Open Figure Drawing Workshop 008 with Hong Ly and Rebeccak

#141

whaouw… beautiful birth of shape :slight_smile:

#142

yeah, evolution has dealt us a hard blow…how kind it would have been for artists if we all got around with flippers :wink:

#143

Flippers and everyone should be bold :slight_smile: That would be the ultimate individual …

#144

Here’s my next update…i’ll summarise the process using the words of a famous dolphin…

“eh eh eh eh eh”

#145

wauw nice work everybody.:thumbsup:

~SaraD huge improvement on your colors :applause:

alright I guess I’m gonna call this one done.

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#146

Thanks Corvax :bowdown:
I find it hard, but I can see how much more vivid and lively the painting gets, so it´s worth the agony :slight_smile:

#147

Hi
DrawMonger
Nice job, I like her face… Don’t forget that the most appealing aspect of this painting
besides the model, is the lighting , don’t be afraid to let the forms vanish into the imagenation of the viewer,… That’s what gives it it’s power and appeal …That’s just my opnion though.
Take Care
Glenn

#148

come on, it cant be that bad. Colors can seem chaotic if you don’t approach them in some orderly fashion.

Here is sort of the way I think when observing colors (and light to some extent) on an object:

besides the “object color”, which would be the skin tone in this example (that’s sort of what you can see in Image two on leg number one), I like to divide a shape/object into five main areas ~ shadow (area “a” in image one) ~ midtone (area (b) in image one) ~ highlight (area © in image one) ~ the area inbetween shadow and midtone ~ the area inbetween midtone and highlight ~.
I take a close look at each area and there relationship to one another and ask my self ~ is this color warm or cold ?~ how saturated is it ?~ where does it exist in my color wheel? ~ how dark/light is the color ?~ if I can answer theis questions I can pretty much pick the color I want.

once I’m done whit the five main areas (you can see how that would sort of look in image two leg two) I’ll often look at the edges of strong highlights and shadows (not so much form shadows as cast shadows), there is often a little bit of a color shift right on the edge of a highlight or shadow, if you paint that in you gonna get a really dynamic shadow/highlight (it kinda shows on the highlight in image two leg three).

don’t try to handle all the colors all at once.

there’s alot more to add but this should get you pretty fare and hopefully take some of the pain of working whit colors away.

[warning the following images were very quickly generated and are just a means of illustrating a point they are not meant to be pretty.]


image one.

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image two.

#149

Wow, you guys are all just rockin’ this thread!!! :bounce:

SaraD,

Beautiful, of course! :thumbsup:

drawMonger,

I LOVE the pale, painterly quality to this work…my favorite of yours so far! :applause:

Corvax,

Beautiful ~ though I still think the face looks less finished than the body. Other than that, excellent work!!! :applause: I particularly love the feet! :thumbsup:

Just saw your demo, that’s GREAT!!! :bounce:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#150

Corvax - I´ll print it out, put it on the wall and study, study, study :slight_smile: You´re a star for taking the time to explain to me. :love:

#151

SaraD,

You ought to consider doing a more compositional, finished painting ~ I would love to see you put together a figure in an environment / figures etc. and create a beautiful, finished work! Something personal, like a traditional painting…what do you think? :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#152

Rebeccak - you read my mind :slight_smile: I was just thinking that I had to push my imagination a bit and try to compose something. But I haven´t done this (painting) for long, and I feel my imagination hasn´t come to that point yet. It´s “easy” to paint from a referencephoto, hard to paint from a vision… But, I´ll keep the thought and start explore the masters for inspiration. I have to study background, movement, focus etc etc. But, I´ll get there, and you guys will be the first to be invited on my journey :banghead:

#153

Originally Posted by SaraD: Rebeccak - you read my mind :slight_smile: I was just thinking that I had to push my imagination a bit and try to compose something. But I haven´t done this (painting) for long, and I feel my imagination hasn´t come to that point yet. It´s “easy” to paint from a referencephoto, hard to paint from a vision… But, I´ll keep the thought and start explore the masters for inspiration. I have to study background, movement, focus etc etc. But, I´ll get there, and you guys will be the first to be invited on my journey :banghead:

SaraD, that will be awesome! When you feel that you’re ready, I really hope you will create your own Anatomy Thread, and post your past and current work, as well as any WIP, there. Also, any time you or anyone else here on this thread feels like doing a Tutorial, please feel free! I love for people who have worked so hard in these Workshops and who have come up with fantastic works such as you guys are all doing here, to post step-by-step Tutorials on how you created your paintings ~ there is no need to get my approval, simply create a New Thread and call it: TUTORIAL - what it’s about - by your name. Hope to see Tutorials by you or anyone here on OFDW 008!!! :thumbsup:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#154

yeah its a good example of time not very well spent :smiley: heh.

~ SaraD: wow easy girl ~ this is just my approach and its no where near perfect, allot is still left up to gut feeling – looking forward to seeing your painting should you take Rebecca’s advice.

#155

Guys, at some point, perhaps we can all take this Workshop to the next level and start to work on Figurative Composition. Would any of you be interested in doing that? I’m not exactly sure how that would work ~ I’d have to talk to Hong to see if he could get more than one model at one time, which is expensive ~ but there is also the possibility of you guys working from your own Reference, imagination, etc., and putting together a figurative composition / more finished painting in a short amount of time, say, 4 weeks. Any thoughts on this? The next few months (this month especially, and really through March) will be hectic for me, but if you guys come up with some ideas, I am happy to start looking into seeing what I can do regarding resources. One of the previous models, Ron Eyre, was willing to take requests for poses. Additionally I have been in contact with a old instructor of mine who runs a drawing workshop where he has clothed models in environments ~ but I think it would be worthwhile for everyone to start exploring personal visions in their artwork ~ meaning, really, anything goes ~ you can depict the full figure, or parts of the figure in a more collage type of image, or whatever it is that your imagination decides you need to create.

I’d be interested in hearing your feedback. :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#156

First of all, my update. I will leave the shape as it is and will work on the values from now on.

She has got this wonderful muscle shades all over her back - terrific reference!

All blending is done with the hard egded brush wich is somehow satisfactory, don’t know why, though. Ah, as concerns shape: hair and hands are still too amorph, hehe.

Will do more tomorrow as the avatar snowball fight on the dsg got in my way:D

I am a sponge when it comes to knowledge - let’s do it:bounce:

you know, this is actually what I am here for in the long run. To be finally able to make all the visual dreams I have come real. I don’t feel I am anywhere near the skills necessary for a decent composition, but as I am blessed with bold idiocy I’d give it a try nevertheless…

Let me put it that way: Never have I made so much progress in so short a time having so much fun. Which basically means: Whatever you do - count me in… and when others feel like this, too, I will listen and maybe make suggestions, too, if I can think of sonething sensible.

#157

Mr. Mu,

I think this is looking great so far, particularly the upper 3/4 of the body, which is really in good shape! The leg still needs work, but I think you are working from the top down, so I think as you start to work on that section you will naturally start to enlarge / lower the leg a bit. Nice work so far!

Thank you for all the enthusiastic comments, it’s great to have you aboard! :thumbsup:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#158

sweats

ah, erm yeah exactly, the leg, enlarge, lower, hehe

makes a note under the desk

sure, would have done it anyway…urhm:D

oh, it’s my pleasure…:slight_smile:

#159

Hehe, the Mr. Mu never fails to make me laugh. :scream:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rk

#160

I think I´m finished with this one now:)

Rebbeccak - I agree with Mu - I have never learned so much in such a short time before! So, count me in. I jump on anything that can help me improve!