Summer Challenge - Week 4

So I think this'll be the last week I do these kinds of drawings. As helpful as these are, they are starting to become tedious, so I gotta switch them up and something else entirely.

Summer Challenge - Week 3

Some more paintings and master copy paintings. I tried duplicating the look from Simon Goinard and Richard Schmid. Talk about difficult. But I learned a lot about variety in marks and composition. Also being loose with the initial layout of a painting was something I had always had trouble with. But after doing those master copy paintings, I don't think that is going to be a problem anymore. They aren't 100% exact, but they aren't really meant to be. Especially Simon Goinard's work. Unless I had the exact same brushes he had, there is no way I could completely duplicate what he made. So I just opted to get as close as possible and make custom brushes as I needed them. Maybe I'll try a different painting style next week.

Summer Challenge - Week 2

Okay so there were some hits and misses this week. Probably the most notable thing is no skeletons. I honestly think I burned myself out that first week. But on a happier note, I've discovered some things about painting in Photoshop with some custom brushes that I've made to try and mimic traditional media. I know there are other programs like Painter and ArtRage that are better for that kind of thing, but Photoshop is just much faster for me, and I already know it pretty well. I think it'll be obvious where the jump in painting occurred. I also managed to accidentally make a brush that mimics ink when used in the right way. :D

I've also discovered another artist named Simon Goinard. His work really caught my eye and got me interested in trying to mimic the brush strokes in Photoshop. I suspect next week I'm going to be experimenting even more and painting more.

Summer Challenge - Week 1

So this is the 1st week that I'm posting for the summer challenge that I set upon myself. I wasn't able to follow strictly to the tasks I set, but then again I was expecting that. There were some days where I just wasn't in the mood  to draw. Of course I would draw, but I may skip on a task if I didn't feel like doing it, or just draw more of something else. But with all that said, I made a surprising amount of drawings that I wouldn't normally do and made some that I'm really proud of.

I couldn't get to doing some observation drawings this week, so I will try to start off with that instead of leaving it to the end.

Anyway, here is the work I have produced this week.

I think that I will try and work with color for the figure drawings. Black and white is great, but its getting a little boring for me. I will also concentrate more on doing some individual studies of the bones so that I can make them more organic rather than making them blocky like have here. It looks great in terms of knowing what the form is doing, but I think I'm ready to step it up. And of course, more observation drawings. I think I will actually try drawing with a pen for those. I haven't tried it before, and have always been intimidated by it because I can't erase. But I shall prevail! :D