Bernie's journey! Humbly welcoming critiques

[berniebakari]

Hello everyone,

For almost a year now I have been lurking around this website and its forums, amazed by the Artwork that is displayed.

I am a beginner teaching myself to draw and paint digitally/Traditionally and have only been drawing seriously for at least just over eight Months and counting (although I have been doodling here and there for many years before)

I would like to post my stuff here with hopes of getting directions and critiques on how I can improve my Skills.

All of the images I will be posting in random order until I am done uploading have been done This year.

SO HERE I GO!

[berniebakari]

More Pencil sketches

[berniebakari]

Master study J S S Sargent

[berniebakari]

Hmm finding it hard adding more images I get a wait for approval by Moderator message, I guess they will turn up later

Ill squeeze in some more sketches while I am at it!

[berniebakari]

my early Photoshop drawings from imagination, I believe I did this back in Aprill 2011, with some more added studies

[Lumari]

Nice work! I particularly like that second last portrait, it has some really nice warm lighting! Keep up the effort =]

[wasabi89]

Wow! Some nice anatomy and color studys in here. Keep doing that great work mate! i keep my eye on your thread!

cheers

[berniebakari]

Thanks
@Lumari
@Wasabi89

I have a long journey ahead of me, but I have determination and high hopes

some of my posts are still waiting to be passed by moderators, I guess I need to post more to get an automatic upload to threads.

[forestdino]

Very nice work here, I particularly like the portrait from the second post. Keep going.

[andres333]

nice figures, taking them to the next level

If you haven't been to the site yet, you should totally check it out!

www.ctrlpaint.com

[berniebakari]

Doing this W.I.P study, Idea came from a photo I saw on a news website.

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Some more sketches

[berniebakari]

Another batch of sketches coming right up

[berniebakari]

more!

[berniebakari]

some pencil studies

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some pencil sketches

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some pencil studies

[berniebakari]

A few studies from Vanderpoel book, and some more randoms need more scanned or Photographed

[A-May]

beautiful work I will definitely be watching this one you have a huge amount of potential and you're already producing great work! I, like others, particularly love the warm portrait of the blond girl in post 4, and also post 11! The only thing I would suggest now, is to expand your lovely painting style and use of colour to some enviro studies too, I'd love to see them Keep up the amazing work, I'm looking forward to it

[berniebakari]

Thanks A-May for your encouraging words and advice. I will keep em coming

[berniebakari]

Some more sketches, I am not drawing as much as I would love to I need to keep pushing myself harder.

[berniebakari]

Some Sanguine charcoal pencil timed figure drawings, having problem with time, I feel like I am not filling enough info when I am timed to do gestural sketches. I use http://www.pixelovely.com/gesture/figuredrawing.php for figure drawing, it has been very helpful so far

[berniebakari]

I have been venturing in the World of digital art but I am still feeling and it could be evident I lack basic fundamental knowledge of traditional painting. I struggle a lot with colour and other basic knowledge like composition and such. I have decided it is time to look back.

I am going to focus mainly in reproducing old Masters paintings although most of them have been done on oil I will try my best to use these mediums first before I make the jump to oil.

[berniebakari]

some more figure learning

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Horse sketch

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Arm Sketches/studies

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More arms!

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And more....!

[Joe777k7]

Great job so far! You are off to a great start! Leanring fundementals is amazing inst it?! lol hours upon hours of countless studies of human body parts! lol gotta love it! Keep posting! Loving your sketching style!

[berniebakari]

Thank you Joe777k7 I hope am trying my best to improve. Its 3 in the morning here and not even feeling sleepy lol! I am having so much fun.

Liking your SB too mate, I have to visit it from the beginning to see your progress but loving what you have done so far on your recent posts /bow