[maxlucon]

Thanks! It did help!

Have a great weekend

[maxlucon]

Oi, tudo bem?

Eu não tenho muita experiência com arte surrealista/abstrata, mas vou tentar te ajudar.

O retrato, eu acho que algumas peças não comunicam. Parece que todo o rosto foi feito de um jeito, o cabelo de outro e as orelhas e nariz de outro. Como se esses elementos não comunicassem entre si. Eu gosto do jeito que você construiu o rosto e acho que seria interessante essas formas se repetirem no cabelo e ombro, mas principalmente na orelha e nariz. Parece que as proporções do rosto tbm foram respeitadas (dividir o rosto em 3 terços, testa/sobrancelha, sobrancelha/nariz, nariz/queixo) então a orelha ficou muito pequena tbm.

O oceano de bebês….talvez se os fetos esvanecessem. A transição entre as 3 partes do poderia ser mais leve? Essa onda no meio do quadro podia ter um umbigo…parece uma barriga de grávida.

Tentei ajudar! Rs.

[maxlucon]

Hi! Great work.

It doesn’t look like you have too much of light, so you would have a basic cast shadow in the neck, I believe. The first thing to do is find out the pit of the neck so you can converge your muscles to it.

I would say that, because she is looking up, her face inclined, you might see a little bit of the bottom of her noise. I did a really quick work on it, hope it helps!

 

[maxlucon]

The planes are good. I don’t know if you have to work the transitions, but even for one value to the other, they are too hard. Also looks a little bit off center (maybe nose and mouth) and the keystone looks larger in the darkest side, so the eyes are quite far from each other!

 

Keep it up! Nice study!

[maxlucon]

You are welcome Diane! Also, work on the volumes and planes of the head, so some of your features will not look flat (like the nose). I have attached two images that I hope it helps!

 

 

[maxlucon]

You are welcome Diane! One of the challenges of drawing the head (and the figure) is seeing the geometric shapes behind the skin. I can see that you have divided your 1/3s (forehead, browns to base of the nose, base of the nose to botton of chin).

Now you have to work on your volumes. I took the nose as an example, and have attached two sketches to help you out.

 

I have outlined the front plane of the head. I will be focusing on your nose. Because your light and dark tones are too close, the nose looks flat. If you break it into shapes, like the image below, you have a guide to work your tones. Following the light source.

 

I have painted the frontal plane again. You also have the bottom, side, top and back planes (as a cube). See how I have mapped the nose in different planes, so I have an idea of how the values are applied.

I hope it makes sense and helps you out!

Keep it up!

[maxlucon]

Hi Mengu! Thats awesome!

Great work man! I appreciate it. Loved the introduction of colors and everything else. I will keep in mind all that you said and keep working.

Indeed I could have spent more time in the drawing. Basically I just sketched it and started throwing colors and values. And then resolve the anatomy as I go.

 

 

You can check more of the process here http://www.artstation.com/artwork/6amXdV

Thanks a lot!

[maxlucon]

You are welcome!

Sorry to break it down into 2 posts. I’ve tried to make one post but couldn’t.

I have mapped the front plane of your head (above). Try to see the volume and shapes behing everything, so some features will not look flat (like the nose and eyes).

Below is an sketch of how the front plane works, and a guide to work your values (considering, of course, the light source).

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[maxlucon]

Hi! You are improving. I suggest you draw bigger. So you can use your arm and to make loose lines. 

 

Maybe 1 or 2 heads/Page

[maxlucon]

I like the colors. You painted her with nice warm colors and made a cold background. She is popping out!

I would work on her eyes a little bit more. They are not aligned (it seems) and give more volume to her hair

 

Great piece!

 

[maxlucon]

Great work! It is hard to point out anything to make it better…really! I love the way you handle the mouth and the work on the edges!!

Maybe if you make the highlights stronger. The first looks like a doll. It lacks some life in his eyes.

[maxlucon]

Looking good! I would suggest darkening your darks (making your dark tones more … dark). Even the nostrils are quite light (about the value of the hair). Make a higher contrast and some features will pop up!

 

Keep it up!

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