Open Figure Drawing Workshop - Mixed Masters - 020

#101

aggie93: Thanks.Yeah, but i keep messin’ with it till it looks right—pretty much what every artist do, right?

Neox: That eye is looking really realistic, keep it up.

#102

Choice 11:
[color=orange][size=3]Lambert-Sigisbert Adam (1700-1759)
Neptune Calming the Waves
Marble, 1737
Musée du Louvre, Paris

[/color][/size]Hi,
I’m new in this forum and I think is cool what you are doing here. So here I am :slight_smile:
C&C are most welcomed.

#103

Ooh, this thread is turning out to be a real treat! Some lovely work. As much as I love Carravaggio, I had to go for the leighton piece, as it has a great sense of soft and sharp lines and definition in subtle colours. Two things I need to get a handle on. And here’s first progress. 'Bout two hours work in painter. And wow… I had a eureka moment with that program… oils suddenly made sense!

Neox the eyes on that last post are luminous, absolutely lovely.
Shyamshriram again, the eyes have a lovely expression, even in the sketch, looking forward to colour!
vivienn you might want to double check the curve of the mouth on your sketch, if you look at it on the original, it actually curves upwards towards the nearest grid line, from what I can make out. But great start! When using the grid like that, do you use it as a device to put in ‘landmarks’, ie important parts, or do you take each square as an abstract piece and put it together bit by bit? I’m curious how people work, as I usually use the last method, but have tried the former for my own copy.
killermachine you might want to darken the point where the rock meets the guy’s shoulder, as it’s the same darkness as that shadow you have nicely marked out just above it, would probably help with the illusion of the rock actually resting on his shoulder. Any plans to really refine it? Go all out with some of the subtler shading? And xiannc snap! Good to see someone else tackling that painting. And you’ve a valid point about the grid, it’s easy to get lost in details!
Aggie you might want to check the centre line of your venus, she looks a little like she’s leaning to the right as her legs aren’t quite under her as they are in the original. Looking forward to seeing more steps.

Great stuff everyone!

#104

I’m inn too! I need a lot of practice, as much as i can get, so this makes
a great excuse to do something.

 I chose to go for [# 14](http://http://www.chabba.com/cgtalk/014_ref.jpg)[color=Orange]
 
 This is the start i did today, but right now i gotto take a break because now im blind.

Im doing this freehand without color picking.
sorry about the pallette being all around but ive been back and forth trying to find the right colors, though i feel im still a bit off.
Something wrong with the anatomy too, but i hope i can see it better tomorrow.

I need as much advice as I can get, im still pretty new to this.



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#105

So glad to see this back, I really enjoy these Master challenges.
Some excellent work here so far, very impressive.
This is with Painter IX, trying to keep it painterly (as per usual)…this is after about 2 hrs.

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Still quite a lot of work still left to do!!:eek: :thumbsup:

#106

Good stuff everyone - I appreciate that many are taking the time to comment here, that’s such a critical part of these Workshops.

Just a small update from me today so far:

#107

Lovely work, both Mal and Rebecca… Mal, is that penfold in your icon! God I love Dangermouse! grins

And you know, Rebecca, that piece really reminds me of the finesse Da Vinci had in some of his lesser known works, something about the shoulders and the oval of the face is very remiscent of that style of painting. It’s looking lovely.

#108

Thanks a lot Zeph - that means a lot coming from you. It’s really great to have you participating in this Workshop. :slight_smile:

I’m really sorry if I’m not able to reply to everyone who’s commented here, but everyone’s comments are appreciated. Thanks a lot. :slight_smile:

Some updates:

#109

Great work everyone!!

Zephyri - woah - you got far with just those colours blocked in like that :slight_smile:

Neox - the eyes are stunning!

Rebeccak - I’ll never comprehend how on earth you make it so smooth :eek:

I’m IN! yay - The lady in the blue dress for me… Starting with my usual messy self…

I can safely say that there’s no future for me in forging paintings :slight_smile: My it’s hard and her ‘monalisa-esque’ smile is going to kill me, I can tell… :slight_smile: I think her hand is too huge as well…

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#110

great work every one!

started one tonight

Mark

#111

Very impressive work Rebeccak. It looks like a 3D model.

I’ve started on coloring the face. I’m working with a lot of them trying to find a set I am comfy with.

#112

:twisted: i never said i was stopping there.here’s my new wip:wip:

awesome work ppl, @rebbecak "you r great ":bowdown:

#113

Neox - beatuiful eyes!
Mal-1 - so much emotion with so few brushstrokes. Impressive!
Becca - she almost look rendered in a 3D-program:) Looking forward to the colored/textured version.
Zeph - great colors! And lovely capture of the feeling in the original painting. Well done!

Everyone else! I haven´t had the time to be around for a while, and I am delighted to see so many new faces and excellent techniques and paintings!

Here´s my update. The face is to dull and non-vibrant, gonna try to fix that later, but now I´m on for the dress:)

#114

Thanks for your kind advice aggie. :slight_smile: Rebecca also mentioned to work in greyscale, but I am not sure if I understand. It is a way to get the values and contrasts right, but does it mean, that I should paint in black and white and then paint the colors over it? Or shall I take the greyscale image only as a reference to get my colors right? Sorry, for this stupid question, but this is only my 4th painted image and I never took painting lessons, so all this is new and kind of a mystery for me. And, well, my english is far away from being perfect. :shrug: Britta

#115

Yep, that’s him!!

Thanks Zeph and Sara D for those kind words!!:thumbsup:

#116

I’m working in Painter, I’ve reduced the size to 800x550, and converted to JPG. Patrick

#117

Patrick,

Please read this thread:

New to CGTalk? Learn how to post IMAGES here!
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=267088

If you have questions, please email me at rebeccak4@gmail.com

Cheers,

-Rebeccak

#118

Great starts everyone !

Very inspiring !

I’m doing a 3D base mesh on XSI so I can sculpt in Zbrush the Algardi’s Titan.
As a reference I tried to pose myself and photograph at the same stance with a heavy weight over the shoulders… (sure I will never show these photographs… ever… hahahha)…
And I found something bio-mechanical about it… (that pose is practically impossible anatomically speaking… am I wrong ?) the original model who posed for Algardi probably died or went forever to a bed (since they hadn’t wheelchairs at that time) lmao
The only not so funny part about it is that I got a real pain on my back… rsrsrsrsrs
(I will survive… kids… don’t do this in home !!! )

Intervain - Are you doing something in 3D here ? * ~ curious face…*

Rebecca - great gray-scale teachings, always good to see it.

Keep going friends, I’ll be around.

Cheers,

#119

Djampa,

Thanks! Don’t forget that you can, if you want, make a pose request to either of our resident figure models: :slight_smile:

Pose requests with figure model Ben Miller - request a pose here! - Nudity

Pose requests with figure model Ron Eyre - request a pose here! - Nudity
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=429565

#120

xiannc: yes you are right, maybe using the grid is limiting in some ways, but I am such a darn perfectionist that I couldn’t bear not getting the drawing to look exactly like the original…I will try though, to do as some of you are, when I feel ready to do so! :smiley: Yours is comiong along very nicely indeed!
shyamshiriram:that is the most beautiful line art I have ever seen…I get goosebumps when I think of what you will do next…
Zephyri:great to see you participating here, I’m sure you’ll blow us all away with your skill. It already looks great. And thanks for the advice, I will definitely fix that. As for your question, they taught me the grid method when I was in art school…it was a bit different with traditional art (ah the joys of ctrl+z!!:D). In short, I do a bit of both of what you said, sometimes for a single line all I need is to determine the starting and the ending points and I do the rest without checking the preciscion, freehand I guess you could say. And for other more intricate parts, or things like the face features, I use the other method…zoom way in so I have just a few squares in my viewport and try to get those lines placed properly. Then when I’m done, I zoom back out and check the drawing in it’s whole. I hope I explained that ok?..phew

So here is some very minor progress with some base colours…

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