maria's sketchbook

**maria riaz** · August 7th, 2009, 11:45 AM

this is not the first sketch but i want to start my sketchbook with the cutest vehicle i see on road....rikshaw
hope u folks find it cute too...!

**maria riaz** · August 7th, 2009, 11:54 AM

I am working on a composition of Late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan...my favourite singer. these are some observational sketches of him. the final piece is work in progress, put it up in while....here are the gestures and postures sketches

**maria riaz** · August 7th, 2009, 12:14 PM

these are some smiley structures in different eras...its a world within our world effected by our auras....smile/happiness produce bright auras so the base of each structure is a smile.

**maria riaz** · August 7th, 2009, 12:28 PM

thumbnails and closeup of the above environments.

**maria riaz** · August 7th, 2009, 12:53 PM

its the start of the composition and quite messy....i want to show different gestures during singing...left side gestures are almost decided hav to work on the rite side of it.....the green strip will b the glow from ring.....need suggestions regarding composition and fade out values of the gestures.....criticism required!!!

**bill main** · August 10th, 2009, 01:58 PM

thanks for commenting on my SB. I love that rikshaw painting! the values really help it read well. I like that the interior feels like an actual space and the vehicle feel nicely seated in its environment. Nice whimsical use of color too. keep thinking in terms of simple value to make these images pop. good job, keep it up

**maria riaz** · August 15th, 2009, 09:45 AM

thank u Bill Main for being the first one commenting on my sketchbook and appreciating.....good to hear ur advice abt color values coz i realy love the way u use ur colors...looking forward for more suggestions

cheers

**maria riaz** · August 15th, 2009, 09:51 AM

its an hour sketch......comments!!!!

**maria riaz** · August 15th, 2009, 09:54 AM

its a quick pastel excercise....showing traditional puppets at night after the show

**maria riaz** · August 15th, 2009, 02:00 PM

this is a landscape study of muzafarabad...its a WIP

**maria riaz** · August 17th, 2009, 08:52 AM

this is a quick character sketch.....working on its turnarounds....comments!!!

**maria riaz** · August 21st, 2009, 03:28 PM

hey...commen plz

**Steve Marworthy** · August 21st, 2009, 10:48 PM

Great lighting/colours on your muzafarabad study. I'd like to see this one completed

**maria riaz** · August 22nd, 2009, 08:19 AM

its 75% complete

**miycko** · August 22nd, 2009, 08:50 AM

i love that black sheep speed paint, it really made me laugh

on your image with the guy in the bear suit his right hand seems a bit long & the girl's hips seem a bit low so it's making her legs seem short. hope that helps

i like the attitude you give your characters

**maria riaz** · August 22nd, 2009, 03:36 PM

okay now... its not a 100% complete but almost done....i want to blend the sky a bit more...a bit smooth..any ideas????

**Steve Marworthy** · August 22nd, 2009, 03:48 PM

Looking good! If you do decide to blend the sky in, be careful with your paint strokes...be sure they are following a natural flow. For example, looking above the guy on the left. Follow way above his head to the where the clouds are forming a peak. Here you can see the paint flowing up them over and down. This flattens the cloud a bit. If the same space was made of up horizontal strokes or a series of smaller curved strokes it give more depth. Great mood - keep it up.

**Yor** · August 22nd, 2009, 03:52 PM

very nice contrast in the last one, nice colors and all, i only think that the clouds can be worked a bit more. but that's really just fine tuning

good start an keep it up!

**Mayday** · August 22nd, 2009, 04:08 PM

i really like how you try to use a full range of color

**maria riaz** · August 23rd, 2009, 03:18 PM

hmmm....now it is quite done for me....i m not vry happy wid the sky though .....updating it for some feedback

**miycko** · August 24th, 2009, 07:34 AM

looks good, i think there's a lack of clouds on the upper left & right though, on the left there's plenty clouds right above the house but the space above those is a bit empty, or maybe they just need a bit more rendering

**maria riaz** · August 25th, 2009, 12:56 PM

comments plz....this is the final peice with a bit of variations....any suggestions!!!!

**JakehC** · August 25th, 2009, 01:43 PM

wow really nice sunset.

**Morgado** · August 25th, 2009, 02:43 PM

Personally I like the bluish variation the most

Judging from where the sun is, the characters and the rock they are standing on should have some rim light I think. Something subtle, to not ruin the image, which is already beautiful as it is

Also, are the clouds supposed to be something? One of them looks like some kind of animal\monster stretching his arm to touch something

**maria riaz** · August 25th, 2009, 02:53 PM

hey thanx Morgado 4 suggesting the color variation.....actually the clouds arent supposed to b something i used a real reference to draw this peice, but it feels gr8 that u spot a monster in it....i think i shud make another one with more exageration in the clouds.....cheeers!!!!

**originalpink** · August 25th, 2009, 03:29 PM

Hello hello! I like your study. In your previous works your forms/edges need some more definition I think. Continue to work work work! I'd like to see more studies too!

**sony** · August 25th, 2009, 11:29 PM

Hey maria, its good to see you here!

You need to work on your color contrast to push and pull objects to be in focus. The landscape you are working on is coming out nice, Do lots of more of such sort. I like the defined edges. Do look at forms environmentoring classes in mentoring section. Very helpful info there.

**maria riaz** · August 26th, 2009, 06:37 AM

its a quickie landscape of kaghan valley with reference
its a WIP

**Seraph Fawkes** · August 26th, 2009, 07:10 AM

Interesting and a bit crazy ideas ) Liked this vehicle and sundown ) So far all enviro's are good, but i guess you lack skills in character drawings. Good luck in the future )

**Morgado** · August 27th, 2009, 06:17 AM

The colors and treatment on that last enviro are very nice. The foreground plane is a bit too dull, compared to the other elements though.

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