Sketchbook Thread of Erich Schreiner

#1

hi there. i participated in Rebeccas workshop (which was excellent btw :slight_smile: ) where she mentioned this forum, so here i am ready to do more work.

My goal will be to raise my knowledge in the field of anatomy. To achieve this i will do copies of master drawings out of ANATOMY LESSONS OF THE OLD MASTERS, i will make studies of photographs and i will post non-referenced stuff.

One weak point of mine are stiff looking poses, so i hope to solve that as soon as possible.

btw i’m self taught. if you want to see my other stuff, feel free to visit my website.

#2

Well, i guess it’s ok now to post some stuff out of the workshop. i used graphite on paper only, and i made a lot of additional stuff, that is not worth to be showed here.

#3


#4

Erich,

You were a super hard worker on the course, and a really nice bloke to know. Your work was inspirational to us all, well done. :thumbsup:

MIKE looking forward to seeing the momentum keep going

#5

and some more stuff…

#6

@Mike
thx. you had a strong output too, it was nice watching that effort. :slight_smile:

now keep it up!

#7

Erich,

I don’t have time atm to write much, but I will say that you contributed just an invaluable amount of time, energy, and hard work to the Workshop, and I greatly appreciate your efforts! You’ve done a brilliant job, and were a star of the class. It was a true pleasure to work with you, and I look forward to continuing to do so here on the Anatomy Forum. :applause:

Best,

~Rebeccak

#8

@Rebecca

thank you very much again for the course. and i will keep my work up :slight_smile:

here’s a sketch done after the course without any ref

#9

Erich,

You should post some of your beautiful illustration work here, as well. :slight_smile:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebecca

#10

Hi Erich,

I must say that haveing seen your renderings of skeletal parts for the first time I felt an urge to do this, too.

They look exciting and beautiful. I can’t remember having seen any skulls/skeletals that made me feel like this.

#11

Erich,

If you feel that you are weak in the area of creating stiff looking poses, either from imagination, life, or from reference, then you should participate with us in the 15 Minute Sketchathon, which is a Sticky Thread at the top of this forum. The purpose of the thread is to try and capture the essence of a figure’s movement in as little time as possible. Though the title is “15 Minute Sketchathon”, I have encouraged others and I will encourage you to time yourself, using the same Reference, for consecutive 2, 5, and 15 minute poses. Try to capture the essence of the pose in 2 minutes consistently, and your figures will naturally and of necessity start to loosen up. Nearly every figure class I have ever been in begins with a long set of progressively longer poses, starting with 2 minutes, and progressing into 5, 10, 15, and 25 minute poses from there.

I hope that you will participate in that thread! Feel free to also post your best results here in your personal Anatomy Thread, as well as in the 15 Min. Sketchathon Thread. :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebecca

#12

@Mr Mu

thx for your kind words, they remind me that it was worth it :slight_smile:

@Rebecca

i downloaded all poses from the thread and will try it out soon, thx :slight_smile:

another sketch, not that serious…

#13

Erich,

Re: 15 MS ~ sweet. :slight_smile: I think what we’re going to work on next with you is Opposing Curves. :slight_smile: Check out:

REBECCA KIMMEL’S Anatomy Review 002: OPPOSING CURVES

[left]Just the tutorial at the front / beginning of the thread.

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebecca
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#14

i totally agree, Rebecca. was sick again for three days, so i couldn’t do anything. third time this winter, really ridiculous :slight_smile:

just a scribble

#15

Nice scribble Erich! :thumbsup:

MIKE

#16

Erich,

Better movement in this one! I think next I’ll totally confuse you and post some stuff on some really expressive / gestural drawings in the total opposite vein as the direction we went in in the Workshop. I think it will be really good for you! :slight_smile:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#17

thx Rebecca. just post’em :slight_smile:

#18

Great to see all your finals in one place Erich! Hope to see more and more from you. :smiley:

By the way, I LOVE the way you’ve presented the pieces.

#19

Erich,

Did you see ruffstuff’s post in the 15 Minute Sketchathon?

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=2876525&postcount=588

That’s a great example of the type of work I’d like to get you to do. Lots of energy and movement / really going for a stylization of form and getting the essence of the pose.

Will post some stuff soon. :slight_smile:

In the meantime, I recommend doing as many 2 minute / 5 minute / 15 minute poses as possible. 2 minute poses are the best, in my opinion, for loosening up, and really capturing the essence and gesture of the pose. Regularly doing them is key. I think it’s the equivalent of a good warm~up ~ they are warm~ups, really, but in some cases you can really come up with some brilliant drawings, as ruffstuff has.

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebecca

#20

@Martin

hi and thx. no prob, i will let’em come as hell :slight_smile:

@Rebecca

ok, saw them. so i’ll try that, thx. :slight_smile:

very quick study after ref