Open Figure Drawing Workshop - Mixed Masters - 020

[DannySketch]

just getting the basic structure down and lightly shading in the darkest shadows, i am kind of fumbling my way through this whole process based on what i have picked up here and there on CA, first real master study i have ever done so comments and crits on my process so far will be really helpful,

cheers

Choice 14:
Alessandro Algardi (1598-1654)
Titan
Terracotta, c.1650-1659
Hermitage, St Petersburg

EDIT:update, just cracking away at the rendering, starting to see alot of things out of proportion such as the head, the thickness of the rendered arm *sigh*am far to lazy to rub it out and go back to change it, i'll finish best i can and then try another, but for now i am going to bed.

Finally finished work so i can now start this. This is a small ways through my first pass over it. I don't get how you colour it do you use layers ie. colour, overlay?
Or do you just paint over it in colour? If you paint over it in colour won't it block out the greyscale and then what was the point of doing a tonal version first? Excuse my ignorance i just always go straight in with the colour and don't know how to paint over a tonal drawing.

Very nice sketch DannySketch
Coming along nicely Uziel
Great, goes without saying Rebeccak.

[Rebeccak]

Hi guys,

It's good to see more contributions here. I'm going to be scarce for the next few days due to the fact that I have to hang my thesis show - but please continue to post your work and to provide one another with comments and constructive critique.

Mitze, good to have you join us, and thank you for the compliment. Nice start to this! Regarding grayscale to color painting methods, check out Steven Stahlberg's excellent painting tutorial here:

http://www.androidblues.com/Jealousy...lousystep.html

DannySketch, that is looking really good so far - keep working on this! I have done many copies of the same master work, and each time, I get something new out of it. You may find yourself revisiting certain master works to copy, there is nothing wrong with that. Also, if you find that you are having a problem drawing a certain area, feel free to draw that area larger / independently on a separate page in order to better understand it's form. Quite often there are certain areas for artists that are harder to understand than others, and the best way to understand them better is to study them further.

Looking forward to seeing more of your and everyone's work.

Cheers,

-Rebeccak

[Niels23]

Rebecca - no I don`t plan to paint it, coz I never even tried to paint, it still scares me a bit Only practicing with pencils for now.
One more study: Ingres #8

[Farvus]

Here's my attempt: Woman At The Well done with charcoal. I'm trying to get rid of fixative smell in my small room.

[Idiot Apathy]

Got a little bit of time today after work, figured I'd start one up.
Thanks again for doing this Rebeccaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

I'm really crummy with exterior edges on the face it seems, got any 'fixes' anyone? Negative shapes I guess , did notice the break in the jaw is a good angle check.

So many shapes in faces... Aieee! Takes quite awhile.


#7:
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867)
Madame Marie Marcotte (Marcotte de Sainte-Marie), née Suzanne-Clarisse de Salvaing de Boissieu

[Pawlack]

At last I could draw something. Idea of drawing nr. 001 is popular I see.
So far I have pencil and black color pencil sketch. Now I'm going to paint it ;]

[Idiot Apathy]

Ok, had some free time today to pick up where I left off last night. Not sure if I'm going to take this much further, clothing... not ready for that yet haha. Want some more portrait practice, this one has ... too many faults.




Going to put this and the PSD up in my demo thread.

[Pawlack]

IdiotApathy - faults ? I see here only great work ;]
Ah and interesting way of showing progress

[Idiot Apathy]

Heheh, thanks. It's 'pretty' close to the original, I'm happy with the results don't get me wrong. But I'm trying to tighten up the process, the visualization. Notice in the GIF that I had to stretch everything out horizontally? How am I supposed to do that on canvas ... ? hehe.

Added just a JPEG up there as I noticed it was annoying to wait 20 odd seconds to see the end.

[oma]

i will post number 4 for you all. how you like it, C&C are welcome!

used charcoal and white pastel.
the charcoal don't came out that well on the pastel paper. in my eye's. but hope you like it.

will post some WIP's to .

[pennington]

Uziel i think the eyes are a bit too small for a young woman. and her left eye is a tad too low those should be easy to fix i think. wonderful render tho

hey IdiotApathy beautiful atmoshpere i love the steps thanks

thanks a bunch Rebeccak!!

here's my start the proportions are way off and her pose is more stiff.

[Edit] well here's a couple more hours on this. i don't think i going to do much more to it because i had a lot of trouble with it.

[Twon Smith]

Here is my latest attempt. I'm definately learning, though I still need to work on color relationships and I seem to be trying different tools everytime I draw. I hope to get comfortable with some method before this workshop is all over.

[maxetormer]

Ok this is a first study to get an idea of values and
crosshatching a more refined-accurate version will follow,
as soon as I print the ref, drawing from the monitor aint my thing ._.
Awesome work ya guys, Ill try to give some more comments
on the pieces here on the next post

[amer-nazri]

Thought that I should give it a try, since i have soo many problems regarding proportions.


DAY 1

[carlosranna]

Here is my first try on the subject. Soon i might start painting. One thing have been hammering in my mind tough... Do you guys think it´s going to be a major trouble the fact that i´ll work on different medium (tempera gouache instead of oils) and a probably different size (not taller than an A4 paper)?

[Idiot Apathy]

DoInferno: Nah, do it man! It might/will look different but that's not the point. Try to capture it instead of reproduce it.

[carlosranna]

Yes Idiot Apathy, you´re totally right...

Well, just after i posted the sketch above, i went to drawn this one i´m showing now. I had the paper streched on a piece of wood and decided to take it of to scan and them stretch it again, so i already painted on it for about 6 or 7 hours non-stop and i´m going to sleep (it´s 3:25 am here in Brazil...). Tomorrow i´ll try to finish it to show here, cause i don´t have a camera and i won´t take it off the wood to scan the progress, hehe....

[Darvon]

This is my first post and my first try at something like this, but I worked for about an hour and got this last night.

[Ian L]

Thanks for starting this thread Rebeccak there's some really useful information here. I decided to have a go at the neptune calming the waves image having been so impressed by the real thing at the Louvre. This is my attempt after a couple of hours.



There are some really nice artwork so far particulary from Rebeccak and idiot apathy.

Amer -nazari : I know the feeling

[carlosranna]

God damn this beautifull woman face! It´s being hard to get it right!!!

Sorry for bumping up the thread, but i had to say this....

Really nice work guys. Thanks for the link on how to colour Rebeccak. But i think this is it for me i am beginning to get frustrated with this pic and can't seem to go on i think there is just too much in this pic for me.

[Lee W]

my attempt on number 1 noticed some proportional errors, going to start over again.

[Rebeccak]

Gahhh!!! This is the first time in a while I've gotten a notification of replies to this thread, sorry guys!

Here are my updates so far:





Keep up the good work guys!

[Pawlack]

This dress is hypnotizing Rebecca
I scanned my sketch and started rendering in ps

All crits are welcome

[Rebeccak]

Thanks Pawlack! That's a great start on yours. I am about to commit seppukku myself over this one. Still miles and miles to go:

[paperX]

wow Rebecca...i've always wanted to join in on one of these but the workshop's usually finished when i find it...luckily i stumbled upon this thread!
so many great pieces already...i think ill just join the majority and do the Biondina... i really like the piece anyway

Here's what i have so far:


gonna go clean it up tomorrow

[Pawlack]

Another step

[Chardy]

Hi everyone. I am new here and this is my first post in this forum.
I have only been into art for a couple of years (I'm 47 now) so playing catchup bigtime.
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[Rebeccak]

Chardy, great to see your progress, keep it up!

paperX, glad to have you aboard! Good solid start, keep pushing those values!

Chardy, beautiful drawing so far, and I say it's never too late to do something you love! Welcome to Conceptart and to the Workshop!

Experimental 'colorized' version - base layer - the grayscale isn't finished yet.