Open Figure Drawing Workshop with Ron Eyre, Hong Ly and Rebeccak 011

#401

Hard for me but finish…
It’s certainly not my better piece, but it’s done :shrug: :slight_smile: :scream:

#402

Lolo,

It’s been nice to watch this come together…and given your 3D workload with the World’s Fair project, I’m impressed that you participated at all! :arteest: Really nice work, which, even unfinished, has your unique sensibility impressed upon it. :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#403

Wow… this thread gets better the more I see it… as usual, I’m days behind again… but I’m not online at home, so I’m having to post a couple of wip stages at once… :smiley:

Audit, gorgeous work, and seeing how you do it is interesting, do you have any kind of all over sketch first or just work bit by bit, and if it’s the latter, do you ever find yourself having to go back and amend things later? Your eye for colour is lovely, I have to say, though the only thing that looks a little off is the length of her lower leg in comparison to the thigh, but that could be perspective throwing it out a bit from the photo.

Lemog, I love the scarf on that final pic… and I think the cooler background was definitely the right choice.

Anyhoo… I worked some more on this, the clouds are driving me nuts, I’ve spent god alone knows how many hours on them. But I’m getting to a point now where I feel I can start to crack on with the figure more now.
Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

#404

Zepyhri,

Great to see your update! :thumbsup: Can’t look too closely at your pieces atm, but look forward to seeing them more in~depth later today…as always, I love to see your imagination at work, and know that you can take this piece far. :slight_smile:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#405

Zepyhri - I liked all three. I think the last one though was strong. The clouds are great.

#406

Hi …Zepyhri…:wavey: :slight_smile:

Pleasure and surprise all at once …WOW !!
I like the composition in the last one…and I really like those touches of violet and purple.
Also like the reflected golds in birds and main figure…great feeling of deapth in the sky.
BEAUTIFUL lighting and colors…has a ONENESS… :thumbsup: …
Only thought I can think of, that might help it, is maybe something in lower left corner to
bring viewer back into painting, …maybe edge of cloud, or bird or whatever. her finger and
wing tip might end up leading the veiwer right out of the painting , before they have had a chance to fully enjoy it’s beauty…just a thought…GREAT JOB on this so far…really looking
forward to seeing it progress…:applause:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

#407

Zepyhri, I completely falling under the charm of your composition… especially the third… really poetic… that give le the envy to be a bird, and why not, to join her in the sky, to fly, to fly more and to fall, under this dream…

Congratulations for this piece, very good interpretation of the model, really apprecied :thumbsup:

:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

#408

Thank you for the feedback guys, very much appreciated.

Rebecca… no worries, I know you have your plate full with workshops! How you find the time to even look briefly is beyond me! :bowdown:

Glenn, you were dead right, thank you fo pointing that out, I’ve tried to address that in this update by putting in some paler cloud and fixing the tip of the wing so it doesn’t come quite a close to the edge of the piece.

Et je te remercie, lemog (tu dois excuser mon francias mauvais, mais j’aime faire un effort pour l’utiliser quand je peux) Je suis très content que tu as obtenu que tu sens du painture. C’est un sentiment qui est très proche à mon coeur, j’aime les nuages quand il y a un orage et un coucher du soleil, et quand le vent souffle. C’est les choses là que j’ai voulu exprimer. (J’espère que ça fait le sens…)

And here is another update… I had so much trouble with her face it was unreal… fine upto the point I was at last time, but then once I got into details I realised everything was wrong. So I got peeved and decided she was going to be a bird spirit and would wear a mask. But I’m not 100% sold on it yet… I’m going to give the face another go, the mask rings too much of a certain Ms Bergkvist’s work.

#409

Zephyri - one word - WOW :applause:

#410

Zephyri - awesome!!!

#411

Zepyhri,

Wow, I have to chime in here with everyone! Really beautiful piece so far! :applause: I love the painterly feel ~ definitely great progress…keep up the great work! :thumbsup:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#412

Congratulations for your french, it’s really understandable, certainly better than my english…

…you’re right about clouds and complex skies, always very interesting, always very fascinating, and here with your drawing, you succeed to give to your creation something with lot of deep, attraction, by the composition and especially by these tones…
the mask is a good idea, a good touch (even if I really like the previous face, some mysterious…), just maybe the little things around (feathers ?) seem too much fixed, without motion, perharps something lighter, flying a little will be better… byt the way, I hope to see the final piece in large size… my eyes are always greedy :scream: :thumbsup: good continuation :wavey:

#413

Good luck with your project today, Lolo…shall we prepare for some 3D Stills updates? :wise: :smiley: :bounce: Korean pavilion, not? :scream:

#414

Hi…Zepyhri…:slight_smile:

THE COLOR…:thumbsup: :bounce:

Maybe her pointing finger could be angled up more …pointing towards birds in distance…
those birds bring viewer up to big bird, which looks like it’s thinking about landing on her hand
or finger maybe…this simple change would creat a very nice circle flow in your painting, and
give it a nice motion, and would also keep viewer in the painting longer…also if you keep
mask,…you might make it out of pretty feathers…long golden phesant tail feathers, might be nice,
with smaller feathers for mask itself…just some thoughts, while i’m admiring this
BEAUTIFUL CREATION of YOURS…:arteest: :slight_smile:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

#415

I’m shamefully late again… :wise: Hope I can get this finished before too long, if school doesn’t keep kicking my butt!

Thanks for your advice Rebecca. Although I’m not working at 300 dpi for this piece, the images I’m posting are at 50% dimension - I just didn’t want to break people’s scrollbars. I do know the value of working large, I’m just not doing toooo big for these exercises because I work too slowly as is!

P.S. I toured Gnomon this Tuesday and Ms. Hogarth said my portfolio looked solid! Yay!!

#416

Nendil,

I’m really liking this piece so far! :thumbsup: Yep, we all post at smaller sizes than that at which we’re truly working…that’s exactly right. :slight_smile: Congrats about your Gnomon interview! :slight_smile: I believe that Pam Hogarth is an in~law to the late Burne Hogarth (his son’s wife).

Let us know how things turn out. :slight_smile:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#417

Oh, WOW! Lucy, I’m gob-smacked!

Without meaning to offend anybody, I had just about given up interest on this particular workshop! Pleeez, PLEEEZ don’t get me wrong. I’ve been admiring everyone’s work here, but, while being in awe of the expertize and effort that has gone into all the work done here, with the long painstaking struggle to achieve as near a copy to the original photograph, it has done nothing for me, personally. I’m sorry to be saying that. The same images seem to be coming up all the time with out any obvious changes, while nothing of the artist’s OWN personality is showing through.

I’m NOT saying this about ALL the work, though! I can’t think of their names off hand, but two or three have shown some real individuality and self expression through their personal drawing and painting technique. I’m following the progress, also, with a great deal of pleasure and wonderment, of Zepyhri’s beautiful composition of this fairy-like creature in the clouds rejoycing with the freedom of the birds. So delicate and expressive, and yet full of drama from the clouds!

And Lucy! … this is what I started out to say (lol) … I know I might be a bit biased here, being the model, lol, but I would have loved to have seen this sort of individual hand drawn technique with the female images also. Your drawing, while displaying a deep understanding of the anatomy and structure of the human body, displays so much more power and drama than a photograph ever could - with it’s movement of brush strokes and thoughtful use of tone to emphasize many of the edges of the figure. I don’t know if you intend to develop this with color, but I think this drawing is outstanding as it is!

Ronnie.

#418

Aww, thank you Ron, I am so flattered! Ironically enough, I’ve yet to pull off a photorealistic piece like some of the amazing talents in here, despite wanting to acquire that level of skill… :smiley:

I wish I had the time to paint every single photo posted in the OFDWs, male or female, old or young… but I take so long that I’m lucky to even catch up with one. This current picture is pretty much going to be refined as you see it here, but if you want to see a colored, female work, there’s my sole previous OFDW entry here :slight_smile:

#419

Hi …RON…:slight_smile:

Don’t give up on us yet…I can SEE a change slowly emerging, I think more people are
starting to realize the difference between a mimic, and a truly creative artist and spirit.
After having said that…I think we both better put or helmets on,… I can feel the breeze
from the spanner wrenches flying by my head right now as I speak… LOL !!
If you have a spare moment, take a peek at my MASTER COPY, on the # 12 figure thread.
might put hope for us back into your heart…I HOPE…:wink:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

#420

Ok, you guys! You’ve got a lot to answer for! … particularly Lucy and Glenn! AHHHGGGGG! Through your work and influence - (and one or three others) - I’ve just gone and ‘splashed out’ £300 - and something pounds - on an A4 size wacom tablet and pen on the internet! Having shopped around, this was the best price I could find:

Intuos3 A4 Tablet Pen + Mouse USB - Mac/Win
£321.
This includes our English VAT tax and delivery charges.

HOPEFULLY I can use this with either my PC or Mac G5 computers. I just HOPE it proves to me to be yet another genuine medium for artistic expression and interpretation, using my own styles of drawing and painting! If this ‘medium’ is as good as it looks, it would be very beneficial for my work - submitting stuff here, and to other sites - (including my own) - and doing quick demonstrations, - without the palava of cleaning brushes and palette afterwards - and waiting for paint to dry before the next stage. lol. :smiley:

Lucy, I had a really good look at your progressions for the female figure in OFDW 010, and I am in awe of your lovely brush technique, and the beautiful variety of flesh tints and tones. If this and the drawing you’ve just submitted for OFDW 011 are samples of your work in your school portfolio, all I can say is I wish I was one of the adjudicators!

Glenn, I haven’t had the time, as yet, to have a look at the 012 assignment, except at the sourse reference painting. Very dramatic, and, I have to admit, very arousing! (lol!). I can’t help feeling, however, that this is yet another invitation to ‘copy’ another’s work. Sorry, Glenn, I haven’t yet had time to wade through this particular workshop and find your particular piece if work. The project seems to be already well advanced! When I get the time … Durrrrrrrr! Wish there were 48 hours in a day!

Ronnie.