Head 01/50
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v668/josht/workshopface001.jpg[/img]
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[Reference Photo](http://anatomy.cgnetworks.com/00_Anatomy%20Lesson%20Series/Web%20Gallery%20of%20Art%20Images/022.jpg)
[Anatomy Lesson Series: Body Part 1: The Head](http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=375031&page=1&pp=15)
JoshT,
Nice to see you in this, 
I think the main thing I would advise is to always watch that central axis. The nose, lips, and chin seem misaligned, which is throwing off the lower half of the face. The upper half of the head seems quite well aligned, which is making it work better by comparison.
Cheers,
~Rebeccak
Rebeccak - I’ll try my best to watch for that :).
02/50
I seem to have alot of difficulty with hair…
wow dude, this is really great work, what are you using, smudged pencil? Good luck at college!
Hi…Joshua…
I really like that last one…lot of energy happening…captured the expression perfectly…:applause:
Maybe the part where his ear goes could have more information their…kind of looks empty
compared to the rest of the drawing.
On the far side of face…would like to see the eyebrows extend out past the edge of the brow, to match the eyebrows on the near side of the face.
REALLY NICE ONE…KEEP POSTING…
TAKE CARE
Glenn
argonaut - Thanks. Yep, smudged pencil.
SpiritDreamer - Thanks again, especially on the advice of the facial features.
Anyways, here’s latest. I probably should of worked longer on it, and payed more attention. Fairly disproportional to reference photo. C&C welcome.
03/50
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A quick cloth study in attempt to model lighting. I really enjoyed doing this. I think I will do more cloth studies. I plan on doing a more elaborate complete one. It seems to be great practice for rendering form. All C&C are more than welcome. I’ll be posting more soon.
Graphite
JoshT,
Great to see your participation in the Portraits Workshop ~ really looking forward to your updates.
Sometime in the future I’d like to run a cloth Workshop, but don’t know exactly when.
Cheers,
~Rebeccak
oooh, what is it referenced from? You should post the reference right along side with it. smiles So how long did it take you to create it?
woah JoshT, can’t believe I’ve missed that thread before now :bounce: great drawings:thumbsup:
Lute - I have a hyperlink right below it to the reference :). I probably should use photoshop and put the reference resized next to it next time. Ummmm, I’m not sure how long on this one. I find I take a long time on all my drawings. Probably 1h+. I spend most of the time on this one to attempt getting proper proportions, while the shading was loose and perhaps rushed. From now on I think I’ll keep track of time better to help log my drawings.
Intervain - Thank you.
I really love the old man on the previous page…great work…I look forward to more.
Cris
Cris - Thanks :).
Anyways, still struggling hard with it, but here’s some face work…done from photos of sculptures.
References
http://www.gandygallery.com/art/Masters/Diakono/Images/Giovanni_Chiaramonti.jpg
http://www.gandygallery.com/art/Masters/Diakono/Images/Woman.jpg
Hi… Joshua…
Nice job on that Michelangelo drawing…like the way you handled the shoulder muscles…:applause:
Last two faces are looking good also…
Really like your study of cloth, and the effects of light and shadow on it…that’s a great exercise to practice, and will pay off big time …I have a manaquin’s head, that I wrap cloth around, to get different folds set up ect…then I take and spotlight it, to study the shadows
ect…always trying out different types of cloth…silk, wool, cotton ect…each acts and reacts differently to the light, and it is alwats a challenge to recreat accuratly what type of cloth it is.
Burne Hogarth has a book called…Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapery, that you might be interested in , and will find very usefull, when doing studies of cloth, as it applies to the human figure.
GREAT BOOK…
Well …keep up the hard work,…your thread is showing…GREAT PROGRESS…:applause:
TAKE CARE
Glenn
SpiritDreamer - Thanks a ton for the info . I think I might pick up a bunch of suggested books on my next paycheck :D. On a side note, my house has poor lighting. Any suggestion for cheap personal “studio” lighting? to help my drawing. If ANYONE can respond to this that’d be great. After posting this, I’ll go hunting for some information on it. May have to edit this out after :).
Some quick contour stuff from the 15 minute sketchathon…
And… my latest head study…been working on contour first, then proceeding to proportion the smaller features. Seems to work better than the opposite for me. Been trying to spit out one a day during spare time. Anyways, eyes seem a little lower than the reference. C&C greatly appreciated.
JoshT
Love your work. You got a nice n clean shading style.
I think in oyur last head study the main problem is his right eye being positioned a bit lower than his left, causing the same ‘lowered look’ for the features below the eyes.
Really great stuff here I’m eager to follow up and learn from your work
grtz,
NR43
Hi…Joshua…
There are a lot of great lights out there nowdays…I like the kind that has a long skinny neck
that swivels, and clampes to whatever you want it to be clamped to…has a hooded lightbulb at the end of neck…can be aimed to spotlight an object, from any angle . When brought in close to object, it creates dramatic lights and shadows…works best, when used in the dark.
I have another spotlight shining on my canvas, paper, or whatever, so I can see what I am doing …Those lights are cheaply priced, and can be found at any building supply, office supply,
or lamp shop…of course there are always candles,…but then you have that fire hazard involved.
You want to use the same princaples that a photographer uses, when spotlighting the subject.
Use the light to creat the mood, and enhance the subject…in the same manner as the old
black and white movies did.The movie studios used to hire people who learned thier lighting techniques from the old painting masters from centuries before…a bit of interesting trivia there…
Also , a GREAT BOOK to learn the princaples of all the various kinds of lighting and shading is
…DYNAMIC LIGHT AND SHADE…by Burne Hogarth
I think you shoud try to bring your portraits, ect. …out of the darkness, and into the light,using the princaple of spotlighting
which is the same princaple applied to that photo refference of the bust that you just posted…that princaple is what adds to the beauty, drama, mystery…ect…
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MORE OF YOUR GREAT STUDIES…
TAKE CARE
Glenn
SpiritDreamer - Once again, thanks a ton :applause:. When I get back home in a week or so I’m going to see what I can do about some spot-lighting.
NR43 - Yah, on a look after reading what you said, I definately believe you to be right. I’ll try to be more careful for such easily corrected mistakes next time. Thanks :).
Anyways, some latest stuff…
15 Minute Sketchathon
Study done from my new favourite learning tool (http://www.reybustos.com/03ra/ra.html).
I found the site in this thread… http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=257570
Hi,
I think I never took the time to reply in here…
wonderful drawings! I, like practically everyone else in here, totally love the way you shade. Very subtle, accurate and light.
the michelangelo copy is impressive.
:bowdown:
