[GordanKnezic]

That actually becomes a three point perspective.

one point perspective – vertical and horizontal lines are parallel with the picture plane

two point perspective – horizontal lines are angled and vertical lines are parallel with the picture plane

three point perspective – no lines are parallel with the picture plane

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Absolutely love this lesson! Steve Huston presentation is so empowering and puts in real perspective the thinking and reason behind being artist and doing the art. The “why” has always been an important question on my mind and Steve just opened that window to the world of magic for me. Thank you Steve!

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Welcome Oleksandra and good luck with your chellange!

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Day 71

Started working on this portrait, will finish off tomorrow. When it comes to value modelling relaying mostly on my intuition and little bit of knowledge. I will have to take some courses to learn in more depth about form modeling.

 

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Day 70

Thank you Jan and Deborah.

I find these times very difficult to bear and could not produce any art work. All I could do during last few weeks was just various dexterity drawing exercises. That somehow put me at peace and I didn’t mind doing it. This is my first day back with something more meaningful.

 

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Thank you Natalie.

Day 69

I finished a self-portrait.

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I don’t have anything to post tonight. My father passed away today and I didn’t have what it takes to do anything today. Tomorrow is a new day, I will try then.

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Day 68

Almost done with self-portrait

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Day 67

My self-portrait progress drawing. I will add values tomorrow.

[GordanKnezic]

Hi Christopher, Thanks for your comment!

Yes, most portraits in NMA library are chiaroscuro. With regards to portrait likeness I am actually not measuring at all. I started with head construction approach of S.Huston and G.Villpu, but then when I got to Charles Hu I learned that you can’t rely just on standard proportions to achieve portrait likeness. You have to accurately capture all major shapes, specific for portrait you are working on. So now I always start with Steve’s sail shape to capture the gesture, define the head angle, rotation and to find the centre line. Right after, by intuition and observation  I roughly draw around the head shape. Next I check the anatomy landmarks and all proportions following with dividing the light and shadow shapes. During all of this I keep adjusting my shapes making them closer to what they should be. Finally I carefully draw all facial features following with the shading. That is roughly my process.

I tried to work with Conte but quickly gave up on it. I draw on 14″x17″ block, on both sides of the sheets. That does not work well with Conte, which is essentially fancy charcoal. Everything gets stained and dirty. So I will leave Conte aside, perhaps for individual sheet works. I got used to polychromos pencil and I really like it. I will just have to discipline myself not to finish every head I draw,  but instead to focus on structure, form, features and portrait likeness. Shading takes a long time and for the most part I am doing it by observation and a gut feel. I will have to study that part in more depth later on.

I hope this answers your question.

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Day 66

[GordanKnezic]

These gestures look really good Christopher!

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Day 65

Thanks ianball58!

 

 

[GordanKnezic]

What medium do you use for these drawings? It looks really good and impactful, especially with white highlights and also goes well with the toned paper of your sketchbook.

I think that front wheels perspective is a bit off. It should be more like the rear wheels ellipse, major axis perpendicular to the wheel shaft axis.

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