do anywayā€¦ I canā€™t seem to force myself to paint with smaller brushesā€¦]

#436

Yeah,thatĀ“s what i was talking about ^^ those close upsā€¦superb work intervain! :thumbsup:

#437

I just wanted to say how much Iā€™ve enjoyed these. I wasnā€™t able to participate during this round, but I canā€™t wait for the next one. I love doing mastersā€™ copies.

#438

Well, I could join just today. Too late, but I couldnā€™t resist. I got several trobles with my machine, so now Iā€™ve got a new one, Iā€™m here.

Iā€™d started this sketch yesterday. I know I wonā€™t get to the deadline, but Iā€™m here, most of all, to learn.

So, all your crits are welcome.

Here goes my first step:

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Lord Frederick Leighton (1830-1896)
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#439

Asatira, welcome! I hope that you will participate in the future. Be sure to subscribe to this thread to be notified when a new one begins. :slight_smile:

[b]Announcement:

[/b][left]Iā€™m not in the habit of extending the OFDW deadlines, but due to the holidays Iā€™ve extending the final date for this OFDW til the end of the day (in your timezone), Jan. 10 - that gives everyone 5 extra days to work on their pieces.

I frankly didnā€™t touch Photoshop during the Holidays (I needed a break!) :slight_smile: so I hope everyone is okay with this deadline extension.

So: [center]This OFDW 020 officially concludes at the end of the day on Jan. 10th.

Happy New Year everyone! :slight_smile:

Cheers,

-Rebeccak

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#440

Intervain,

Thatā€™s a really gorgeous start on your second piece, I really want to commend you for working so hard in this OFDW in particular! :slight_smile: Itā€™s also really nice how much you support everyone around the forums. Itā€™s really appreciated! :slight_smile:

My apologies for not being very active in the last week replies-wise, but I have to say that having a break from being around the computer 24-7 was really nice. Back in the saddle today / tomorrow hopefully, looking forward to chugging away / picking up where I left offā€¦itā€™s really fantastic to see all the great work around here - I hope 2007 will yield just as much amazing work as 2006! :slight_smile:

Cheers!