Sketchbook Thread of Johan Derycke

#21

Rebeccak,

I was wondering, did you use a special pen for that head in your crosshatching tut? your lines seem very thin for a ballpen. mine are rather greasy and thick, maybe i should try some different pens huh (and different brushes in Painter).
Thanks for the links btw, excellent stuff!

Ok, I got good news and bad news:

the good news is that from what I’ve seen and read the last days and weeks, I’ve come to be very determined to learn how to draw properly, because it will be a good basis to do other stuff eventually (painting, 3D, etc). I’ve been fooling around without getting serious long enough; hence the poor portfolio. The other good news is that I have plenty of time, even though I’m a busy man, sharing my spare time with my family, doing sports (mens sana in corpore sano) and being creative (drawing, painting, modeling, etc) and not to forget going to work every day. I’m 33y old so if I’m lucky I can still learn 40 years or more :slight_smile:

the bad news is actually good news as well (in a way):

I was trying to do some sketches on different poses for heads without references. I have serious problems as soon as the head is to be drawn with an angle. So much work to do still. I’ll be taking my sketchbook to work from now on so I can practice in my lunchbreak.

No worries I will get where I want but I might bug you guys for the next couple of years though

These below are just posted so I can see where I started when I look at them at a later stage so I don’t mind if you giggle a bit but don’t laugh out loud :smiley:

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#22

Originally posted by NR43: No worries I will get where I want but I might bug you guys for the next couple of years though

ROFL I actually lol’d at that one, no problem, I think it will actually be quite cool to see if there are seriously long term participants here, we already have several who have been active for a full year, hopefully they’ll be with us for longer. :slight_smile:

Regarding doing studies in different angles, etc., I highly recommend purchasing Hogarth’s Dynamic Anatomy and other books in his series, he also has a book on heads, hands, figure drawing, etc. Also take a look at Loomis if you can, someone who has done some amazing Loomis studies is Lyneran, you should check out her thread:

Anatomy Thread of Lyneran

But Hogarth’s books are freely available through Amazon.com or anywhere, whereas these days you have to track down Loomis. I personally studied under and from Hogarth, so am more familiar with his work, and he does a lot to break down form in simple terms, though I don’t recommend drawing in his style. :slight_smile:

The main key to doing imaginative studies is to study from life, master works, and photos, and to just practice drawing. I think copying from Hogarth’s work is really helpful in that regard. :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#23

yeah I was reading in some of these wonderfull threads here at cgtalk and Hogarth will be the next book(s) I’ll buy (if they’re not too expensive) but I’m still waiting for 2 loomis books to arrive. I’ll do those first.

I tried this charcoal brush in painter but it’s something to get used to still. Here’s another 10min head but I’m totally unsatisfied with it so I’ll do this head again tomorrow.

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Oh and I was already subscribed to Lyneran’s thread. It’s seeing her drawings that made me buy the loomis books right away

Thanks again for the support it really boosts my motivation.
Now I gotta get to bed asap coz I’ve to get up in 5.5hrs again argh

#24

NR43,

You’re welcome! :slight_smile: Heh, you just need to take this last one further. :wink:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#25

Oh yes I’m so happy. I made it to 1 of 25 limited spots on drawing classes at the art academy in Leuven. I’ll be doing the 4 year course for starters :smiley:
Can’t wait for september to arrive now

I feel a bit bad for not having drawn anything the last 2 days but I’m having a rough time at work having to learn a new, difficult job in 2 weeks time (replacing a colleague who resigned) so I’m really exhausted by the time I come home.

However, I made one just now to make me feel better:

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It worked… I feel alive now, very alive :smiley:

#26

Originally posted by NR43: Oh yes I’m so happy. I made it to 1 of 25 limited spots on drawing classes at the art academy in Leuven. I’ll be doing the 4 year course for starters :smiley:
Can’t wait for september to arrive now

That’s fantastic! :bounce:Congratulations! Sounds great, I really hope you’ll continue to show your work here once you start school. :slight_smile:

Lovely to see your step by steps. Hope you will develop this further! :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#27

Hehe Thanks, I really can’t wait, even if it was only because then I will have 3 nights a week where I can draw without being interrupted.

Btw, thanks for that charcoal brush tip Rebeccak. I really like the results I’m getting with these brushes.

Here’s head 54 (12/50 for me)
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#28

Jee I donnow pff.
i tried head nr 57 first but I couldn’t get anything right on paper so after an hour fooling around I started on head nr 75. I’m totally unhappy with it. Especially after the good result with head 54, this is quite disappointing, but I’m not gonna keep these to myself.

shading with pens is still a big issue for me I think.
oh well, on to the next (unless the Football final will be good) :slight_smile:

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now what’s it gonna be? Italy or France? i got icecream in the freezer :smiley:

#29

NR43,

ROFL about the football ~ see, even I call soccer ‘football’ now, such is the corruptive power of my European friends. :wink:

Regarding use of pen ~ it’s not the easiest medium, and if you feel more comfortable using pencil, it’ll probably yield better results. You might try using a significantly lighter touch, I usually feel out the line several times before committing, using very light strokes. Looking forward to seeing more of your work. :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#30

Working on the pen pressure…
not quite there yet but there is improvement

I must mention the scanner has ruined some of the nuances.

when i look at this one in small, it actually has a good feeling to it.
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If i haven’t miscounted, that’s 15/50 for me, 500 to go lol

#31

My loomis books arrived yesterday afternoon.
I’ve already started working on my basics.

I’ve already learned a lot but now I have to put this knowledge in practice. Therefor I will leave the head drawing challenge for a while (maybe only for a couple of days, maybe for 2 weeks, who knows) and I will continue on that when I’m well familiar with drawing basic head shapes. I think I will have to draw hundreds of these schematic heads to get there.
I’ll post the “better ones” here when I’m ready to do another of those 100 heads in the challenge.

To be continued :slight_smile:

#32

No uploads today but I did find out something when studying Loomis…
Drawing a circle is hard, very hard. I think I’m going nuts because a couple of months ago I was drawing detailed, shaded, portraits for ppl on request with success and the more I learn, the less it seems I’m capable of.

So I drew circles today… hundreds of them… and not one was perfect lol, but I think it’s paid off. The last page of circles was filled a lot faster than the first and this because I remembered what Thomasphoenix told me about drawing more from the shoulder.

I’ll do this again tomorrow, and the day after if I have to dammit.

#33

Hi there,

just wanted to say how impressive your progress on these few pages is…:thumbsup:

#34

Well what can I say. I’ll need to work harder if I want better results.
First hour of sketching didn’t get me anything usefull at all. My arm just wouldn’t listnen to my brain. How do you handle that huh?

I took a break to watch the Tour de France report of the day on tele and got back to studying afterwards. Things went better but I’m still far from satisfied with this :shrug:

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If there are things you’d like to point out, please do. I can only learn from your crits :wink:

#35

Head nr 80, where I regret changing my brushsize in the end for some of the highlights. it sorta ruined it.
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#36

Another one, trying to keep Loomis’ technique in mind

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#37

more loomis work…
It’s starting to pay off I think. allthough there are many more mistakes to correct, I’m having less trouble with drawing heads under an angle. If you disagree, please let me know. I’m always open for crits.

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#38

lol this is embarrassingbut I’m just posting this to see where I started…

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proportions are totally wrong
lots of work to do…

#39

HI there,

I agree with your feeling that you are gettin more confident with the forms on the human head.

:thumbsup:

As concerns proportions, there are proportion charts in Loomises “Figure Drawing” volume and I copied them to get a feeling for them and I think it helped me tremendously…

Keep it coming. We are all still watching…:smiley:

#40

Hi Mr Mu,

Drawing the charts are on my to do list for drawing figures. I’ll make them my next item on the list :slight_smile:

Thanks for the encouragements and the advise.
Sorry no images (I’m at work, allthough I doodled in pen a bit this morning but no scanner here) with this post