Mental Exercise

[JennieJo]

Challenge: draw profiles facing non-preferred side. I usually choose to draw profiles facing right. It was quite funny to try and get correct curves, angles and shadows for profiles facing left. Using a common theme, partial female faces, I created 2 with pencils and a thin drawing pen. Almost no corrections.

 

[Artyczar]

Nice!

 

[Terri]

An interesting exercise, Jennie! With wonderful results. Both have a unique look and style that could easily grow into larger works.

 

[CaliAnn]

These are sooo cool! I love 'em! Interesting challenge.

 

[joe1It]

wonderful, both beautiful, I always have to do it, I always do the left reference, I can't do the right one, and in any case for each face, I always have to use a photographic reference

 

[Jo Castillo]

You did great on your challenge.

 

[JennieJo]

Thanks everyone. I 'did another course'! that used a technique I'd not seen before. Simply put, you do a simple sketch, use tracing paper as a layer and draw on them, until you have built up an image you like. Haven't seen the final steps yet. They scan them into photoshop and edit from there. I scanned the first image and then created the layers manually. I think this method will help me.

 

[joe1It]

JennieJo, the result is splendid, I really like it, interesting to read the process. thanks .

 

[Terri]

I'm not certain I understand the entire process, but the end result is certainly beautiful. Very interesting.

 

[CaliAnn]

Beautiful result. I'm with Terri, not sure I get the process. It is quite stunning though

 

[Enyaw]

I'm with the rest .. not sure if I am seeing a digital or a paint .. pretty cool whatever it is.

 

[JennieJo]

I'm not certain I understand the entire process, but the end result is certainly beautiful. Very interesting.

I'll try again think like you're working in photoshop or any other program that has layers option. Each piece of tracing paper is a layer. Each piece of paper alters an aspect of the visible image as you mark it - draw, paint ... When you're done you scan all layers together to get a single image. That you edit or print.

I used the paper layers to let me try out options like colours, contrast ...

 

[Terri]

Okay - that's much more clear, thank you! Sorry for being dense. But it actually sounds like a very clever way to experiment and you can use or discard an idea without leaving a mark.

 

[JennieJo]

Okay - that's much more clear, thank you! Sorry for being dense. But it actually sounds like a very clever way to experiment and you can use or discard an idea without leaving a mark.

I think that's why I liked the idea. Especially as I did a lot of digital stuff way back, when the Way Back Machine started. My synapses said Yes. This makes sense.

But, I think my ability to list 'how tos' went when I retired!

 

[JennieJo]

Beautiful result. I'm with Terri, not sure I get the process. It is quite stunning though

Thanks CaliAnn. Have tried again with the process. I think it's typing on a device that does it. I just want it done!