Carlise’s 100 Day Challenge: Bargue Plates

[Annie Survis]

These are really good! I did some of the sight-size exercises. They are really challenging! I’m really impressed that you’re getting a plate done every day!

[Carlise Azmitia]

Thank you, Annie! It’s a good challenge! I manage it by breaking the easier ones down to a couple sessions throughout the day. 1st session is the line sketching and 2nd is the values. I know once I get into the more challenging ones I’ll need to break it up into a couple/few days. 🙂

[Carlise Azmitia]

Day 9 – The next plates after this baby head are larger and more involved. I’ll be breaking up my progress with them over a couple days, mainly to stay consistent and not allow myself to rush through them:

[Carlise Azmitia]

Working on my 10th day. I will break this one into 2 parts since it’s a much more advanced Bargue plate. Part 1: sketch and dark value placement. (Tomorrow Part 2 will be mid value, details and highlights.)

[Carlise Azmitia]

Nursed a migraine yesterday so I’m behind on my progress a bit. Hoping to get back at it today. Day 11:

[Carlise Azmitia]

Day 12 and feeling much better! Really took my time with the finish of this. Definitely was a true challenge! Bargue’s head casts are no joke and extremely intense, lol!

[Shazad Madon]

Thats great Carlise. Very nice tonal values. Perhaps the one area I would look at again for precision, is the lips.

[Carlise Azmitia]

Thank you so much, Shazad!!

[Carlise Azmitia]

Day 13 (part 1)…this is not done, it is just a rough sketch and rough tones. Working on finding a process that works for me. So this is done slightly different than how I did my others. I will work on cleaning up shapes and tones and blend for day 14.

[Carlise Azmitia]

Day 14 – couldn’t get a better photo from my phone, sorry! Also, I switched over to doing these on newspaper and it seems to warp easily.

[Carlise Azmitia]

Days 15 and 16. It’s not perfect but happy because I really focused on relying on my gut rather than sight size. This one was by far the most challenging of all the ones so far! I’m exhausted, lol!!

[David Carter]

You’re doing great Carlise!  Keep going!

[Carlise Azmitia]

Thanks, David…same to you!

[Carlise Azmitia]

Day 17, went back to sight size. This is all I have time for for today.

[Carlise Azmitia]

Days 18-21 This was the toughest one yet! It made me doubt all my capabilities and put me in a bit of depression. However, I soldiered on and finished it. I might redo this down the road to try to overcome the mental hurdle it put me through. Looking forward to doing something a little more calming!

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