AJ’s 100 Day Challenge: Charcoal Figure drawings

[AJ]

I also bought a hand mirror that I have been using after most steps on the last piece and has that helped so much!  Seeing shapes and shades that are clearly off by a mile instantly is beyond helpful.

[AJ]

Day 10:  Decided to do figure master studies instead of figure model studies for a bit.  (Judith Beheading Holofernes – Caravaggio 1598)

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[Christopher]

Hey Aj 👋,

I don’t know if it is because it’s a copie but I think your shading got better. Seems to be a great idea to studie those masters and see how they have done it.

I can’t wait to see how that will influence your work 👍

[AJ]

Thanks Christopher!  I’ve been trying to push the contrast after all of my other figures seemed so flat.  What better way to learn pushing value than to copy Caravaggio

[Bryan Mccabe]

Caravaggio is awesome. I saw some of his paintings in person in Rome about 10 years ago. He is a great artist to try to copy for a number of reasons. Besides light/darkness, I also love the facial expressions of his figures, the body language/gestures, the costumes, and the unusual and dramatic positioning of his figures.

[AJ]

 

Day 11: Peter Paul Rubens – Study for The Figure of Christ on the Cross

[PaulDidier]

Nice studies AJ! You’re picking good artists to study!

[AJ]

Thanks Paul!  I have a nice collection of books that are all in need of some copying!

 

 

Day 12 :  Peter Paul Rubens – Study for the Figure of Christ on the Cross  ( DAY 2 )   Decided to give this another go around and might just spend 2-3 hours (days) per study instead of the 1 hr drawings I originally planned.  I cant get enough info on the page in one hour but maybe after I can with the 2-3 I can speed it up and simplify

[Bryan Mccabe]

This one is far better. Good job separating the frontal and side plane of the figure.

[AJ]

Thanks Bryan.  I was so focused on just bieng quick and getting the idea and sizing right that I wanted to see what it looked like done.  Picked up some nice ideas pushing it a bit so glad I did go back to it

[AJ]

Jacopo Pontormo Studies Part 1

I’m going to give this another round tomorrow and the focus is on the external oblique and gesture of muscles as they flow along the body.

[AJ]

[AJ]

 

Day 14:  Today I went through and tried the timed gesture section of the first lesson on the renaissance course, then I watched Glenn Vilppu do the same section and redid them again.

[AJ]

Day 14:  Glenn Vilppu figure practice

So I went through and did the time gesture at the end of Lesson 1 of the Renaissance course by Glenn Vilppu then after doing it watch him do the practice and loosened up a bit and did them again.  There are 4 ten second poses and the rest are two minutes.

[AJ]

Day 14:

Today I went through a timed gesture section from the Renaissance course and after watched Glenn Vilppu do the same gesture session and redid them.

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