Traditional Portrait Drawing Practice
28/9/2020

Below, is my recent portrait study. On my next portrait, I want to keep in mind to build up the values slowly, as well as take more time measuring.

Daily Gesture Drawing, Day 32, 3-Minute Poses, 30-Minute Session 5/10/2020

I received some pointers from the folks over at the Art School Discord server that I have put into practice; I have also increased the time of each pose for now.

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Term 1.1 Image Adjustments

I finished assignment 2 of photoshop for production; I understood the principle but the execution was quite tricky. That said, I can confidently use the functions covered in this assignment now. I'll revisit these and use them as colour and value matching practice every so often.

Term 1.1 Assignment 3: Creat your Dream House

Below is my finished project for term 1.1 assignment 3, create your dream house, as well as the images I used.

This assignment was really fun, I haven't really dabbled with photo editing before, so, I took quite a lot away from it.

My idea of a dream house is, honestly, pretty humble, just a welcoming and cosy cottage, hidden, amidst beautiful woodland surrounded by nature. I was going to add a paddock for a couple of emu, but I was getting carried away so I opted against it haha.

Thanks Julia, it was a case of repetition; admittedly, I spent very long time on these exercises, it took a lot of attempts before I started to get to grips with it.

Take your time with them, and repeat the exercises a few times; you'll get there, keep at it

Term 1.1 Photoshop for Digital Production assignment 4

This is my finished project for Term 1.1 Photoshop for Digital Production assignment 4.

Again, this was good fun, I am starting to get to grips with editing now and it really got me thinking about the design of the image; with that said, I was too heavy handed with my application of light and dark and my composition of apples could have been better, as some are defying gravity haha.

Still, these are all things for me to keep in my for the next assignment.

Thanks WeirdOwl; surface level, these exercises seem simple, but, there is quite a bit of depth to them. When working on assignments 3 and 4, it gets you thinking not just about practicing the tools but also about design, composition, lighting, colour and, in the case of assignment 3, perspective.

It gets you to consider, how you can apply these elements and have them work well together. This is the main aspect of term-1 I am thoroughly enjoying so far.

Term 1.1 Photoshop for Digital Production Assignment 5

This is my finished project for term 1.1 Photoshop for Digital Production assignment 5. As well as the source image (Ian McKellen) and the target image (Michael Fassbender).

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Term 1.1: Photoshop for Digital Production Assignment 6: Liquify

This is my finished assignment for Term 1.1: Photoshop for Digital Production assignment 6: Liquify, and both the origin and target image. Honestly, my image choice could have been better; still, I enjoyed the challenge. The end result is odd... to say the least, and there is a fair bit of warping; I used all of the tools taught in the lesson, though, my focus was on liquify.

I feel comfortable with the tools now, so I am going to move on to term 1.2: Visual Communication, and then, move on to figures.

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Thanks, there really was a lot to think about with this assigment; I wanted it to be a culmination of the things I had learned from mistakes I made in the previous assignments and calculated design choices, while also using the various tools covered in the lesson.

Day 51 of Daily Figure and Gesture Drawing: Figure Drawing using a Combination of Spherical, Box and Cylindrical Forms

I have been supplementing art school with other courses, yesterday's poses 1-3 are my first attempt and poses 4-6 are from this morning after watching Glenn's (the tutor's) approach. I used different poses and opted to give myself 20-mins for each pose to really give myself time to study the poses.

My own personal observations are, on the first 3 poses, I focused heavily on drawing the full boxes and cylinders; after watching Glenn's approach, I realised that I should be suggesting the spheres, cylinders and and boxes as well as drawing much lighter. On the first 3 poses, I also tried to add black lines on top on the coloured lines; this used up time that could have been better spent else where.

On the second set of poses, I am drawing much looser and my figures are less stiff. With that said, my knowledge of anatomy is lacking and I still struggle with perspective; I also need to work on scaling my drawings. I am going to continue working on these exercises before moving on.

Critique is more than welcome and would be very much appreciated.

Thanks for the critique and tips; I often fall into the trap of messy line work in timed studies when I become underconfident in my strokes. I need to remember that keeping a drawing "loose" does not mean I should stop being conscious of how and where I place my lines.

Absolutely; that has crossed my mind, as I begin to study modeling form, I will introduce long poses into my routine.

Thanks again, I appreciate the feedback

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French Portrait Artist, August 1st 1725 - 4th March 1805

What I am going to start doing moving forwards, is write short entries about artists, both old masters and contemporary artists whose works have triggered an emotional response within me, have influenced my work and approach, and have spurred me forwards in continuing to pursue my aspirations. This, in part, is to begin working towards developing a visual style, as well as to start identifying where I see myself within the creative industry and what role would truly be suited to me.

I would like to begin with Jean-Baptiste Grueze, I enjoy his paintings, but, I adore his portrait drawings. Two of my favorite pieces of his work are, Head of a Girl Looking Up and Head of a Young Woman. The aspects of these works that appeal the most to me are, the soft and light values in contrast with his wonderful hatching that flow across the form of the models. The hatching adds so much to the drawings and rather than distract you from the piece, they are vary subtle and really do make the portraits interesting to look at and study.

I would like to try and implement this hatching style within my artwork; when I have finished modelling the form, I will subtly add hatchings across the surface of my portaits and figures to complete my drawings and try to add texture and variety to my work.

3-Minute Gesture Drawings: Day 55

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