[Julio Cesar Arruda Germano]

Hi Steve.

This is not a figure drawing, but it was only possible because of you sketchbook workshops and the habit I gained from them.

Hope to hear from you.

P.S.: sorry about the multiple posts, had some connectivity issues and I couldn’t see my previous post.
 

• This reply was modified 4 years ago by Julio Cesar Arruda Germano.

[Julio Cesar Arruda Germano]

Hey there,

I’m going to share a few images of the sketchbook I started after watching Steve’s workshop.

I understand you might have to choose one image to go over on the live, but maybe following them would make good content.

These span about a month and half of almost daily practice, apart from the bigger ones, as I’m also going over the sight-size course.

I do not expect all of these to be critiqued! If the time is short, any one of them is fine as well!!

[Julio Cesar Arruda Germano]

Ok.

I’ve been following the demonstration, with drawing sessions spread out over the past 6 days because kids are out of school.
This is not the first time I try to follow Bargue plates, but the instructions and seeing somebody else do it helps a ton!

Had some trouble with the middle stages of the process, particularly with defining proportions within the boundaries of the drawing, will focus on this aspect on the following plates.
This is almost finished as I’ve already went over it with the final darkening pass, interestingly enough, seeing it on the computer screens now, all the imperfections arre screaming at my face, I’ll try to correct them and repost once I’m happy with it again.

 

Best wishes to all!

Sincerely,

JC

 

[Julio Cesar Arruda Germano]

Hey there,

Something I’ve noticed when trying to draw is a “push and pull” process to my mistakes.
When I see something wrong and fix it, some other adjacent part of the drawing seems to jump out of proportion, kind of like trying to cover something with a short blanket.

This has been a common thing over all my drawings except when I’m drawing super small.

Any advice on overcoming this? Is it a matter of practicing more?

Loving the demonstrations and fluidity of the course.

Sincerely,

JC

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