Open Figure Drawing Workshop - Caravaggio Master Copy / Reference - with Rebeccak 015

#21

A rough beginning:

#22

Hi,

@Digital Sol I don’t know why you worry, it looks very good.

@ Rebeccak ohhhhmmm

A little working on the background and cleaning the table. Hehe, the peanut is just a placeholder. The face of the man in the front is a bit bigger now. I hope the propotioons are right, caus it always looks funny if for example a cup is too small or thin.

And I recognized that there is no green in the Original, but I found another version that I like much more.

Greets,
Ellie

#23

Elliepower,

This is looking really good! I think the rendering of the face of the rightmost character in particular is coming along beautifully! :wip: You might want to saturate or deepen your colors just a bit more…I think if you start to bring everything up to the level of the character on the right, you will be in top shape! :cool:

Great work so far, can’t wait to see your further progress! :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#24

Heya, I always beggin with an underpainting, almost for all, it gives me a general look for all the scene, I’m using 2 layers one for the background and other for the foreground (the characters), this is a rough version and still want to leave the details untill the end

La-cena-de-Emmausunder.jpg800x565

Elliepower, thanks for your opinion, your characters looks great, your color palette is fantastic, Im not that good applying the colors directly, I love your scene’s mood.

PS that green athmosphere looks terrific, I like it very much.

Rebeccak, thats an stunning beggining, it gives me much the impression of deep. I like it very much.

Thanks to everyone.

#25

Digital Sol,

Great progress, it looks like you’re very nicely methodical about your approach! :thumbsup: It’s great to see so much good work already…looking forward to seeing more work from everyone! :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#26

Hello everyone, I could get some time for work on the piece, here is the 3rd figure

La-cena-de-Emmaus3.jpg800x565

I hope u can give me an opinion about the painting, thanks

#27

Digital Sol,

I think this will start looking great when you really start to push the value / dark / light relationships, and begin adding lighter highlights and experimenting with hard / soft edges. Looking great so far! :thumbsup:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#28

Sorry, I didn’t understand at all, ur hint Rebecca, my english is not good enough, what do u mean?

More contrast?,I really aprecciate ur critics and coments, I would like u clear it up for me please.

#29

Originally posted by Digital Sol: More contrast?

Yep! :thumbsup:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#30

Wow there are a lot of new faces to this OFDW and everyone seems to be pluggin along quite nicely. Ok rebecca, here we go…

Rah Rah Rah!:beer:

From… if your from Aggieland… your YELL LEADER! :thumbsup:

#31

Ah, got it, thanks :thumbsup:

#32

This is the last for the day, I’m about to finish the first of the 3 pass for the underpainting, In the next step I will try to put emphasis, on the contrast,

La-cena-de-Emmausunder2.jpg800x565

any critic is welcome

#33

Great progress so far! :thumbsup: I need to catch up with you! :smiley:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#34

Thanks a lot Rebecca, glad to hear it, What means catch up with me?, sorry, bad english, u know…

#35

Digital Sol,

I just mean that I have a lot of work to do. :wink:

Update :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#36

About as far as I got tonight…

#37

Good morning everyone!

:surprised Work with the speed of lightning, Becca, Elliepower and Digital Sol …and really good too:thumbsup: !
I should begin with something, otherwise you’re finished before I start:D .
Hopefully I find some time this evening…

-sabrina

#38

Good Morning,

@Digital Sol
I do not see where there is any problem for you. It looks fantastic to me. Go on… hehooo :)!

@da Winky
Don’t panic, I start fast and furious but there’ll be a point of “time is running through my hands”, rofl… actually I put the 3 layers together, funny mistake cause I forgot to save the pic before.

@Rebeccak
I like the way you construct the figures a lot. For me there is the problem (or fear) that the picture would be too blurry. How do you manage this?

It is an exciting adventure to see the different ways you all start and how the proceedure goes on.

smile
Ellie

#39

Wow really nice work guys, fast progress.

My attempt, just blocking stuff in, trying to get things in right places.
Rebecca how do you get your work so shiny?

#40

Sabie,
Hey there, can’t wait to have you join in! :bounce:

Elliepower,

Heh, thanks! :slight_smile: I think I’m the only person who likes blur in a picture :smiley: but I just personally don’t like too much sharpness…I seem to be in the minority, but it’s just the way I am. :slight_smile: If you use a smaller brush size set to a low opacity and flow, you can still manage to get sharp edges. And I alternate quite a bit between varying brush softness / hardness using the Shift + [ and Shift + ] shortcuts, where Shift + [ makes the brush softer, and Shift + ] makes the brush harder.

[b]Jack,

[/b]Great to see your start here! :thumbsup: Shiny? Lol. :slight_smile: I think the painting has a somewhat shimmering appearance mainly due to the value relationships. Once you start to blend, and tweak value relationships in a subtle way, it becomes almost a process of working with 2D clay ~ sort of pushing forms back with darker values, and bringing forms forward with lighter values. It’s also key to use alternately softer and harder edges (though I’m obviously partial to softer edges) :D, the manipulation of edges is a big factor in determining what stands out to the viewer, and what recedes. Hope this makes sense. :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak