Can you get points docked on your artistic license like you can on a driving licence? I'm quite happy with these two drawings but I did two others that were absolute rubbish. One terrible outline drawing where I started on one side and found it didn't match the other (hey, I've only been drawing for four decades!) and another of her young attractive face which made her look like the Queen! It wasn't exactly flowing this week but it wasn't too bad either. After doing the outline here, I marked one of the shadows on her arm with a hard line, quite liked it and got carried away!
I moved my chair just a little and got a slightly different perspective. I normally don't like the harsh shadows thrown by the standing lamp but this week I found it interesting to try and make something of the skin in the shadows - it was quite hard to distinquish anything more than a silhouette on the right side. I loved the lines of her left arm and leg and the angle of the foot in this pose.
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"Can you get points docked on your artistic license like you can on a driving licence?" Yes, of course you can, but fear not! There's a brand new one tucked in the back pocket of every new Moleskine!
~The Cynical One
this is so delicate, Felicity. I am fascinated by her shoulder area.
I think this is PERFECT! The perspective on the legs, the shadows on the collar bones, neck and torso - Wow!!
These are great. Love the lines on the top one, it really gives an idea of how you work.
They're both so good...but I like the first one best.
I like the dark shadows on the shoulders of the second one - beautiful. I also like the shadows as a line drawing to mark an area. I instantly saw these as orange, green, and purple colours (orange for light, green for mids, purple for darks) but that's just me I know! We start doing life classes next term on my course and I'm dreading it!!
You really shouldn't be so self critical they are wonderful,
Love the shadows! Capturing the lights you have enhanced the form. You have made this look quite simple (and yet we all know it is not).
These are lovely Felicity! the shadow detailing on the bottom one is perfect!
Your drawings are so beautiful. I particularly like the top one, I would happily hang them on my wall.
Thank you for your lovely comments on my pots, I always feel a little self-conscious about them so it has been thrilling to have such positive feedback.
This is divine. When I use pencil on portraits they seem so dead. Yours are alive! wonderful shadows.
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