[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Brittney, One of my teachers recommended that I think of the muzzle as a sphere. The creases of the lips would sit at the equator line of the globe because the lips wrap around the sphere like muzzle.. as you move below the globe the equator starts to look like an upside down U or a frown, and from above the globe, the equator line look more like a right side up U or a smile.
Once you can plot the opening of the mouth, and you can find the center point of the lips, you can then approximate the lips as simple forms. The bottom lip is kind of like a cylinder, but its also like two spheroids, but it also has edges. So you can think of it as overlapping forms too.
I recommend looking at the lips of David by Michelangelo, he was a master at describing form

https://www.nma.art/3dmodels/david-lips-scan/

I hope this helps

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Anne, thanks for you feed back. I have sent a request to our editors to have the music removed. This will take some time, but until then, I suggest muting the video and using the transcript to jump to the parts where he is speaking. Or you can turn on closed captions. I know this isn’t convenient, but I hope it helps

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Uber, The refence in the top corner is exactly what Iliya was drawing from. It looks different in the video because of the angle of the camera was capturing light reflecting off of the felt and there was some post processing done to lighten up the drawing paper. But the reference image was taken from Iliya’s viewing angle. but the image under the reference tab is easier to see.
If you want to change the lighting, I recreated the scene for the 3d viewer, which is also under the reference tab.

You may find this lesson helpful in regards to light and shadow
https://www.nma.art/videolessons/intro-to-the-laws-of-light/

Also, we are currently working on HW pdfs for all videos
I hope this helps 🙂

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Craig, The references seen in the video are in the reference tab under the video. The instructors art appears dark because it is on toned paper.
Below is the link to the first Bargue Album, you can navigate through the albums by changing the “1”in the url.  you can also go to “images” to the left of the search bar and scroll down a bit.
https://www.nma.art/images/complete-bargue-plates-1/
for example, the reference in this lesson is in the 4th album
https://www.nma.art/images/complete-bargue-plates-4/

hope this helps

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Kj, just click the assignments tab under the video. The two page pdf has assignments 1,2, and 3
https://www.nma.art/pdf-viewer/?id=926960

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Luke, Glenn Vilppu is one of the best draftsman on earth, so trying to compete with him is going to be very difficult. I think the time recommendations are for people that already have a grasp on the concepts. if you are learning these concepts for the first time it may be beneficial to work more slowly. But only as slow as is necessary. you dont want to start rendering, and you want to keep you arm motions fluid. Glenn is thinking about a lot while doing gestures, so it important to keep that in mind. You should work through this course several times as your skills progress. Once you learn about forms and anatomy, you should come back to this lesson and apply what you’ve learned. keep going through the whole thing.
Yes I think its a good idea to start here. While it is very frustrating at first, the concepts will catch up to you with time. I struggled with the same thing. I had a really good teacher that dumped almost more information than I could grasp, but I kept thinking about it as I drew over the next year, and bit by bit the pieces came together. This way of learning is difficult, but its how Glenn and his teacher before him did it.

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Kavish, a basic rule of thumb could be 1 video lesson per week. We are currently working on a track system that will give a more detailed time line

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Nathan, it looks like he is using a tortillon, but for this exercise either will work. they have a very similar effect. you could probably even use your finger if you are drawing big.

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Sheean, It should be the same process that you would use for measuring real life objects. Give yourself enough distance to measure accurately and consistently. It will also help to print out the reference or have it in a vertical position. For figures, I would focus on boney landmarks first, and triangulate their positions.

[Daniel Daigle]

Excellent work Mike!

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Daniel, As a rule of thumb I recommend that you start by dividing it in half first, then subdivide so you will always have even sections. That way you have less to think about.
But for me to better understand your question, can you please share the chapter number and time stamp?
I’m not sure what you mean by the top ellipse fitting into the cylinder 7 times, do you mean cross sections?

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

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Koncar, I dont think its intuitive, but a circle in perspective is generally considered a conic section (an ellipse).
The confusion may be that the major and minor axis are not always the tangent points
There is still some debate about this, but you can find more information by searching “circle in perspective conic section proof” and include the term “projection”
some of these can get math heavy
I hope this is useful

https://www.math.utah.edu/~treiberg/Perspect/Perspect.htm

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Physence, while I am not a painter, I have seen painters hold up their paint brush, loaded with the mixed color, in front of the color they are trying to match in the same fashion that you would hold up your paint brush to get a measurement.

I hope this helps 🙂

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Nathan, we hear your feed back and appreciate your criticism. Our goal is to produce high quality instruction and video content that is efficient to learn from. We are in the process of re-editing this course to reduce the camera changes.
Please be patient, video editing takes time, but we are working on it.
I will update this thread whenever we get close to re-uploading the course

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Shawn, you can get your own here: https://store.nma.art/product/long-point-pencil-sharpener/

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