[Daniel Daigle]

Hey no worries Kristian,

I’ll see if I can locate that post

but check this out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_cCP0E48a0&t=6504s

In this video that was live streamed just yesterday, Joshua talks about the upcoming courses at 37:25

Also, feel free to hop on our discord channel and ask question. There’s a ton of knowledgeable people there, we currently have over 4k members and its free

https://discord.gg/BqcumFTxmh

[Daniel Daigle]

yeah squirrels can drive you nuts XD

these are great, Id be really interested in seeing how their claws dig into the bark in order to keep them from falling

[Daniel Daigle]

I really admire your hatch-work 😀

[Daniel Daigle]

Hello again Kristian, I received confirmation that none of the lessons have been removed, but that we are restructuring courses and renaming them. This is because we are developing a track system that will allow you navigate the courses through a curriculum of your choice. The link to the courses page was removed when we updated the learn page to improve user experience. The learn page has all the courses at the top and the lessons below as you navigate through the parameters of your choice. This will all be updated again when we launch our new website in a few months. We have a lot of exciting things planed with the focus geared towards usability, and efficient and effective education. 😀

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Kristian, it looks like you can still access all courses by going here

https://www.nma.art/courses/#page-1

Otherwise you have to navigate by topic, instructor, etc.

The portrait drawing course may have been updated or incorporated into another course

I did find these though,

https://www.nma.art/courses/rendering-techniques-with-chris-legaspi/

https://www.nma.art/courses/head-drawing-for-entertainment-arts/

I’m going to forward this to the rest of the team to get a better understanding of this situation and then get back to you  😀

[Daniel Daigle]

I’ve heard some teachers recommend that you should do the study, then watch the video, then attempt it again, this allows you to consciously compare your habits to the instructors. Others may have a different philosophy though

[Daniel Daigle]

Good job Paul!

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Brittney, I forwarded your message over to Natalie our coaching coordinator, so that your feed back is heard and considered moving forward.
I don’t know if you are aware, but we have a really great discord channel where thousands of students come together in chatrooms to discuss art, give critiques, and help each other out. Its free, you just have to create a username.

https://discord.gg/aMCr8Xykyk

This link might expire, so remind me to send another invite if it does.  I hope to see you there

• This reply was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by Daniel Daigle.

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Brittney, You are correct in thinking that this is hard. Glenn studied a lifetime to develop these skills, he is taking all of that knowledge and distilling it down to the absolute essentials. This is not something you can just pick up a pencil and do. It takes a lot of time, study, practice and effort. I think the most important part of my development through this stage was positive self talk. There is so much to learn and it all seems so overwhelming that you cant see the light at the end of the tunnel. But I kept hearing people say “Trust in the Process”. So I did to the best of my abilities. I tried to have some faith that I would be able to learn, given enough time and effort. And over some time I saw enough progress to really start believing in the process. All it took was attention and effort and time. Now this is my own personal story, but I think many people here probably have a similar experience. I hope that reading this will help you too in some way.
KEEP GOING! It will all klick eventually

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Ereka, He draws the full head in the advanced section 🙂

https://www.nma.art/courses/constructive-head-drawing/

I also recommend watching Charles’ section
https://www.nma.art/courses/structure-of-the-head-for-beginners/

[Daniel Daigle]

Yes you can use any reference you’d like, and scale appropriately.

If you’d like Iliya to teach you, you can sign up for the coaching program 🙂
https://www.nma.art/coaching/

 

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Andrea, you can select from the images on the reference tab, or any of the portraits in the image albums.

The following albums were uploaded for this course release:
https://www.nma.art/images/amina-portraits-4/
https://www.nma.art/images/amanda-portraits/
https://www.nma.art/images/margaret-portraits/
https://www.nma.art/images/vanna-portraits-4/
https://www.nma.art/images/jeff-portraits/
https://www.nma.art/images/dorian-portraits-2/
https://www.nma.art/images/mather-portraits/
https://www.nma.art/images/brett-portraits/
https://www.nma.art/images/yoni-portraits/
https://www.nma.art/images/aryiel-portraits/

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Brandon, for these lessons with Chris, it doesn’t matter very much whether you choose charcoal or pencil or pastel. Charcoal tends to be closer to black than graphite. Graphite also has a glare when you hold it at an angle. Pit pastel is closer to charcoal in looks, but could be thought of as somewhere in-between
I believe the materials Chris uses is a mechanical led pencil,
A carbothello pastel with a gray painted end on the backside
and a cretacolor graphite pencil shaped solid stick (you wont be able to see the wood at the sharpened end)
Bill uses a variety of materials, but he talks you through it.
at 2:54 of Ch 16 he says “I’ll use wax pencil to start, and I’ll also go over charcoal and a pen and ink wash
and graphite pencil.”

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Jose Torres, the transcripts are in the pipeline. We have a few courses ahead of this one, but we are working towards it 🙂

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Brittney, as they say, where there is a will, there is a way. Anatomy is super intimidating. It takes years of dedication and practice, but it is very doable. Iliya had very rigorous training. He spent an entire year on the skull alone. So I think its important to manage our expectations when trying to learn from these world class instructors. Its very common to feel the way you do. But if you trust in the process and keep chipping away at it, you will progress. You just have to believe that you can do it 🙂
I recommend starting with Rey Bustos if you really want to learn anatomy
https://www.nma.art/courses/reys-anatomy-an-introduction-to-human-anatomy-with-rey-bustos/

if you aren’t allergic to sculpting, his ecorche class is a great place to start too

Steve Huston and Charles Hu are also great for learning the form of anatomy.

Also, my personal recommendation for starting anatomy is this book.  The Complete Guide to Anatomy for Artists & Illustrators by Gottfried Bammes

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