Blackbridge path: try, try and try again

**ChristianWeeks** · August 7th, 2012, 11:00 PM

Your observational drawings are excellent! The rendering on that last one looks perfect! Keep it up!

**Psychobuddy** · August 7th, 2012, 11:55 PM

Really awesome casts man! They are really paying off, you've made some pretty marked improvement since the first post.

**kevin_** · August 8th, 2012, 12:00 AM

you got some nice traditional work, keep posting!

**Blackbridge** · August 9th, 2012, 07:54 PM

Hi guys, thanks for the support and the kind words! I'm moving on to a new cast, I'll post something when I'm halfway there.

**Gpozzo** · August 9th, 2012, 08:17 PM

Great sketchbook, you got some really nice work here, as a lot of people have said, the casts are great, and so are the Bargue ones, great work, keep at it, i'd be glad to see more!

**Dahlium** · August 9th, 2012, 11:51 PM

Really fun to see how you keep improving your studies!

Keep up the good work!

**Blackbridge** · August 15th, 2012, 04:26 AM

Thanks guys! And on that note, I've been doing a lot of CGMA stuff lately. Here are some of my completed exercises.

**Flügel** · August 15th, 2012, 04:51 AM

i think those sketches are extremely interesting regarding the patterns and textures and the hatching.

**Blackbridge** · August 24th, 2012, 08:24 AM

Finished another cast. Charcoal on toned paper. It's tough without the natural highlights you get from white paper. Some creative value shifting did the trick.

**PeteJ** · August 24th, 2012, 08:28 AM

Your stuff looks amazing.
Really digging your charcoal drawing

**Chompi'n** · August 24th, 2012, 09:16 AM

loved post 37 - looks like super fun!
u have beautiful charcoal drawing

**{CKL}** · August 25th, 2012, 12:35 AM

Fantastic! How many hours on this one?

**Blackbridge** · August 26th, 2012, 01:27 AM

Thanks, guys!
CKLamb: Thanks, man. Somewhere between 60 and 80 hours. I'm still pretty slow, but my production time is improving with mileage.

**Blackbridge** · September 25th, 2012, 10:32 PM

Finished another cast. This one was only 16 hours: 8 hours to put it on paper and 8 hours to clean it up.

**kevin_** · September 25th, 2012, 10:51 PM

the cast studies look great!

**yochanan** · September 26th, 2012, 10:15 AM

Really awesome job man, your effort really shows in your work. All of the casts look amazing and the CGMW stuff is really cool. Are you still at CAO? Guessing you'll be doing oils soon, can't wait to see it!

**Blackbridge** · September 27th, 2012, 02:55 AM

Thanks, guys!
Yochanan: Yeah, I'm still studying with Jonathan. Getting through charcoal casts was tough, but definitely worth it. I think I'll be stuck on color charts for a while before Jonathan gets me started on actual painting, but I have all the painting supplies and ready to go

I saw your perspective studies. You are getting better and better: it's very awesome!

**Blackbridge** · October 16th, 2012, 04:51 AM

Hi everyone! Hope everyone is doing well. I've been super busy trying to manage my art practice with the pesky details of life. Something happened to my time: I suspect someone's stealing it when I'm not looking. Anyway, here's an update. A bunch of sketches done with pigment liner and markers. The Paris sketch is done with pencils. Enjoy

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**Craig D** · October 16th, 2012, 12:00 PM

Great sketches!
Is the coloured part with markers as well?

**Blackbridge** · October 18th, 2012, 01:23 AM

Thank you. Yes, prismacolor markers.

**Blackbridge** · October 19th, 2012, 03:21 PM

Finished my Fechin master copy in charcoal. I should've used a better printer for Fechin. My old printer made everything too dark. Oh well, something to pay attention to next time

I used a combination of soft and medium charcoal for this one. Comments are welcome.

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**Blackbridge** · November 3rd, 2012, 04:19 AM

Nobody liked my master copy, lol. It has problems,but it wasn't that bad. So there, responded to my own thread. Take that unresponsive fellow artists

Just completed my first 1p perspective assignment at CGMA. Took me a few hours to get used to my tablet again. It's all good. Here's the pic:

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Whatever you don't say can't hurt me, so don't forget to respond.

**nickydraws** · November 5th, 2012, 07:42 AM

The master copy came out beautiful. Don't worry about not getting replies. That's just how this forum is.

**Blackbridge** · November 6th, 2012, 06:00 PM

Thanks Nick! I stopped by your sketchbook thread (it's amazing) and left a comment there.

**Blackbridge** · November 7th, 2012, 12:39 AM

My latest CGMA assignment sketches. This week was all about bugs.

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**{CKL}** · January 10th, 2013, 12:13 AM

Great insect studies! Time for an update!

**OakLeaf** · January 10th, 2013, 02:22 AM

Really awesome stuff here. I love your Fechin copy!

**Blackbridge** · January 14th, 2013, 02:33 AM

OakLeaf: Thank you! It was rather difficult at the time. As with all mastercopies, it gave me a good boost of skill.
CKLamb: Thanks for reminding me about my thread, CKLamb! I kept putting off the update until I forgot what I wanted to do in the first place.

Without further ado, some of my sketches and a value study:

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**Craig D** · January 14th, 2013, 02:44 AM

Nice!

**yochanan** · January 22nd, 2013, 07:26 AM

Hey man, your CGMA stuff has come such a long way. It's very inspiring to see how well you're doing now. Hope I can get there one day. How about an update on your CAO work? Would love to see how your paintings are coming along!

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