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day o53 .

– i feel that I’ve came to a stopping point on this piece

– ready to move on to something different.. maybe do another large scale figure?

– i’ll be traveling for a few days, looking forward to the time away from my studies

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day o50 .

day o51 .

day o52 .

– i’d like to spend a little more time on this piece

– there’s still a few changes that I would like to make..

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day 049 .

– charcoal on paper 18×24 in

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day o48 .

– here’s my first animal drawing (it’s of my cat Cheeto)

– having knowledge of the human anatomy really helped out with this piece

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day o47 .

hey Natasha,

hah it was and then some..

i’ve actually skipped around all these chapters, but decided to come back and do the assignments in a much larger scale

since that’s what my personal work will be mainly focused around

by the way, thanks

– i feel that I’m finished with this particular assignment

– liking the look/idea of leaving the other leg a few steps behind what I consider completion

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day o46 .

– the process is a bit slow at the moment

– working on this and a couple of other things..

– also, i’ll be off the grid for awhile, but I’ll post as soon as I get back on!

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day o45 .

– here’s where I last left off on my study..

– moving a little slow today, still a lot of work to do

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day o44 .

– working on some leg studies

– had some trouble focusing and laying down some of the basic outlines

– by the way, Picasso: Creator and Destroyer is an interesting read so far ..

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nicely done, Andres

– jake

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day o42 .

day o43 .

i really appreciate that, Erik .  Maybe putting in these long hours have finally started to pay off

how’s it going, Christopher . Honestly, I was doing all of this foundation work and needed a challenge. Watching Iliya draw is really inspiring, and motivated me to push myself and work at a larger scale, which has been a goal of mine . Thanks for checking in

– charcoal on paper 18×24 inches

– i find drawing the back of any figure still very difficult

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day o41 .

appreciate that Marjolein!

and I’m currently using wolff’s carbon 4b

– this has to be one of my favorite assignments

– also, i feel like things are starting to click for me

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day o39 .

day o40 .

thanks much Erik,

i highly recommend it!

– anatomy study in progress..

– started using a blending tool, instead of my hands and fingers (liking the results thus far)

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day o38 .

– had some delays, but I’m back on the art challenge.. startinggg now!!

Hey Joshua,

Thanks for checking back in with me and taking the time to share some of your insights.

All your tips were great and I’ll definitely take note of them for my studies to come.

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day o37 .

here’s a quick sketch done in charcoal

i enjoyed coming back and working from a much smaller scale, more than I thought I would ..

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day o36 .

Hey Iliya,

I appreciate you taking the time to not only check out my work, but to also share some of your insight. Though I wasn’t able to fully change everything that you suggested, due to the progress I had already made, I took what you said and did my best to apply it to my final rendering of Mark (see above).

I do have a couple of quick questions, if you don’t mind.  First, where can I find/buy the chunky charcoal stick you used on this lesson? I’ve only seen it sold in variety-packs. And second, what do you feel is one of the best pieces of advice that you were given about these larger scale drawings? Working from this large scale really resonates with me and I plan to continue on this path, hopefully leading to oil paintings in the future.

Thanks again for your thoughts,

Jake

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