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I'm still kinda new around here, but I thought a sketch thread would be as good a place to start as any.

This will probably be mostly figure studies, but I might slip something else in from time to time.

I'm still learning, so any comments/critiques are always appreciated.

Poses range from 1 to 25 minutes with most at the shorter end.

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Try viewing the face the same way you do the planes and shapes of the body. Capturing true candid expression is going to hinge on that.

Thanks! Will try...

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Hi ElusiveMoose,

These are really good, you have a good sense of proportion. I would prefer to see the sketches embedded into the thread rather than as thumbnails though.

If I was doing life drawing sessions like this I probably wouldn't think too much about the face as it's not often you have a naked figure to draw from. You could maybe do some facial studies in your own time, there is always access to a mirror.

Looking forward to seeing more from you.

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These are really good, you have a good sense of proportion.

Thanks! :o

If I was doing life drawing sessions like this I probably wouldn't think too much about the face as it's not often you have a naked figure to draw from.

I'm actually lucky enough to be in an area that I have access to two of these sessions a week for most of the year. But, yeah. I keep telling myself to focus on the body and gesture and weight. But the face keeps mocking me...

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Hi ElsuiveMoose,

Thanks for embedding the images, it's so much more user friendly. I'm reading Vilppu at the moment too, "there are no rules, just tools" :)

Good stuff, keep it up.

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Hi ElsuiveMoose,

Thanks for embedding the images, it's so much more user friendly. I'm reading Vilppu at the moment too, "there are no rules, just tools" :)

Good stuff, keep it up.

Thanks.

If you have the cash, the Vilppu DVD's blow the drawing manual away. Much more helpful in my opinion.

Cost an arm and a leg, though...

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Nice work so far Moose. My only real comment is, don't skimp on the faces, hands and feet. Even if these are just quick studies, put in some sort of face and not just a "t" face.

Aloha,
the Ape

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Nice work so far Moose. My only real comment is, don't skimp on the faces, hands and feet. Even if these are just quick studies, put in some sort of face and not just a "t" face.

Hey, thanks.

Yeah, I was lamenting last week about how much trouble I have making a face not look cartoony. I have to really buckle down with that, I guess.

Always more to learn and improve on. I'm glad I enjoy it!

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I dig the latest batch. I find for realistic faces, less can be more sometimes. Especially when drawing eyes.

great anatomy studies.......I've always wanted to take a class in anatomy...never could afford it so I just went to strip clubs hahahahaha. but hey it helped.

great work though keep at it

cart:D

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great anatomy studies.......I've always wanted to take a class in anatomy...never could afford it so I just went to strip clubs hahahahaha. but hey it helped.

great work though keep at it

cart:D

Strip clubs are cheaper than figure drawing classes?!?!?

I wonder if my wife would buy that... :rolleyes:

Thanks, Cart. I love your work.

And I hope you're feeling better (just saw your thread).

Stay well!

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Some new pics:

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fantastic life drawings! nice work man :)

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One thing to keep in mind is that the human eye goes to contrasting things. I'm not really seeing the anatomy, shading and proportions in your drawings because my eye goes right to the big "t" on the head. If for right now you just shade in the eye sockets, and add a shadow under the nose and lower lip, that would be enough. The more often you draw something the better you'll get at it, so at this rate, in a few year's you'll have some great body drawings and a poor head. If you have a hard time with something, heads, hands and feet, draw them more. I speak from experience here. I drew the exact same way as you, and now I still have a hard time drawing heads and hands.

Keep up the good work.

Aloha,
the Ape

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Thank you, both. Good advice.

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fantastic life drawings! nice work man :)

Thanks. Still learning... Always learning....

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Busy week. But, I fit in a little drawing. Hopefully more next week.

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Monday night... 18x24... charcoal and Conte...

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Hello there :) Nice eye for the forms there. Makes me want to do some life drawing again.

yo,
for a little advice take yourself out there and draw people in the streets allow ur hand to wander at first and then begin to concentrate on what your drawing...remember be yourself and confident and that makes it easier;)