Braintree learns how to draw

**Jonas_J** · December 20th, 2008, 08:43 AM

26th September 2011:
Started at the Angel Academy of Art, Florence, Italy.
Also I've now been drawing for a little over 3 years now

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Hey CA! Im a business management and computer science student who likes drawing.

In this thread i will show all of my sketchbook scribbles, Please critique away!!

Most of them are done observing various statues from either Thorvaldsen's Museum or Den Kongelige Afstøbningssamling, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

**Jonas_J** · December 20th, 2008, 09:59 AM

The first drawing is my first attempt on gesture drawings. I did it about 2 month ago. The rest are more recent.

**oomgawa** · December 20th, 2008, 12:49 PM

Very Nice! I am trying to imagine being in Denmark
and seeing all of those marvelous works of art.
I am impressed with your skill level at this point,
keep at those gestures, and post everyday.
I want to watch you take off!

**Jonas_J** · December 22nd, 2008, 03:46 AM

Lots of heads, mostly from life (statues).

(These were originally in the first post, but decided to move them down here - new stuff in next post)

**Jonas_J** · December 22nd, 2008, 03:49 AM

@ oomgawa: Thanks, i certainly will

These are done yesterday.

**Jonas_J** · December 23rd, 2008, 01:59 PM

Another batch of drawings from today

**Jonas_J** · December 27th, 2008, 02:34 PM

Made these over Christmas. Random heads + 30 sec posemaniac's + some drawings using refs from MMAphotography + some digital paintings (using refs).

**Jonas_J** · January 9th, 2009, 09:19 AM

bahh not much art done this week. Had final economy exams yesterday, so not much time for drawing. Got an A in economy though

Tried to do a face that was bottom-lit - not too successful. Gotta practice values more.

**Porg** · January 9th, 2009, 10:17 AM

You've got a good eye for shading, a bit more depth like defining your shadows from your highlights could help but you seem to be progressing there.

Good to see lots of figure drawing, I was told to try and make stronger, confident lines to make your images look a lot sharper, all the fluffy edges to your drawings seem to let them down.
It took me ages to gain the confidence, still not sure if I've got it, but it does seem to help improve things.

Anyway, I'm babbling. Keep drawing!

**Jonas_J** · January 14th, 2009, 02:40 PM

Not many updates lately. Exams at Uni takes up alot of time, but i do manage to squeeze in a drawing or two a day.

@ Porg: Thanks for dropping by

More confident line? yessir! have been experimenting with that in some of my new posemaniac drawings. Thanks.

Lots of poses, some drawings from ref and imagination. Some bridgeman. The bear boxer im pretty happy about, used both refs of polar bears and mma-boxers to do it

**Jonas_J** · January 24th, 2009, 07:58 AM

Exams are FINALLY done. More time for art.

Drew pose nr. 300 yesterday! Still have problems finding the right forms but i'll keep practicing.

**Joey-b** · January 24th, 2009, 08:38 AM

nice work here, like those hands.
a lot of good sketches, maybe u can fix them up a bit in photoshop? they're pretty blurry atm

**Jonas_J** · January 27th, 2009, 10:53 AM

@Joey-b: Thanks! they are a study from Bridgeman. I'll try and get some sharper sketches up.

Been doing poses and Bridgeman studies these past few days:

**sourgasm** · January 27th, 2009, 11:40 AM

Impressive!

Love the bear, too.

**Jonas_J** · January 30th, 2009, 01:27 PM

@ sourgasm: Thanks!

Went to Glyptoteket the day before yesterday, lots of good ancient statues to draw. Only had time to draw one full figure and some heads. More next time!

Also some 60 sec poses and some Bridgeman studies.

**Jonas_J** · February 4th, 2009, 02:08 PM

Went to Glyptoteket again today, here's the outcome. Tried to focus on the lines.

Got some poses and other studies but havn't had time to photograph them yet.

Also! i've made a thread in the Critique Center and im looking for some good crit:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=149302

**Jonas_J** · February 11th, 2009, 02:56 PM

Done over the week and weekend.

Tried some blind contours too!

**Jonas_J** · February 21st, 2009, 01:02 PM

Havn't updated in over a week

Need to draw more ...

**Pigeonkill** · February 21st, 2009, 02:10 PM

I notice you confidence in line work in you gestures has gone up. Gesture styles of Vipplu? That polar bear reminds me of klondike ice cream bars. Man, they shrunk those ice bars so small to save money, it feels a bit cheapy to eat.

**AlexTooth** · February 21st, 2009, 02:23 PM

good work, same kinda stuff i am working on, it's all good and great practice! I like your black and white digital stuff best.

I'd recommend a darker pencil 4B+ if you want your pencil stuff to show up well!

**Jonas_J** · February 28th, 2009, 07:07 AM

@Pigeonkill: Vilppu amongst others. Also some bridgeman. Glad you notice the lines, been working alot on those

@AlexTooth: Thanks

usually i used HB or H pencils, but this new batch is done with B and 2B. And it really helps

gonna try some 3B now.

The knight on the first image is a study of a warhammer painting.
All the faces are from MMAPhotography.

**L0rin** · February 28th, 2009, 12:04 PM

ow, nice boxing bear

post post

**Jonas_J** · February 28th, 2009, 05:22 PM

@ L0rin: Thanks

Some more stuff before bed. Heads are Ork's from dawn of war II. Great game! And also one Loomis head just for shits and giggles.
painted one of the orc heads and tried putting some colors on it.

**Jonas_J** · March 7th, 2009, 06:27 AM

Stuff done this week. Some loomis hands, poses and other random stuff.

**Janos** · March 7th, 2009, 09:33 AM

Nice stuff. I liek the shading and teh classical studies a lot. I'd try doing some postprcessing on teh gesture sketches though. Its all a little hard to see.

**Jonas_J** · March 8th, 2009, 09:27 AM

@ Janos: Thanks. I'll try and do that. I also think i'll try and use a little longer per pose so i dont have to rush them that much.

Put some values on the guy with the big boomer from my previous post.

Gonna do some more studies now!

**NewGuy22** · March 9th, 2009, 12:29 AM

I love it!! I will be trying your suggestion about cafes soon..is that how you learned faces so well? quickly? Figure after like the 10,000th face ill know how to mold the head just right ..lol. Thanks for the comment =)

-NG22..

**Pigeonkill** · March 10th, 2009, 02:09 PM

I was a bit surprised to see that gunmen on the bottom, I didn't expect him to be that short looking at him just from the waist up. Haha. But it still works. My only suggestion is had a bit of battle damage to the weapon or clothing folds on top of his shirt. You can also had metals of honor if you wish or a team logo some where on the guy.

**Jonas_J** · March 12th, 2009, 10:39 AM

@ NewGuy22: Yup. That and museums.

@ Pigeonkill: A little more bit of props and stuff would probably help yes. I gues it wont break up the "clean" look that much.

New batch: bridgeman and faces (some from "the hobbit")

**AlexTooth** · March 12th, 2009, 11:00 AM

Nice updates man, I love the orc head. And those line faces above are awesome!

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