Step by step

[Sans]

Hi! My name is Marina, and it is my sketchbook. I need to improve my skills =) I promise to draw more and more ) i very like it, realy
and.. my english is not good, but i think this practice help me with it too =)



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[Sans]

I'm testing my first sketchbook. I have some questions and sorry for testposts
Haw can I do icon for my thread?

[Sans]

My Muse. She goes to me every moning with coffe and music.
For flashmob

[kevin_]

welcome to the forums, nice start hope to see more!

[Sans]

kevin_, thanks for your approval =)

today's sketches

[Sans]

photo study
hands is so hard!

[Sans]

Good day! I keep up my promise and drawing =)
still-life paintings

[Torres]

Hey there Marina!
You've got some nice stuff , but I'd like to see alot more of it !
The room environment strikes me as specially good!
But on the photo study I'd urge you to try to focus on getting the proportions right. She seems somewhat stretched...

Keep on keeping on!

[Sans]

Torres, thanks for your words =) I agree, proportions is my problem =) anatomy is so angry!
I keeping on my way and drawing girl with photo ref
I hope this practis will be useful =)

[yogeshj25]

nice start to your sketchbook Marina! Your studies are looking great.

[Sans]

some figure practice
60 sec for picture

[Jeff V]

Wow. Looking good!

The only thing I could say is, on the woman sitting down, perhaps brings the darks out a bit more. For example, the area on her upper-right thigh is super dark. Maybe even black. I think bringing those values out will help make the whole thing pop.

Love the all the figure studies and everything. The bedroom looks great as well!

[Sans]

Jeff V, thanks for your notice about my picture! I agree with you, too dark. but i don't correct it, maybe latar or future practice

And today drawing with photo ref

[Craig Paton]

Really nice digital painting style.

[Sans]

Craig Paton, do you think, that I really have a style? ^--^ )

[Sans]

Illustration for "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell"

[Sans]

[Sans]

different brush tests

[Sans]

imagination tree, without ref

[Eleyon]

Nice! I like the color palette you used

[Sans]

Good day!
It is my automn imagination

[Sans]

and today figure practice

[Basham]

These are some really, really good studies. Don't sweat your English too much; I'm certain that you speak much better English than I speak... whatever your native language is.

[Sans]

Basham, thanks! =)
about english... I want to conversation with all people of the world =) my native language is russian. Haw many people knows russian as second lenguage? =) and haw many knows english =) it a simple corollary why I learning english =)
but drowing is universal language, I believe

[Greenhouse]

Hey Sans! Nice work here! I don’t have much crit because I’m not very good myself.
But one advice is to take good time with the figure practicing. In the beginning time isn’t the most important.
Take your time to learn the body structure and angles. Then everything will get easier and you can speed up time during sketching.
If you haven’t tried Loomis, “Figure Drawing- for all it’s worth”, I recommend it. And there are other books that are good as well.

Here’s a video that shows how to learn the gesture drawing. It learnt some really valuable things about capturing the pose and the action in the body gesture (though I need to learn and practice much much more). I got it from someone else and now I pay it forward. I hope it will help!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmiwG...el_video_title

I like your color pallet and the 'different brush tests'!
Keep up the good work!

[Heyriel]

Woah, your works are beautiful! Keep it up

[Sans]

Ok, I'm here again. I had a couple hard days, but I'm ready to go on. I have some very quick sketches and I will drawing today.

Greenhouse, Thanks for your advices and videos, I will be use it for my practice, especially anatomy practice, because it is very need for me . =)
Heyriel, thanks! I'm trying =)

[catukas]

Nice colors, nice work!

[Sans]

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