The start of my figurative drawing (artwork chronological progression p6)
I stayed true to my commitment of challenging myself with each new piece of artwork, and this meant crossing the bridge into drawing the human form.
Lucky for me, I had a patient and willing subject to study.
Well, actually in the case of these 2 images, a willing friend and a willing dog =)
I loved lines!
I was determined to master black and white hues, composition, balance, proportion, and perspective before I took on color.
But we'll show a little color here anyways just to show a somewhat coherent progression.
Most importantly, I was having fun doing art.
I mentioned "finding my muse" in my last progression post where I talked about my "bicycle series."
Finding my muse meant that when I was doing artwork, my mind was thinking about someone I loved.
Each pen line was done with love.
Attention to detail and passion were mixed up to make a new art feel for myself, and I looked forward to the next piece as soon as I finished one.
Artwork was starting to be less of a wearisome chore that made me feel the full weight of my PTSD and brain injury, and starting to feel like a force that was pulling me into a brighter future.
But real life has a way of reaching inside a rosey outlook and snapping you back into reality.
The trick is to take those vicious reality bites and find a way to turn them into inspiration and a part of a creative process as well, and that will be in my next artwork progression post.
Thank you so much to those who have been following my work and supporting it, it means more than you can know.
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so nice ! i love the first one loads, beautiful lines and the planes you created using the crosshatching spaces are very expressive <3
beautiful post <3
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Thank you so much!
Love the contrasts and use of cross-hatching. Makes a firm yet soft image that relaxes the mind. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! and thanks for stopping by.
These are well done.
You have to get involved with something. Get the curiosity juices following
Set time aside every day and do it. even its only for an hour a day. the consistence is important. It might turn into a choir at times. Power through those day. To many people here for you.
Couldn't agree more. Something every day even if it's just a post-it note. #postitnote
Ésta fue mi frase favorita:
Buenos dibujos! Cómo se llama esa técnica que estás usando?
I'm not sure that my technique has a "name..."
but if you want to know how i made the first piece, it started as a light pencil sketch which I then organized into different texture areas and used corresponding patterns of lines with an art pen to create a nice flow and visual feel. This one was a "serious" art endeavor so a lot of time went into creating very precise line direction and spacing.
The second one was done without any organization done ahead of time and was 100% "free hand" and I focused instead of using long sweeping lines to catch the energy of movement and recreate the feeling of the model and the dog playing together. Then keep building those lines in density to enhance the realism and set apart light and shadow, fur and flesh =) I used shorter, more random intersecting lines for dog fur whereas for the model's hair I tried to keep it "loose" but made sure to keep a better uniform direction for the pen strokes.
The last one was another "quick" composition, but with that one I wanted to capture the feeling of the "phone selfie" so the angle is skewed, the color is just random splatters, and again the linework is more random.
I hope that this answers your question: I guess I could have talked about my technique in the post, but forgot so thanks for the comment/question!
Yes, your answer helped me :D It would be great to see you doing a drawing in a video with this technique :)
Wow these are amazing, I like them!
Thank you so much!
wow, those were pretty well one practice ^^
i love the first one <3
it looks so cool, the expression of the woman + the little dog in her hug <3 :D
Thank you so much!