Portrait study. The goal here was to spend more time in construction stage before getting carried away with values. Especially with subtle head tilts which tend to throw me off for some reason.4yr ⋅ Chris_Sketch ⋅ r/learnart
100 Portraits 1-5. A challenge I set myself to prepare for live sketching. I am aiming to do at least 5 per day for 20 days with each portrait to be under 30 minutes. Im hoping to improve my speed, design and confidence5yr ⋅ Chris_Sketch ⋅ r/learnart
My first attempt at painting a portrait using oils. I painted over a drawing in one go using the Zorn colours. Took a bit over 5 hours minus time mixing colours and experimenting. Was very interesting. Would love to hear from anyone who has painted with this palette. Cheers.4yr ⋅ Chris_Sketch ⋅ r/learnart
Spent 6 hours today on Aaron Blaises course on drawing bears. Only made through grizzlies. Bears feel almost a hybrid of dog and a burly human.5yr ⋅ Chris_Sketch ⋅ r/learnart
Wanted to give myself a day off from portraits. Still ended up with a sketchbook in my lap doing some Loomis head studies.4yr ⋅ Chris_Sketch ⋅ r/learnart
First portrait sketch for 2020. Been watching a lot of Stephen Bauman. I like his use of bold lines and soft gradients. Graphite in A4 sketchbook4yr ⋅ Chris_Sketch ⋅ r/learnart
My second go at portraits in oil. i used the Zorn palette again with Aliz Crimson and naples yellow added. Theres a lot of texture in the reference and felt I got it a bit too muddy and busy with the details and began losing the expression. Time approx 12 hours.4yr ⋅ Chris_Sketch ⋅ r/learnart
Sketched 9 more portraits toward my 100 portrait challenge today. Took me just over 6 hours. Experimented with a graphite stick. First few on the left were a tad messy. By the second page I was beginning to get a feel for it.4yr ⋅ Chris_Sketch ⋅ r/learnart
You fine folks seem to like my last gesture studies post so I thought I’d share another one I did today. Its interesting how a few lines, basically stickmen, can convey the feel of the whole pose. I used references from Proko’s model pack.5yr ⋅ Chris_Sketch ⋅ r/learnart
Dog portrait study I did trying out acrylic ink in primary colours. White acrylic and colour pencil used for finishing touches/highlights. Really nice medium. Very strong pigment. Only needed a few drops of each colour.5yr ⋅ Chris_Sketch ⋅ r/learnart
Charcoal portrait I did today showing the first sketch. Ive been having a lot of fun drawing on gessoed MDF. It takes the charcoal really well and erases well too. I’m liking the brushy textures that come through. After I wash the drawing off for my next one.5yr ⋅ Chris_Sketch ⋅ r/learnart
Portrait study from Redditgetsdrawn reference. Link for timelapse in comments.5yr ⋅ Chris_Sketch ⋅ r/drawing
Using Loomis and Hogarth method for 45 min portrait studies. Ive been reviewing Hogarths book more. I like how his lines ties facial features together. Rodney ended up a little off but hopefully the likeness reads.4yr ⋅ Chris_Sketch ⋅ r/learnart
Some gesture studies I was doing today. I like the relationship between straights and curves in the figure.5yr ⋅ Chris_Sketch ⋅ r/learnart
Working at hands today. I still need to put a lot more time into proportions, foreshortening and gesture but I’m getting there I think. Question: Anyone know of artists who have really exceptional shape design and expression in their hands drawings? Cheers.5yr ⋅ Chris_Sketch ⋅ r/learntodraw
My first post here. Im now in my third year of van living in Tasmania. I work odd jobs, sell art and study. Best decision Ive ever made.4yr ⋅ Chris_Sketch ⋅ r/VanLife
WIP. Going to attempt oil painting over this drawing. Keeping it simple with the Zorn colours. Ive done airbrush and acrylic portraits, first time with oils. Im open to tips or things I should look out for with oils. Thankyou!4yr ⋅ Chris_Sketch ⋅ r/learnart
A couple of back studies from Proko anatomy reference. Anatomy is very challenging but Ive found it very useful to draw the muscle groups over the reference before drawing the total figure.5yr ⋅ Chris_Sketch ⋅ r/learntodraw
35 minute sketch. Goal is to draw people at markets. I trying to get my speed up quicker and work out a simple but effective style.5yr ⋅ Chris_Sketch ⋅ r/learntodraw
Just hit halfway mark in 100 portrait challenge. The right side page will be painted with watercolour at some point hence the simpler line work. 50 in 9 days. Averaging between 30 and 60 minutes. My fingers ache and my brain is fried but I think I am making progress.4yr ⋅ Chris_Sketch ⋅ r/learnart
Getting back into charcoal portrait drawing. Reference is from Proko course. My likeness and anatomy is getting there but I think I lack confident bolder shapes in the rest of the drawing. My goal is live portrait drawing in a market setting. Open for suggestions along those lines. Cheers.5yr ⋅ Chris_Sketch ⋅ r/learnart
A couple more portrait sketches for my 100 portrait challenge. A few people here have asked me how I begin a portrait so I took a few photos of my lay in process which I’ll link in the comments.4yr ⋅ Chris_Sketch ⋅ r/learnart
