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tldr: learning with nc wyeths illustrations and having a good time!

day 4! my replacement pen came 6 days early! go amazon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! with this being the 4th day, i think im going to move into value studies next. im only spending an hour with this daily, so we will see how a bigger study does tomorrow!

im picking up more and more on tangents as important aspects of environment-character interaction and create a piece unified in color and value. have a ref of that below alongside my studies for today

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Day 5! i've moved on to a longer term study, i think i will push this one into tomorrow so i can pick up some more information, and practice edges!

in the original im picking up the casual 'directing the eye' kind of movements, however, it is interesting to see all the ways it is being used in the image, including the javelins, the thrown arm, and of course the columns

did not post for yesterday's day 6, i did paint though! here is the finished 2 hour study of nc wyeth's "slaughter of the suitors"

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and day 7, i began a study of an illustration by schoonover, ill be putting this one into 2 hours as well! in this one, the idea of layering the scene back to front feels very necessary for me to successfully study. its cool with me, but different from how i approached the wyeth study

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@patrone definitely! still getting started on the illustration accompanying those akira studies

here is day 8, completing the schoonover study! it was very fun to work on + the only real struggle point was reading the 3d shape of the canoe through the values

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here is a small piece i worked on for a friend. as for the daily studies, im currently doing color comp thumbnails. they are very fun, but i think ill post them in a big ol' clump on the 5th or 6th day of doing them see you then!

have the first 3 days of color thumb studies done! they were very fun, but also much tougher than the comp studies. i think the next 3 days ill be working these in acrylic or oil:)

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@cedricgo thanks! if you are interested, the first two are edwin church, and the two oceanic ones are ivan aivazovsky

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these are the acrylic master study thumbs for days 12-14. they were very fun, but quite hard, especially d14
you know what they say though! finished, not perfect ;v;

thanks cedric:)
here's day 15, moving on to long term studies, this is the first hour.
i spent almost the entire time working on the colors, there is a lot of warmth that is part of every single color, even the 'greens' are closer to an olive made of yellow and black, the sky also moves towards a pink hue than just fading into a blue white at the horizon and etc and etc and etc! lots to learn:)

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another step in, im starting to flow smoother at this point, and am beginning to render:)

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deciding to leave this at 3.5 hours its been a tough but very rewarding study! ill probably touch it up after crit from here and artschool discord and move on to another 3.5 -er tomorrow

so exciting to be on day 17/21 for noah bradley's habit builder challenge, i think im going to continue minimal 1hr studies every morning, ill probably be doing figures next!

here is a gift i finished for a friend. i had a lot of trouble with creating an unfinished, but good look, especially with the hands. the original pose of the upper body was nothing like this, and the struggle to find what i was looking for came through in that stiffness

as far as personal crit goes, if i dedicate myself more to a loose-looking pose and design, i should put it through much the wringer much more before i develop a final. ie. this had maybe 2 phases of design in it, where 5-6 are needed for a better piece

(the dark grey is dead space to get the image to fit better on screen)

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as for the 21DC, im doing my final color masterstudy in acryllic, and i'll probably be getting general critique from the mirror and my bf will upload like wednesday

@whymrwho thank you!!!!!

I've finished the 21 days! every morning i painted an hour. the last study i was working on has ended up being very difficult (below) and i will probably push on it until i at least get the canvas covered, maybe at 5 hours

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this shows how far i got each day, with the bottom being the last day!

Hey all ! figured i'd update.

After I finished the challenged I prepared to do a second 21 days of more studies of things i wanted to learn and keep a ball like that rolling. It didn't work out, after the 2nd day, i realized i wasn't learning or studying, just 'doing' which wasn't getting me anywhere

I decided to step back and adjust what I felt i needed. I'm currently studying still an hour each morning (at least) but its much more loose and realative to current projects. this approach has given me much more reserve and fuel to keep at it

I'm currently doing a master study related to a figure-central painting im finishing off. the figure has a similar pose and similar lighting to what i'm looking for.

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its a bourguereau (i think thats how its spelled XD)

i'll post more about the piece im working on later this week and probably past that. the piece is something from an idea ive had sitting since 2015, and i want to create a big observation on it on how style and creativity change over time.

@brohawx thanks + thanks for the ref! having a close up will be helpful
i had no idea he did these in a week each! they seem so delicate and precise. i'll have to try and visit the museum they are hosted at someday!