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oDD · Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 7:27 am

ok so i never posted my drawings from art classes i sarted in october last year(never done this kind of stuff befor). about 8 hours of drawing one day and 8 of painting next day during the weekend. Anyway here are sketches from drawing sessions. At the beggining they took my about 6 - 7 hours to complet, now its about 3 - 4 or maybe less. Anyway i'm loking for ANY comments. Drawing people is one of the coolest and most challening things for me. I'm looking for suggestions and ideas how to make my drawings more fresh and more intresting, how to "make them less calm". I tried to put them chronologically from the oldest in top. I hope you can see that there is some improvement and there are attempts at making something interesting. Oh and this are all A1 size.

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Po` · Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 10:27 am

Great drawings.

Capt. Fred · Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 10:53 am

some great work in there.
I dunno what else to say. Maybe, I think it would be good to try and capture the pose with greater economy of time, and of line.

They're great dude.

Tzan · Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 11:13 am

You want to "make them less calm". This is mostly due to the pose, ( unless you really mean the line work). I had two semesters of life drawing each 3 hour class started with fast sketching 1 min, 5 min. 15 min. 30 min. then a longer pose. But the model cant hold an energetic pose for 60 min. I dont know if the class you have is structured this way or not. Maybe you can ask for 15 min worth of fast poses before the long one. Then later fill in the detail if you want. Getting 30 sketches of a model sitting helps in general, but getting some standing poses will help too.

Iliya Zilberter · Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 1:16 pm

nice sketches. never been in a life drawing class so i dont really know much about anything.
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UkiTakuMuki · member Member # Joined: 20 Nov 2002 Posts: 156

those are damn good..!!!!

william willette · member Member # Joined: 15 Aug 2002 Posts: 119

Please tell me that you thought about not drawing naked-chuby-old people befor you did?
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AndyT · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2003 2:06 pm

Great stuff.
I don't think I can help ... I just write a comment because I have to Wink

I definately think that you improved ... especially the hands and feet look better in the newer drawings.

I think the drawings with ... what is it called ... ? ...crosshatching? ... look a lot more interesting.
The others (like the last one) look kinda rushed and smudgy.
Maybe you should practise that ... and try to make it look more smooth.
(I think #6 is a step in the right direction)

Maybe light and shadow should be seperated more in some of the drawings even if you captured the values accurately.

I think I read somewhere that's it's a good idea to make the dark areas darker than they actually are sometimes.
I hope that makes sense.

And look at areas where you add detail ... hand and feet for example.
I'm just guessing that some of them look darker than they should just because you worked on them longer.

I like #7 and #10-12 most I think.
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EviLToYLeT · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2003 10:56 pm

i wish they had hot models for life drawings... Very Happy

teahcers always seem to emphasize the fat ones (and ewwwwww old ones).....cuz they have those folds that are .. *oh so wonderful to draw*

mmm

I like them all .. actually, i don't really like the ones where you put in the penciled black background.. it just looks too contrasting against this person just chilling there.

good stuff.
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francmidi · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 3:10 am

Nice work, very accurate, maybe sometimes too accurate. Please, show us some of your 3-minute-pieces. My personal favorites: no. 15, 06, 13 (in this order).

You are very hard (and successful) working on your art as everybody can see in the speedpainting thread - I wish I had your energy.

Very Happy

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oDD · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 5:38 am

Po`: thanks

Capt. Fred: thanks

francmidi · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 6:19 am

:thumbs up: Nice sketches (The first one I like most). Thanks for posting.

Obviously I spend more time in browsing sijun than in learning polish Wink

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Torstein Nordstrand · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 8:05 pm

Hey Odd,

If you want wilder strokes, focal points and all the jazz you normally think about with paint, I suggest you pick up a jumbo piece of charcoal (biggest you can find!) and a decent putty rubber. Here's what I do - go for it the same way that you would using paint. Lay down a grey midtone with the broad side of the coal. Measure a little, then lay down large, loose shapes of the figure, again using the broad side of the charcoal. Then start using the eraser as white paint, erasing in the light, smoothing transitions, etc. Gradually go into more detail. Render more details into areas you think are interesting/vital. Leave the darkest darks for small focal points or areas nearer yourself(because of atmospheric perspective). Go wild with edges! Smile

I'd post an example, but my scanner only does A4, and my stuff is A1 like yours.

Can you tell that I can't wait till my course starts next thursday? Very Happy

keep posting!
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oDD · Posted: Thu May 01, 2003 7:07 am

thanks Torstein. I will buy charcoal and will try to paint with it. thanks for tips on how to use it, i never even touched charcoal before, but it sounds great plus i love those drawings by fred flickstone made with charcoal Smile

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Malachi Maloney · Posted: Thu May 01, 2003 10:12 am

Wow, they've really got some hot models in your figure studies class don't they? Razz

Seriously though, I think these are pretty sweet. I feel you would benefit from using a pencil with softer/darker lead, or charcoal as Torstein suggested. It's just most of them look a little monotone at the moment. Still, you've got a nice handle on your anatomy for the most part. Your hands and feet need some work, but that will come in time...

Overall, good stuff. Smile

Keep up the good work.

~M~
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oDD · Posted: Sat May 03, 2003 2:24 am

thanks MM
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Capt. Fred · Posted: Sat May 03, 2003 3:57 am

Shite! Your new quicker pics are really really good!
really good man, I reckon, and i exactly what I was thinking when i was tlaking about time and line economsing. Yeah, I think they are all superior to your first batch of pics. Great line work! I love to see those single thin lines everwhere, nice! great Very Happy

oDD · Posted: Sat May 03, 2003 4:46 am

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