Sketchbook Thread of Roberto Ortiz

#81

Thanks Rebecca.Here is another one

#82

Hi…Roberto…:thumbsup:

GREAT JOB on those last two…on the last one, …you might want to tone down the highlights. My eye is drawn to the white on his forhead, like a magnet, I can’t escape it…:scream: :slight_smile:
You might try throwing a tint of warm golden color over the whole painting, after you have reached the point where you have put your highlights in…this will unify the highlights with the rest of the painting…then pick out just one area, where you will place the brightest of the highlights…rarely a pure white…but more like the lightest value of the surrounding color that it is placed upon.
Looking forward to seeing more of these paintings…getting better with each one…:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

#83

Thanks Genn for the encouragement and the critique…

one more

-R

#84

One photoshop

Two pencils

-R

#85

OK I am DONNNNEE
Head # 50!

#86

Ok I will start now the new anatomy challenge, TORSO

Ok I had time to do two tonight.

I am trying to do one more before I go to bed.

IMAGE 1/50

036:
MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
Study for Adam
c. 1510
Red chalk, 19,3 x 25,9 cm
British Museum, London

IMAGE 2/50


MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
A Man: Study for a figure in Battle of Cascina cartoon
1504-05
Pen and brush, 42 x 28 cm
British Museum, London

#87

Wow. Great torso sketches, Roberto! Most impressive work.

#88

hi Roberto

great stuff! good to see you on the torso challenge
you’re an inspiration for many of us :slight_smile:

#89

Guys thanks for the great comments!

Here is an update!
3/50

102:
CARAVAGGIO
Christ at the Column
c. 1607
Oil on canvas, 134,5 x 175,5 cm
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen

#90

hehe, tuning in to the “amazing Roberto” show once more.

:scream:

that last torso has a stunning presence about it.

Are you going to mix styles and media again like in the heads workshop? that was quite a wild ride from a viewer’s point-of-view last time…:slight_smile:

#91

Thanks for the cool comments:

Here is an update:

Guess what, there are TWO ignudos by the same author.

I guess I did the wrong one. Well I guess Ill have to do now 51 drawings
021:
MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
Ignudo
1506
Fresco
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

#92


Nude Viewed from Behind
1810s
Black chalk with white highlights on blue paper
Forsyth Wickes Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

#93

RUBENS, Pieter Pauwel
Descent from the Cross (outside left)
1612-14
Oil on panel, 421 x 153 cm
O.-L. Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp

#94

OK here is an update







#95

one more…

-R

#96

Hi…Roberto…:thumbsup:
GREAT studies…like the technique your using on the top two…alot of volume, wieght,and values…really nice feel to them…also like the atmospheric aproach on the third one…Great
line in those drawings …third from bottom my favorite…relaxed, nice flow and varyance.
Pleasure seeing your work…as Chico would say…LOOOOKING GOOD…:scream: :thumbsup: :slight_smile:
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MORE…:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

#97

Thanks Man!I been sketching A LOT on the DC subways, and this exercise has been a great excuse to
dust off my traditional sketching techniques.

Ill update more soon.
:slight_smile:
-R

#98

Here is an update…

-R

#99

Very impressive line weight on these studies! The last one is coming along very nicely too. You can draw on a subway? I find it hard to do because of the movement.

#100

I guess i am used to the rocking motion. Also I love to sketch in the platforms…

BTW here is an update:

Here is an update…

-R