Everstorm Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 1 hour ago, Harriet said: I think it will really enhance your pose if you start with a gestural sketch. So, I actually started by watching several Proko videos on gesture drawings and attempted a couple for this, but it hasn't quite clicked yet. Need more practice, I guess. Or more videos. Or both. Probably both. 1 Quote Life before Death Strength before Weakness Journey before Destination Link to comment
Harriet Posted July 4 Author Report Share Posted July 4 1 minute ago, Everstorm said: So, I actually started by watching several Proko videos on gesture drawings and attempted a couple for this, but it hasn't quite clicked yet. Need more practice, I guess. Or more videos. Or both. Probably both. Oh, neato. Yeah, watch and practice. Dozens of quick sketches. Hundreds. I should probably be doing them, too. Maybe I can use them as a warm up. There are even websites that provide pictures and timers and change the pictures every minute or thirty seconds. 1 Quote Let cheese and oxen and mead crowd out our secret desires for power and domination - Harriet the Viking Just be bold, fluid and unapologetic, not small, hairy and indecisive - Harriet the Artist You can absorb me! - Harriet the Contextless Guru Link to comment
Rookie Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 So these aren't new but I realized awhile back that I like doing random hand close ups. I have a few other painting ideas involving hands and my dogs paws.. but for now I'll share these. This was my first ever painted hand. The hand took the longest for me to figure out because I don't paint people lol. I'm really proud of how it turned out in the end because people are a struggle for me. This is my second hand painting but first ever hand close up hand painting. I made it for a coworker who lost her sister. Her sister loved blue butterflies and it's kind of their symbol for her. This is actually a different painting from the first. I was asked to repaint it for my co-workers niece who lost her mom. The hands turned out more refined in this one but I prefer the brightness of the butterfly from the first one. This was actually born from an inktober sketch. I love it mostly but the random background I don't love. I particularly really love the darkness (with stars) dropping through the fingers. This is the above painting but before I added the starry darkness. I really loved it and love the rawness. I'm not necessarily sad I changed it but I definitely love both equally. I'm feeling motivated to start on my next hand painting thanks to this challenge! 3 3 Quote {Chase the wind and touch the sky; I will fly} Link to comment
Salinger Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 They are great @Rookie!!! xx 1 Quote Link to comment
Everstorm Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 Really nice paintings, @Rookie! 1 Quote Life before Death Strength before Weakness Journey before Destination Link to comment
Rookie Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 Thanks @Salinger and @Everstorm Took a picture of my hand in a ✌️ pose and did a quick sketch. I was really trying to figure on the shapes that make up the hand and keeping proportions. I'm terrible at proportions. 1 2 Quote {Chase the wind and touch the sky; I will fly} Link to comment
Harriet Posted July 5 Author Report Share Posted July 5 12 hours ago, Rookie said: I'm feeling motivated to start on my next hand painting thanks to this challenge! They're all extremely well observed, including the colour and light! Amazing! 2 Quote Let cheese and oxen and mead crowd out our secret desires for power and domination - Harriet the Viking Just be bold, fluid and unapologetic, not small, hairy and indecisive - Harriet the Artist You can absorb me! - Harriet the Contextless Guru Link to comment
Harriet Posted July 5 Author Report Share Posted July 5 Made a figure from imagination, then clothed it. Focus: big sleeves. I am making progress with both figures and clothes. It took ages, though, and many iterations. 3 1 2 Quote Let cheese and oxen and mead crowd out our secret desires for power and domination - Harriet the Viking Just be bold, fluid and unapologetic, not small, hairy and indecisive - Harriet the Artist You can absorb me! - Harriet the Contextless Guru Link to comment
Rookie Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 I love the big sleeves! Well done @Harriet 1 Quote {Chase the wind and touch the sky; I will fly} Link to comment
Harriet Posted July 6 Author Report Share Posted July 6 23 hours ago, Salinger said: Absolute diva @Harriet 23 hours ago, Rookie said: I love the big sleeves! Well done @Harriet Thank you my lovelies. 1 1 Quote Let cheese and oxen and mead crowd out our secret desires for power and domination - Harriet the Viking Just be bold, fluid and unapologetic, not small, hairy and indecisive - Harriet the Artist You can absorb me! - Harriet the Contextless Guru Link to comment
Harriet Posted July 8 Author Report Share Posted July 8 I made this study of hands—mostly a line drawing with simple colouring. I think I’m picking up some of the characterising features of hands, but we’ll see if I can invent some hands from imagination for my next study. 1 1 3 Quote Let cheese and oxen and mead crowd out our secret desires for power and domination - Harriet the Viking Just be bold, fluid and unapologetic, not small, hairy and indecisive - Harriet the Artist You can absorb me! - Harriet the Contextless Guru Link to comment
Harriet Posted July 11 Author Report Share Posted July 11 I spent some time on this study. I lacked the stamina to make it a rendered painting, so I just stuck with the line drawing. Hmmm. I picked it for the arms and hands but it’s more of a torso study. Hands remain tricky. I'm also trying to find a brush in procreate that I can change the thickness of with pressure. None of them are quite perfect yet. I had a little fun with the shadows here, though they're simple, I'm happy with them. They're invented, not from reference. 3 2 Quote Let cheese and oxen and mead crowd out our secret desires for power and domination - Harriet the Viking Just be bold, fluid and unapologetic, not small, hairy and indecisive - Harriet the Artist You can absorb me! - Harriet the Contextless Guru Link to comment
Rookie Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 On 7/8/2024 at 11:07 AM, Harriet said: I made this study of hands—mostly a line drawing with simple colouring. I think I’m picking up some of the characterising features of hands, but we’ll see if I can invent some hands from imagination for my next study. I like that your hands look different lol all mine are chubby hands. I'm not sure how to make them more delicate! 1 Quote {Chase the wind and touch the sky; I will fly} Link to comment
Harriet Posted July 15 Author Report Share Posted July 15 On 7/13/2024 at 4:18 AM, Rookie said: I like that your hands look different lol all mine are chubby hands. I'm not sure how to make them more delicate! Oh, thank you. I have had a little practice drawing different figures from reference, and they vary in shape, so that helps. 1 Quote Let cheese and oxen and mead crowd out our secret desires for power and domination - Harriet the Viking Just be bold, fluid and unapologetic, not small, hairy and indecisive - Harriet the Artist You can absorb me! - Harriet the Contextless Guru Link to comment
Rookie Posted July 23 Report Share Posted July 23 It has a hand.. It counts lol This was a little 10 min study I did. I free drew it so some proportions are a bit off but cute! 4 Quote {Chase the wind and touch the sky; I will fly} Link to comment
Sea-to-sky Posted July 23 Report Share Posted July 23 8 hours ago, Rookie said: It has a hand.. It counts lol This was a little 10 min study I did. I free drew it so some proportions are a bit off but cute! Needs to be on a wall. So cute 1 Quote the creative spelling comes as standard. Enjoy! A journey of thousand miles, begins with a single step - Lao Tzu Challenge: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8 Link to comment
Harriet Posted July 28 Author Report Share Posted July 28 On 7/23/2024 at 3:17 AM, Rookie said: It has a hand.. It counts lol This was a little 10 min study I did. I free drew it so some proportions are a bit off but cute! Sweet! I love the tongue. Very characteristic. 1 Quote Let cheese and oxen and mead crowd out our secret desires for power and domination - Harriet the Viking Just be bold, fluid and unapologetic, not small, hairy and indecisive - Harriet the Artist You can absorb me! - Harriet the Contextless Guru Link to comment
Harriet Posted July 28 Author Report Share Posted July 28 A study of person with sleeves and a study of figure with arms. 3 1 Quote Let cheese and oxen and mead crowd out our secret desires for power and domination - Harriet the Viking Just be bold, fluid and unapologetic, not small, hairy and indecisive - Harriet the Artist You can absorb me! - Harriet the Contextless Guru Link to comment
Everstorm Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 Ok, I slacked off on all my art when I was sick. Here's an apology owl (with a hand and everything!) 1 2 Quote Life before Death Strength before Weakness Journey before Destination Link to comment
Harriet Posted July 29 Author Report Share Posted July 29 15 hours ago, Everstorm said: Ok, I slacked off on all my art when I was sick. Here's an apology owl (with a hand and everything!) Oh, excellent! I love that you chose a close up with a glove. That's perfect for this thread. And you characterised the glove well--the folds and the seams give the right look. The owl is adorable, but that's neither here nor there ? 1 1 Quote Let cheese and oxen and mead crowd out our secret desires for power and domination - Harriet the Viking Just be bold, fluid and unapologetic, not small, hairy and indecisive - Harriet the Artist You can absorb me! - Harriet the Contextless Guru Link to comment
Harriet Posted July 29 Author Report Share Posted July 29 Figure sketch with hands. I didn't focus on the hands hugely because from a distance, you don't reallllly want that much detail on such a small part. But that doesn't mean I didn't think about hands. An impression of handiness was the best choice, I felt. 3 Quote Let cheese and oxen and mead crowd out our secret desires for power and domination - Harriet the Viking Just be bold, fluid and unapologetic, not small, hairy and indecisive - Harriet the Artist You can absorb me! - Harriet the Contextless Guru Link to comment
Salinger Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 Holy shit @Harriet these are absolutely stunning. In awe xx 1 Quote Link to comment
Everstorm Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 @Harriet Your use of light and shadow never fails to impress! 1 Quote Life before Death Strength before Weakness Journey before Destination Link to comment
Everstorm Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 My second attempt at a magical conductor 2 Quote Life before Death Strength before Weakness Journey before Destination Link to comment
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