[Meghana Kamath]

Hi Romel,

I understand what you mean… It’s not impossible achieving form with 2/3 values but to make it stick, it needs that shadow. Thank you so much for your help.

As for the passages, I haven’t reached that part of the lecture yet – however when I do get there, I will surely share my thoughts with you.

 

[Meghana Kamath]

Hi Romel,

Thanks so much!

I think I’m working up the design matrix to be more than it needs to be… I.e. I was thinking that our design matrix should highlight the focal point, direction of light etc. which I don’t see how I can do with a 2/3 value system…. From what I’ve understood so far, if I’m choosing to do NOTAN then my matrix design should be a simple breakdown of the light versus the dark and if I’m doing Chiaroscuro then it should be a breakdown of light versus shadow… Correct me if I’m wrong!

Thank you so much again Romel!

[Meghana Kamath]

Hi Guys,

I’m Meg and I started taking this course a while back but then came back to the lesson about your “design matrix”, mainly because I have not fully understood that… I was wondering if someone here could explain it to me please?

My current understanding of it right now is that your design matrix is your basic light and shadow patterns… But where I’m getting confused is how exactly you determine these light and shadow patterns? And will my design matrix depend on whether I’m doing NOTAN or Chiaroscuro?

 

I know these are quite a few questions but I was hoping someone could just explain it as I’ve been stuck on this for a while now…

Thank you so much!

[Meghana Kamath]

Hi Jac and Carlos,

Do you mind explaining what this 6 week block you are talking about is? I’ve actually been trying to study perspective, composition and portrait drawing but I’m struggling to set an effective schedule if that makes sense – since I started these courses I actually have not painted which I’m guessing is not optimal…

 

Thanks!

[Meghana Kamath]

Hi Jac,

I’m not a well-versed landscape painter but I have done my fair share in the past 🙂 I actually really like the painting so I would like to start off with what I do like:

I really like your brushstrokes – I think they’re quite expressive and add a lot to the painting. I also think that you’ve painted the trees and the grass in the foreground very beautifully, especially the grass as it’s quite hard to capture grass in the first place. I also really like the compositional decisions you have made here – to add to that interest, you could also paint in a subtle winding path around the tree on the right that could be leading you into the distance or off the frame itself (just an idea!)

When it comes to the lighting, I would tell you to evaluate the relationships between light, shadow and your values and then their relationship with the condition of lighting. By your description I’m guessing that where you live is quite overcast and so the relationships between your light, shadows and values will be quite different to when you’re under bright Californian sunshine… For example, overcast diffused lighting may not result in sharp contrasts between your light and shadows like you have painted here on the trees.

P.S. I’m not sure if that hill is supposed to be way back in the background or right behind those trees – either way, I would ask you to consider atmospheric perspective which really creates a sense of depth in landscape painting!

You’ve done a great job with this Jac 🙂

Hope this helped,

Meg

[Meghana Kamath]

Hi Jac,

Thank you so much for your feedback! I’m glad I’m doing something right 🙂

When it comes to the head being titled upwards, you’re right about the features being foreshortened and I can see that I have not done that in some instances…. I’m still trying to get a hand of the diagastric plane tho so hopefully practice will help.

I will most definitely post my work throughout the course and I hope you will continue to give me feedback 🙂

[Meghana Kamath]

Hi Luka!

I actually am yet to start studying anatomy but I just wanted to say these are amazing!

[Meghana Kamath]

Oh my! These are absolutely gorgeous!

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