Real Time Art Practice, CS edition

[AES]

5x4 inches on hardboard.
Keep trying to use up old translucent paint and it's not entirely working, especially on the face.
I want to do impasto at this scale, but I need brushes both small enough and stiff enough to stand up to the paint. Past a certain size, even synthetics are mushy.
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5x4 inches, acrylic on hardboard, because I can't edit op.

 

[AES]

I just want to put my hands in it and squeeze... and then cry at how much paint I'm wasting.

 

[Artyczar]

Keep going. I am enjoying this thread.

 

[AES]

This guy paints similar to my ideas for impasto, but naturally, he beat me to it by 8 years

Hard to stay mad though. It's so fluffy...

 

[AES]

Using up old acrylic.
5x7 ish on hardboard.

 

[Hermes2020]

This guy paints similar to my ideas for impasto, but naturally, he beat me to it by 8 years

Hard to stay mad though. It's so fluffy...

Hmmm. Eyeing my Magimix in the kitchen and thinking if it works for meringue ........

 

[AES]

5x7 oil on hardboard, with some gamblin solvent free gel mixed in. Crappy pic because this stupid phone camera can't white balance.

Just felt like using my new Phthalo yellow-green on something since the duck was a wash.
inspired by the pic below which I was gonna copy, but meh. Let's just call it a minimalist lacdscape

https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-walking-between-green-forest-trees-15286/

 

[AES]

Graphite on paper, around 5x5 inches. Done on these cheap blank page booklet things for kids, marketed as teacher's supplies. Probs not archival but whatever, it's practice.

 

[AES]

Sculpted angles, black on black, mouth.
~ 3 hours

 

[AES]

Hyper subtle face shading

 

[AES]

Ears.

Edges, not lines as such.

 

[Jane]

A series sounds like a good idea. I would be interested in seeing more of these from you.

 

[AES]

Finally getting around to posting this. Danial smith Watercolor and Windsor newton gouache on good printer paper. 8.5x11", using sumi-e brushes.

The practice for the leaves.

 

[Artyczar]

Love this. Very, very cool.

 

[AES]

I tried to scan this, but the pencil didn't show up! Never had that happen before. Wonder if it's because the paper is cream colored? Might not be enough contrast for the scanner to see it.

Can't decide if that bottom perspective line is too steep or not. Any corrections, observations, etc are welcome, as always.

Astrobrights 8.5x11" 65 lb cardstock. Eventually gonna be acrylic.

 

[AES]

Purple is final correction. Gonna try painting the face in halves. Maybe having one side finished will guide me to the right proportions for the far side.

 

[AES]

Foreground, background, and paper sealing. Tinted matte figure, tinted gloss glazing medium bg. Even with this much color filled in, I'm starting to see where corrections should be.

 

[Hermes2020]

Can't decide if that bottom perspective line is too steep or not. Any corrections, observations, etc are welcome, as always.

It depends on whether you are aiming for geometrically correct perspective, or distorted perspective. If you want academically correct, traditional perspective, the lines should meet at a vanishing point. Counting from the top, lines 1. 2. and 5 are correct, but lines 3 and 4 do not belong to the same perspective as the green set, lines 1, 2, and 5.

 

[Artyczar]

I think the scanner didn't have enough contrast to scan it in clearly. If you notice that once you added the dark background, it looks a lot better. Maybe because that was an added contrast in the art. Just guessing. It's a great start!

 

[AES]

It depends on whether you are aiming for geometrically correct perspective, or distorted perspective. If you want academically correct, traditional perspective, the lines should meet at a vanishing point. Counting from the top, lines 1. 2. and 5 are correct, but lines 3 and 4 do not belong to the same perspective as the green set, lines 1, 2, and 5.

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Ooh thanks for this! I don't think the ref is too distorted, (a 3d model) but I tend to unconsciously "correct" it anyway when drawing it. Guess I need to pick just one view and stick with it.

What software did you use to make that?