Open Figure Drawing Workshop - William Bouguereau Master Copy - with Rebeccak 012

SpiritDreamer · 2006-02-18 15:55:19 UTC

Hi Rebecca and Everyone
Stuck at the crossroads
Stuck between liking the bright colors of the first one and also the limited color palette of
the second one.
The second ond has more of a “oneness” to it, I think.
Color ties all of the elements together instead of separating them as it does in number one.
Any opinions or suggestions would be great at this point.
Thanks
Glenn

Rebeccak · 2006-02-18 16:04:56 UTC

Glenn,

I personally like the first, more colorful version better.

The lens / pupil of the eye I think needs to be perfectly round:

Really quick paintover:

The paintover is just quick, but I think some painting around the eye area would improve the overall image greatly ~ right now, it just looks a bit wobbly.

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

SpiritDreamer · 2006-02-19 09:11:03 UTC

Hi Rebecca and Everyone:

DONE

Here is link to my painting “Dante’s Inferno” on the Completed 2D thread:

[left]Spirit Dreamer’s Dante’s Inferno [/left]

Thank you Rebecca and Everyone for your help support and encouragment.

Now off to Pre-Midieval thought : [color=lime]satyr surrounded by wood nymphs, much more pleasant thought.[/color]

:bounce:

Take Care
Glenn

Rebeccak · 2006-02-19 09:17:32 UTC

Glenn,

Congrats on finishing, and another great job! :applause:

SoniaNotRed,

Welcome aboard! I apologize, as I didn’t see your post earlier. You’ve got a nice start here! I think the thing to watch is the proportions of the legs. The raised leg of the attacker seems small, and the right leg of the victim looks rather long. You may want to resize the leg of the attacker in particular.

Do you work digitally also? It’s totally up to you as to medium, and I’m happy to see more traditional work in the OFDWs!

Looking forward to seeing your update…a new OFDW will launch tonight, where we’ll be doing another Bouguereau copy. I would definitely encourage you to participate!

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

Rebeccak · 2006-02-19 21:44:57 UTC

Everyone,

This has been an incredible Workshop, and I’d like to thank everyone who has participated here. I think we had one of the strongest turnouts for this Workshop, and it was thrilling to see Elsie’s work get front paged! However everyone here did some tremendous work, and I really hope to see many of you very talented guys and gals return for the new OFDW 014, which has just opened.

Having said that, as many of you continue to finish and refine your pieces, please feel free to continue to post your updates here, as technically no OFDW ever really closes (though I encourage people to move as quickly as possible to the next OFDW at it’s conclusion).

Though we had some mishaps (SaraD unfortunately losing her work) :sad: overall this has been a tremendous Workshop, and I hope to see everyone, including SaraD, in the next one!

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

ericyeo · 2006-02-20 05:13:10 UTC

Thanks Rebeccak & Spirit Dreamer, I have made the amendment and I have posted to the gallery. Here is the link http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=320236

Rebeccak · 2006-02-20 05:48:47 UTC

ericyeo,

Fantastic work, and I have just posted a comment! I hope others do the same!

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

aggie93 · 2006-02-20 07:27:58 UTC

Reb - You are the director and whatever you choose I will attempt. I am kinda favoriting, if that is a word, this artist and his style and figures. I am fixin’ to wrap this dente up here is what little I did this weekend. I have another conference in OKC at the end of this week. That will give me time to do one of the OFDW 14’s.

SpiritDreamer · 2006-02-20 07:45:10 UTC

Hi Rebecca

Thought this was good enough to post in the Finished 2D section so I just did.
Will give your forum a little more exposure.
Can’t hunt.

Take Care
Glenn

Rebeccak · 2006-02-20 08:13:51 UTC

Originally posted by aggie93: Reb - You are the director and whatever you choose I will attempt. I am kinda favoriting, if that is a word, this artist and his style and figures. I am fixin’ to wrap this dente up here is what little I did this weekend. I have another conference in OKC at the end of this week. That will give me time to do one of the OFDW 14’s.

Heya, agg, I’m not sure, are you asking me to choose something? I’m a bit confused, sorry. Your pieces are looking great, and I’m thrilled you’ll be participating in OFDW 014!

Glenn,

If you could post a link here to your Gallery thread, that would be great!

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

By the way, I hope everyone who finished their piece does post their work to the Gallery!

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

Ravena · 2006-02-20 08:43:27 UTC

Hi Rebecca and Everyone,

I still need 2-3 days for my picture, although I work myself high pressure on it.

@all
Otherwise: super and interesting work, which was finished placed here.

Ciao,
Ravena

aggie93 · 2006-02-20 09:08:04 UTC

No, I just like to ramble. Sorry! Thanks for the crits

SpiritDreamer · 2006-02-20 13:40:27 UTC

Rebecca:

Here is link to my painting “Dante’s Inferno” on the Completed 2D thread:

Spirit Dreamer’s Dante’s Inferno

Glenn

Ravena · 2006-02-21 02:25:21 UTC

[left]Hi Rebecca and Everyone,

Update: I still need something time around to paint the remainder. (background, figures in right background)

[/left]

SoniaNotRed · 2006-02-21 14:59:15 UTC

Hi again.

Way past deadline but here it is!
The shading took me 3 hours (in a hurry…!). I had to switch to an HB (Caran d’Ache Tecnograph) to do the lighter lines.
Still have to work on this…

aggie93 - Hehe! Sonjas rule!
I usualy erase a lot too but I was having a good day this time. It happens every few months!
I haven’t used color pencils in… like… 13 years or so! I used to grind the tips and mix the colors with my fingers or bits of paper. It can be pretty cool!
I’ll be on the lookout for your experiments.

RebeccaK - You’re right about the legs (thanks for tip! ). I think the main problem was (is) the victim’s torso - it was too short so the legs on both guys came out with all the wrong sizes (and I didn’t have enough paper for the atacker’s left leg!). Anyway, I was in kind of a hurry, so I ended up not changing much of the anatomy. Next time…
Although I do have a tablet I have yet to get the hang of it for drawing. Not that I’m too worried about it - I think I still prefer pencil for this. I use the tablet for “painting” :rolleyes: . The last digital 2d I did was my Master and Servant entry.

Great paintings everyone! :applause:

aggie93 · 2006-02-21 15:19:07 UTC

Looks great Sonia. It really went fast for you. You going to work in OFDW 14? I hope to finish my Dente tonight. I am heading to an out of state seminar tomorrow for a weekend. I want to start one of the 14s while I am stuck in my hotel room. See y’all tomorrow morning.

Ags

SoniaNotRed · 2006-02-22 04:28:01 UTC

aggie93 - Thanks! It does go a lot faster when you cheat and only do 2 characters! You put a lot more work into yours.
Good luck with you Dante. I’ll see you in OFDW 14.

aggie93 · 2006-02-22 12:30:15 UTC

Well Y’all, I guess I am finished with this one. Now on to 14!

Vidar3d · 2006-02-28 21:53:29 UTC

Still plodding along. Started adding more of the background figures and also just sharpening things up generally. This is this master study that refused to die. Who knows how much longer I’ll be on this. I am denying myself the pleasure of moving onto OFDW14 until this is finished.

daWinky · 2006-02-28 22:02:23 UTC

Wow, great work, Vidar :thumbsup:

Take your time, it would be a pity to leave this unfinished

-sabrina