Cedric - Art School Journey

cedricgo 2020-09-11 15:22:15 UTC #1

Hello everyone! I'm Cédric and unsurprisingly I draw and paint. I already worked on Artschool last year and early this year, but haven't really worked on it recently. I decided that actually making a topic for my progress would probably be a good idea to get me back into it.

Here's where I am art wise...

And here's when I actually try my best XD

WeirdOwl 2020-09-11 15:55:35 UTC #2

Love the hamster

cedricgo 2020-10-06 15:12:06 UTC #3

Soooo I guess I forgot about this

I don't know if it's worth posting here, but I guess it counts as observation drawing and studying. So here are a few outdoor sketches I did recently.

Hopefully I'll update with something more substantial soon!

Frygidal 2020-10-06 22:49:36 UTC #4

Very nice sketches, especially both flowers ones, love them

cedricgo 2020-10-15 14:45:41 UTC #5

Thanks @pitrek121

Here's some eyes I sketched. I tried coming up with various shapes as I pretty much always default to the same kind of eyes normally. So I wanted to break out of that a bit.

Plein air study of clouds made in pastel

Current acrylicstudy in progress

Julia_J 2020-10-15 14:50:18 UTC #6

Lovely watercolor leaf!

WeirdOwl 2020-10-18 15:21:36 UTC #7

People that can do these things with acrylic seem like wizards.

cedricgo 2020-10-21 19:19:40 UTC #8

@Julia_J Thanks! 'm glad you like it
@WeirdOwl Well, perhaps I am a wizard

Here's the finished leaf. I used glazing to add the colors to it. It was a bit of a struggle, since I'm not too experienced with that technique, but I think the result is not too terrible.

I guess now I can get towrk on some actual assignements

WeirdOwl 2020-10-21 19:20:21 UTC #9

Wizardry confirmed

cedricgo 2020-10-21 19:21:21 UTC #10

@WeirdOwl I swear it's not the case, haha

Frygidal 2020-10-22 02:21:38 UTC #11

very nice Cedric! in traditional media I can only paint house with the tree and smiley sun xD

cedricgo 2020-12-02 20:32:29 UTC #12

@Frygidal That's a classic subject! I want to see that now XD I think in the end traditional art skills feeds your digital skills and digital skills feeds your traditional skills. And seeing that you have nice skills in digital arts, I think you're selling yourself a bit short. It's just about taking the time to try out various mediums and finding the ones that suits you best.

cedricgo 2020-12-02 20:41:15 UTC #13

Alright, so here's my first gesture drawings since the beggining of the year I believe. So I,m really rusty. I'm planning to do thirty 30 seconds poses every day for the next month. I don't think I ever did that and I'm interested to see the change that will happen in one month, if any.

Here's also a new drawing of nature. This time it's rocks. I started as a hatching exercise, but I thought it's be nice to turn it into a "finished" picture so I added some quick colors and shading. I call it "Love Rocks".

Oh and I guess I forgot to post this ear study I made in pastels last month. So there you go

cedricgo 2020-12-03 20:29:14 UTC #14

Day 2 of gesture drawings. I'm not sure if I should keep posting those gestures daily or if I should post them every few days when I have multiple sessions done. We'll see!

WeirdOwl 2020-12-03 22:14:02 UTC #15

Your line control precision is so so good. I am very curious how your gesture drawing will evolve as you practice it daily. Maybe post a comparison: 1st attempt and week later?

Frygidal 2020-12-03 22:47:52 UTC #16

line precision is really nice like Vika says but I would focus less on anatomy when doing gestures, all these bumps for muscles just slow you down and some of them just asks for long flowy lines

Actually I couldn't resist and de-lined some of the poses to pass the idea, hope it is any helpful

cedricgo 2020-12-03 23:06:35 UTC #17

Thank you @WeirdOwl and @Frygidal! These drawovers are actually really helpful. I'll try to implement this concept in my next ones

cedricgo 2020-12-04 18:51:02 UTC #18

Day 3! I tried to apply @Frygidal suggestions and it was a struggle, haha! Despite being "simpler" I had a much harder time with these one. There's a few I really like though, so that's nice

Oh and I saw your suggestion @WeirdOwl . I thought about doing a comparison between the very first one and the very last one, but I guess I could also do a weekly comparison.

WeirdOwl 2020-12-04 20:01:22 UTC #19

I think the weekly level up would be fun. Also I see Peter's advice is working well for you
You could also try with first indicating the line of action, then adding all the other parts. Peter has it in his gesture very clear.

Julia_J 2020-12-05 10:21:48 UTC #20

Totally agree! There are so many lovely mediums