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  • May 29, 2020 at 12:16 pm in reply to: 100 Days Challenge – 1 portrait per day #557883
    Philippe MartinPhilippe Martin
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    I try to assimilate the courses I followed by drawing every day. Progress is not linear, some days are awfull, others better. But when I manage to exercise discipline, I am quite satisfied with the general tend.

    An attempted portrait from a photo taken on the Internet of French actor Jean Gabin.

    I mainly try to work on rendering, controlling volumes and values.

    I think it’s better, but there is still a long way to go!

    May 23, 2020 at 11:47 am in reply to: 100 Days Challenge – 1 portrait per day #545382
    Philippe MartinPhilippe Martin
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    I continue to work on the eyes. This time with charcoal

     

    May 21, 2020 at 5:06 pm in reply to: 100 Days Challenge – 1 portrait per day #541356
    Philippe MartinPhilippe Martin
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    Many thanks for your comment Joshua !

    I work a lot of things at the same time, but I admit that rendering is one of the multiple things I have absolutely no control over yet.

    The more I draw, the more I understand things, and I am starting now to focus on details that I didn’t even pay attention to before.

    Even though I haven’t posted anything these days, I draw every day, and watch fantastic videos (some of them many times).

    I have done a lot of head layouts, and I am starting to work on the facial features (for now, eyes, nose).

    Here are some of the last pages of my sketchbooks.

     

     

    May 16, 2020 at 1:56 am in reply to: 100 Days Challenge – 1 portrait per day #532058
    Philippe MartinPhilippe Martin
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    Sorry for these multiple posts, I thought it did not work and I tried several times…

    New portrait yesterday, I am trying to improve the volumes, but not very convinced by the result.

     

    May 15, 2020 at 8:08 am in reply to: 100 Days Challenge – 1 portrait per day #527259
    Philippe MartinPhilippe Martin
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    Hi there. Here are some of the drawings made these days. Not only focused on portrait, also human figure, trying to capture gesture.

    May 15, 2020 at 8:07 am in reply to: 100 Days Challenge – 1 portrait per day #527251
    Philippe MartinPhilippe Martin
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    Doing a (quick) portrait a day like I thought at the start will not give me much. The courses I started on NMA have open my eyes. I will definitively change my 100 day challenge, which will simply be to dedicate at least 1 hour a day to drawing and/or lessons, all about head and figure drawing, focused on gesture. And trying to do as seriously as possible 🙂

    Here are some of the drawings made these last days.

    May 13, 2020 at 9:16 am in reply to: 100 Days Challenge – 1 portrait per day #527275
    Philippe MartinPhilippe Martin
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    May 13, 2020 at 9:15 am in reply to: 100 Days Challenge – 1 portrait per day #527265
    Philippe MartinPhilippe Martin
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    Hi there. Doing a (quick) portrait a day like I thought at the start will not give me much. The courses I started on NMA have open my eyes. I will definitively change my 100 day challenge, which will simply be to dedicate at least 1 hour a day to drawing theory and practice. Not only focused on portrait, also sketching the human figure, trying to capture gesture… I am sure I can do it effortlessly, and I’m more and more motivated, because I see that I am learning and progressing. Here are some of the drawings made these days.

    May 11, 2020 at 2:32 am in reply to: 100 Days Challenge – 1 portrait per day #522002
    Philippe MartinPhilippe Martin
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    Many thanks to both of you for taking the time to give me your feedback, really appreciate.

    I take note for the improvements to be made, especially on the nose and the cheekbones. On the next version, I will work on these aspects!! Thanks again.

    A friendly greeting to you Shazad, happy to learn that we are at least two analogue photographers still alive. Even after two months of quarantine.

    I too have a 16 mm Paillard-Bolex camera at home. I had never used it, but recently my son, who is a camera operator, used it to shoot a video clip, and I love the result.

    May 10, 2020 at 7:19 am in reply to: 100 Days Challenge – 1 portrait per day #520480
    Philippe MartinPhilippe Martin
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    Same character, this time with pencil.

    I have tried to apply all the stuff I saw these days in the videos about forms and proportions, gesture, light …

    I am desperately aware of all my limitations and the many imperfections of this drawing, but I am quite happy with the result.

    Motivated by the videos I see and stimulated by the superb drawings published here, it is indeed the first time in my life that I take the time to try to do things right. So this is for me a double record: the size of the drawing, much larger than I use to do it, and the time spent on it … I hope to have the patience to continue.

    May 7, 2020 at 9:43 am in reply to: [COMPLETED] Zhi Su’s 100 Day Challenge: Portrait and Figure #514428
    Philippe MartinPhilippe Martin
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    Many fantastic stuff with different techniques, really inspiring and motivating.

    The look and expression of the model on Day 13 is especially of a great strength. Love it.

    May 7, 2020 at 9:35 am in reply to: Paula’s 100 Day Art Challenge: Animal Studies #514425
    Philippe MartinPhilippe Martin
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    Amazing work !

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