[Daniel Daigle]

Hi David, the lay in is done with a 2B Derwent Graphic and the half tones were done with a pencil that was slightly softer, but I encourage you to experiment and see what works best for you. If you have a heavy hand like me it might be worth spending a year or so with the softest pencil you can find. I think its more important to develop control first 😀
Good luck!

[Daniel Daigle]

Hello again Nathan, I wanted to let you know that I just received confirmation that we are reediting this course. This will take some time, but we are working on it!

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Carol, Yes, just click the reference tab under the video

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Mark, we hear you. I think you basically want a watercolor sketchbook. These have thicker pages and can be a little more expensive. I know Chris Legaspi has used the regular gray Strathmore sketchbook for gauche, but the pages tend to buckle. He also used Moleskine Watercolor sketchbook that has thicker pages. Again this is a little more expensive, but your pages will stay flat and wont bleed. I believe Steve had his sketchbooks custom made by Strathmore years ago.
So two things I would recommend:
Do a google search for water color sketchbook, or watercolor toned sketchbook and look for whatever is in your budget
You can also hop on our discord server and chat with us there. We are about to hit 2k members, so come join the party! We have a few students that work in watercolor on there too.

I hope this helps answer your question. 😀

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Nathan, we hear your criticism and appreciate your feed back. Our goal is to make content that works best for the students. I have forwarded your feed back to our team so that we can move in a direction that will benefit all students.

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Haider, The link is to Bill Perkins Color Theory Course. I do not think this is part of the beginners series. When navigating I always right click and open in new tab so I don’t lose my place.
I also recommend starting from https://www.nma.art/learn/ when trying to find a new course.
You can navigate through the genres like Netflix either by rows or by buttons above the rows.
Let me know if you have any other questions 🙂

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Tim, I want to reassure you that beginner is not synonymous with easy. Our instructors have been selected based on their exceptional skill level, its hard because they are giving you quality information. Art is difficult, especially in the beginning because there is so much to learn. BUT, it gets easier.
And you are right, the fundamentals are something that should be practiced throughout your life time. No matter how good we get, we will never match nature. And the more our eyes develops the more obvious that will become. But the point of diminishing returns may be a lifetime away 🙂
There are some artist that find success by honing their skills into a niche, but the “masters” spent countless hours struggling with the fundamentals. These fundamentals allow them to adapt their skills to other disciplines within the art world.  I know this has been the case for many of our instructors.
With all that said, you are welcome to stretch those legs from time to time as long as you are using the fundamentals you have learned. I think its a good way to test yourself 🙂

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Tim, please save the link for when you are ready to come back to it! It is a fairly straight forward concept though. He could have just said shadow midtone and light shapes, but once he builds on the concept, later on, its meaning become much more nuanced
Good luck!

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Miguel, you are correct. The scapular muscles are introduced in the arm lesson here: https://www.nma.art/videolessons/reys-anatomy-the-arm/

I recommend that you follow along with Rey, and when you finish the course, try drawing the back with the scapular muscles while comparing your reference to the cadaver 3d models. There you can adjust the lighting to match you reference.  You can always revisit these videos if you get stuck.

Good luck 😀

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Haider, the matrix is the design pattern created from your tonal areas. Specifically how light shapes interact with dark shapes.  For example if you had two connected puzzle pieces, one white and one black, the shape of those solid tonal puzzle pieces would make up the matrix. The black puzzle piece could have a set of tonal values that fall into the dark tones category, and the white piece could have tones that fall into light tonal range as you develop the drawing.
Or, if you wanted to group a row of trees into the same value, that shape and its border with the surrounding tonal areas (the sky and ground) would form the matrix. It is simply the shape of your tonal areas.

In short, he is asking you to design grouped patterns comprised of darks, mid-tones and lights

In the second chapter Bill explains this better than I do 🙂

https://www.nma.art/videolessons/color-theory-i-value-2/

• This reply was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by Daniel Daigle.

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Aidenchavase1, I am happy to announce that we have added all the reference images to this anatomy series 🙂

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Haider, I couldn’t find where “three value matrix” was mentioned, but I would assume this simply means 3 values. Light, mid-tone and dark
I hope this helps 🙂

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Karl, we are working on the transcripts now. They should be posted in the next 24 hours 🙂

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Dave, we are currently working on transcribing all of our courses. We estimate that this course will have captions in a few months 🙂

[Daniel Daigle]

NOIIICCEE, notice how the shadow under the cheek controls the effect of the smile. looks like you pushed it a little, makes her feel more alive

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