[Kherns]

Mirror your pic, at worst flatten it, lasso and then Ctrl+T, see if that fits better ( don't forget to hold shift while Ctrl+T), add shadow, and then be stressless !

[Token]

Love you Kherns lol I did that exactly and got it to look a lot better. Thanks!!

Here are some studies I did these past three days. Plan on drawing a lot more.












Also some things I did for friends.







Sketches for the BS challenge im working on. Need to figure out composition.



Going to be sticking to a lot more black and white studies. I'm not getting my full value range. Really need to work on that.

[Kherns]

yup you know the trick now, and try also to use a thinner brush for line drawin', you don't need to be so thick

[Token]

See heres where im having a problem. When it comes to line art I am the worst at it. My brain works well in big shapes. The thicker the brush the better for me for some reason. Im trying to figure out if I should stay with my method of drawing by bigger shapes of value or do line work?? Or hell just work on both??

[Token]

I do linework on some of my drawings but its more of a gesture.

[Token]

Another bird study

[Token]

Portrait study

[Token]

Wanted to have a lil fun today. Worked a little more on the portrait and just sketched around.

[Token]

50 hands for today and 50 more later on. Starting to get the actually shapes of the hand down.





Also sketched around for fun.

[Token]

Quick portrait studies

[Token]

More hand studies and also got my hands on some of the Andrew Loomis books. I really am trying to push myself and feel these books will help me a lot. I have never really worked on fundamentals.







Also did a little sketching in PS.

[kevin-]

good sb, some excellent studies in here!

[Kherns]

Work better with shapes for you, but for easy understanding, I wasn't sayin' line art but thin thin shapes if you prefer. If you use a big shape, you can contrast by places with a thinner one ? Not sure I'm really clear !

[Token]

Thanks for the love Kevin!

@ Kherns - A thinner one? I'm not completly understanding what you mean.

Spending more time with the loomis books and my sketchbook.







Tried to apply some of the things I learned to a quick anatomy painting study.



Also wanted to try a study from a 3D aspect. Using sculptris to study some face construction.



All n all I can say this is starting to hit home. I am getting a better understanding of anatomy and face construction all together and im not even close to the end of these books.

[Token]

Some sketching for today.