Kash's sketchbook

[Kash77]

Hello to everyone

I started doing some colourful pictures some time ago (if someone would like to peek they are here:
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthr...ghlight=kash77 ),

but I really would like to learn the basics of drawing and how to use the pencil. So far I got so much help here on conceptart forum so I thought I would create the sketchbook and ask for some more words from you.
At the moment I am using Loomis books and follow his course but I also became more couragous in doing portraits of my friends.
I am just starting so please feel free to comment and point what is not good yet as I am a really keen lerner. Thank you in advance.

Below are some of the best examples of my pencil work so far.

Kash

[Kash77]

and few more realistic faces from Loomis's book

[Kash77]

...and two 5-10min attampts to draw my friends. I can recognise my friend in the first one, the second not really ha ha...

[Dave'sWarmInsides]

Hi Kash. I see good things *heading* your way. It's very interesting for me to see this excercises because I have being doing the same ones with the same A.loomis book these las few days!! Really good stuff. Keep it up. On a C&C side of things, I doo feel that your line is really hard. I have trouble sometimes with the preassure I use when drawing, and since i use a putty eraser it's harder sometimes to remove such dark lines. I'll be passing by soon, cya.

P.S. Check out my sketchbook ; ) (link in the signature)

[Kash77]

Hey Dave,
Thank you for the encouragment. I checked your Sketches, nice work waaaay more advanced than me so lots to learn. I really like Loomis books, really fun to draw. When I started those comic faces it took me nearly 2h to draw one and at the end I coudl do it in 10min. It was really encouraging and kept me going.
As for the dark lines. I started each pictures with 2h or h pencil and ended with 5 - 7B so partially they are really dark for that reason but overall I think I might be pressing too much.

Here is some more as I promised myself to do sth every day:

[Mewball]

Great start! Your lines are looking really nice (although a bit dark, as was mentioned before.) It would be cool to see some more things with more distinct value though.

[Kash77]

thank you for popping in and leaving some feedback Mewball. Drawing with pencil is still new for me so everything is much appriciated.
It is funny as I have no idea why I am doing my lines so strong lol. Sth to work on. I am not touching the values yet as I find it really difficult. I hope that soon I will be able to start applying them, but I started doing heads now then I am planning the body, hands, legs - just to learn the basic way of drawing them, and then the light and perspective. Also some still life on the way. Loooots of work but I will continue following Loomis's book and this forum to learn some fundational drawing
I love other people sketches, it is amazing to see how they grow.

[otherscape]

Your head studies are looking good. Make sure the facial features stay on the mid-line of the face; yours kind of veer off slightly once and a while. Good luck!

[Kash77]

hey otherscape, thank you for your thoughts, I need any help possible I will go back to those faces and look closely. Thank you

Today I am posting sth different:

[Xcarbon]

nice studies!!
i like the still life in the last post!