NOW OPEN!!! OPEN FIGURE DRAWING WORKSHOP 006 with Ron Eyre and Rebecca Kimmel!!

#21

Thanks Rebecca! I can see what you’re saying about the waist…i’ll try and fix it.

Cheers :smiley:

#22

drawMonger,

No prob! Look forward to seeing where you go with this…I don’t think you would want to blend it too much, but you might need to add lots and lots of additional layers of strokes / cross~hatching to really build up form. Which would look really cool! :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#23

I know how that feels!
I went to the Teylersmuseum two weeks ago and I have a lecture with guided tour booked for tomorrow! :bounce:

It’s a shame the Teylersmiuseum didn’t put up any English pages on the special Michelangelo website. It’s quite informatove about the techniques he used. Based on that, I thought I’d try red & black chalk. Still needs a lot of work.
(Painter, about 2 hours)

#24

allright started on the second pose. im stil working on it.


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#25

Margie,

Great to see your work here! I really like your piece so far…the upraised hand is quite nice, and it’s difficult to tell that this is digital! :slight_smile: Do you feel that the Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain exercises helped at all? I’m quite curious to know! :slight_smile:

You may want to consider enlarging the lowered hand, and slightly shrinking the upraised hand (though I really like the feel the exaggerated size of the hand gives the piece).

Corvax,

Wow, looking really nice so far! You’ve really captured the model’s likeness…you are really thinking through to the completion of forms, which is good to see as well. The thing I notice is that his left hand seems a bit small. But really liking your use of strokes and the color pallette. Nice work! :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#26

Margie: Danish and dutch is quite similar so there really isn’t much of a languish barrier that being said it’s was really enough for me to see the drawings “live”, its quite different then seeing them on print or on a monitor.

Rebeccak: thx. I’m quit happy about it too, I actually enjoy drawing this alot, I find it alot more fun to draw or paint people that are not (in no offence to the model) pretty photo model types so it was grate to see an OFDW whit a model that had abit more character about him.

#27

Rebecca, yes, the book helped tremendously. I bought the book and participate in the workshop, not exactly to learn to draw ( I could already do that…sort of), but to overcome some insecurities I felt. It worked like a charm.

The “blocks” I had were doubts about copying Masterworks and using guidelines, even though I knew that was how painters were trained in the Dutch 17th century St. Lucas Guildschools.
I’ve learned more from one Mastercopy (the Dürer) than I did in two years of Rietveld Academy (right…De Stijl/Bauhaus).

Oh, and about the Bauhaus crowd…I think I’ve come up with a better punishment than you suggested. Let’s lock them up in the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum and make them copy ALL paintings in the Master gallery, lol! The Nightwatch alone should take them a couple of years.

You may want to consider enlarging the lowered hand, and slightly shrinking the upraised hand (though I really like the feel the exaggerated size of the hand gives the piece).

Thanks for the suggestion! I’ll try that.

#28

Rebecca, yes, the book helped tremendously. I bought the book and participate in the workshop, not exactly to learn to draw ( I could already do that…sort of), but to overcome some insecurities I felt. It worked like a charm.

The “blocks” I had were doubts about copying Masterworks and using guidelines, even though I knew that was how painters were trained in the Dutch 17th century St. Lucas Guildschools.
I’ve learned more from one Mastercopy (the Dürer) than I did in two years of Rietveld Academy (right…De Stijl/Bauhaus).

Great! :slight_smile: I agree, sometimes it’s less about what we can or can’t do, and more about what we THINK we can or can’t do. Have you ever read “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron? It’s a TERRIFIC book which addresses all sorts of reasons why artists get ‘blocked’. I highly recommend it. :slight_smile:

Oh, and about the Bauhaus crowd…I think I’ve come up with a better punishment than you suggested. Let’s lock them up in the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum and make them copy ALL paintings in the Master gallery, lol! The Nightwatch alone should take them a couple of years.

ROFLMAO…Margie, I like your style! :scream:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#29

Hi,
I just pop up to say that I really enjoyed Zhuzhu sketch. Nice study from Zepyhri too.

#30

Arctis,

Hey, great to see you back! :slight_smile: Will you be participating in this one?

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#31

update…

#32

Corvax,

This is really becoming an exceptional piece. The mood of the model is nearly palpable ~ excellent job with really bringing this pose to life! :applause:

Will you be working on the figure in it’s entirety, or cropping it as a portrait? I think the portrait is quite strong ~ it’s of course up to you. :slight_smile:

Great work so far ~ I recommend saving this version, then creating a copy, and seeing how far in terms of rendering you can push the copy without losing the liveliness of the brushstrokes.

Looking forward to seeing how far you can take this! :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#33

Lots of lines…

Corvax :thumbsup: Corvax :thumbsup: Corvax :thumbsup:

#34

drawMonger,

Nice!! He needs more of a waist…currently there is little space between the bottom of his last rib and the top of his pelvis…take a look at the reference closely, and notice that his waist should be more defined. I really like the linework!! :thumbsup: It’s working really well for you ~ can’t wait to see more! :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#35

I’m sorry to say I haven’t reviewed the rest of the thread, but I’m looking forward to spending some time looking at everyone’s work.

Work in progress, just blocking out the painting and getting a feel for the colors and mood. The PSD file is actually 2000x1200 pixels, but I cropped it down to 800x600 for easy viewing purposes. I just realized I forgot to flip it back before saving. Oops.

Appx. 2hrs, Adobe PS7 and Wacom Graphire.

#36

SevenMars,

It’s great to see your work here! :slight_smile: I think you have a really great start…there is such a nice mood to this piece ~ I think Ron is a really good model who has done a lot to inspire folks here.

I think the challenge for you will be to take this to the next level in terms of rendering without losing the basic atmosphere which you have so nicely established. Make sure to save versions of your file so that you can go back to a previous version if you so desire.

Nice work so far! Looking forward to seeing your next post. Definitely check out the other posts…some very nice work is in this thread already. :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#37

Artweaver maybe a little bit instability, i don’t know why as you said,hope they will do some better update. in Artweaver, i used charcoal pencil brush for those sketchs.you can also do this in Painter,it is the same thing.

#38

Hi Rebecca, shame about my last picture…it’s such a waist :wink:
Hope this one is better…

Thanks again for taking the time to help me to improve my work :slight_smile:

#39

[left]The proses so far and an update … all in only one post phew :p.[/left]

[left]Update: [color=white]worked a bit on the lights and darks and im starting to paint in all the little details, still a long way to go and I’m noticing some proportional issues :banghead:[/color][/left]

#40

And done!!