well, I decided to jump on the head challenge (though a bit too late, so I guess I’ll be posing the heads here instead), I thought it would be a great way to get to know the human head:)
my first go
001:
ADAM, Lambert-Sigisbert
Head of ‘Water’
1737
Terracotta
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
yes, it’s not good, but I really had a hard time with the hair and the teeth! But I can’t use forever if I’m gonna draw 50 heads in a month 
hi Peca!
very nice first head! And I’m not just saying that, I got so frustrated with that one I gave up 
I’d love to see more! 
Hi Peca! Nice start indeed. The one thing that jumps out at me are the eyes, they look very flat right now and could use some shading on them. But yeah if you’re going to do a lot, just learn as you go
Welcome Peca!
You have a great start here, and I look forward to seeing your progress with the 50 Portraits Workshop!
Do you mind telling us a bit about yourself and your goals?
Cheers,
-Rebeccak
Hi, thank you everybody I’m almost done with the second one too now!
Rebbeckak, I’m an 17 years old art student! I’ve always been interested in digital art, and since we never learn this at school, I decided to learn it some other way… So I found cgtalk was a good place to begin!
My goal is to be a decent (maybe great, I guess we’ll se) digital artist! Mostly I’m interested in capturing emotions in both face- and bodylanguage!
I’m interested in painting/drawing all aspects of people, both hair, shoes, clothes ect
I’ve still got a long way to go, but painting/drawing is my passion so I won’t give up so easily!
Hi
well, I decided to jump on the head challenge (though a bit too late…
it’s never to late to start learning 
Anyway,
lovely thread start. I really like the range of values… well used your greys I would say
Keep 'em coming!
thank you:)
Here’s the second, not sure if I’m loving it, but still…
002:
ALGARDI, Alessandro
Bust of Monsignor Antonio Cerri
c. 1637
Marble, height 85,5 cm
City Art Gallery, Manchesteron to the third! wasn’t sure which heads to draw, so kinda picked two! Couldnt get the girl right though sigh but can’t use forever if i have 47 more waiting to be painted!
003:
ALLORI, Cristofano
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
1613
Oil on canvas, 120,4 x 100,3 cm
Royal Collection, WindsorPeca: [font=Century Gothic][color=LemonChiffon]Hi Peca! Some nice studies here. What i suggest is to look at whatever you do with a positive attitude, and to try and see the bad parts in your images so that you can either repair the areas or learn from them.
I particularly like this, however it may need some more darks as it does seem somewhat flat.
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thank you:) I’ll try to stay positive, i guess it’s easy to be insecure when you’re a newbie:P
here’s the 5th! (my scanner is a little moody at the moment, and I did nr. 4 by hand, so it coming later)
005:
ANTONELLO da Messina
Portrait of a Man
1474
Oil on wood, 32 x 26 cm
Staatliche Museen, BerlinIt’s been too long, I know, but I haven’t had the time! Played with some brushes:P
BOTTICELLI, Sandro
Portrait of Dante
c. 1495
Tempera on canvas, 54,7 x 47,5 cm
Private collectiongood stuff here, nice values you got!
You nailed the 1rst one pretty darn good.
I hope this will be another active, enthousiast thread!
good luck with it, looking forward!
-Cya
Thank you:)
I’m kind of in the middle of a lot of thing, but I try to paint whenever I have the time! It just thay they all seem to come out wrong! Thats the reason for this major jump in image number!
I know I was supposed to stay positive, but I’m really not satisfied:S
083:
HOUDON, Jean-Antoine
Bust of the Artist’s Wife
c. 1770
Marble
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Sorry for not updating, but there has been a lot of personal stuff going on this last month! As soon as things clear up I will try to update:)
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