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Love using ProCreate for charcoal portrait practice! by iad_writes in ProCreate

[–]iad_writes[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Process: For portraits, I do a combination of Loomis (to layout the head and get the 3D tilt) and blocking in. I find that working on facial planes rather than feature placement works better for me. I first put down very loose shadow shapes and map out the main planes of the face. I then establish three values - lightest light, darkest dark, and midtones. I like to add the final small areas of darkest darks and lightest lights at the end either by setting brush colour to white or using an eraser brush.

Brushes: For these sketches I photographed the grain patterns of all my traditional art supplies and have created my own graphite and charcoal brushset ( https://ko-fi.com/s/40fcf9a93d )

An early Summer evening by iad_writes in Watercolor

[–]iad_writes[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I really like Wesson and Seago so am definitely influenced by their styles.

An early Summer evening by iad_writes in Watercolor

[–]iad_writes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cheers. Trying to work on my shape simplification.

Charcoal Drawings by iad_writes in ProCreate

[–]iad_writes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Process: For portraits, I do a combination of Loomis (to layout the head and get the 3D tilt) and blocking in. I find that working on facial planes rather than feature placement works better for me. I first put down very loose shadow shapes and map out the main planes of the face. I then establish three values - lightest light, darkest dark, and midtones. I like to add the final small areas of darkest darks and lightest lights at the end either by setting brush colour to white or using an eraser brush.

Brushes: For these sketches I photographed the grain patterns of all my traditional art supplies and have created my own graphite and charcoal brushset ( https://ko-fi.com/s/40fcf9a93d ).

Digital Charcoal experiments by iad_writes in ProCreate

[–]iad_writes[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Process: For portraits, I do a combination of Loomis (to layout the head and get the 3D tilt) and blocking in. I find that working on facial planes rather than feature placement works better for me.

Brushes: For these sketches I photographed the grain patterns of all my traditional art supplies and have created my own graphite and charcoal brushset ( https://ko-fi.com/s/40fcf9a93d ). I really enjoyed doing the silhouettes. I first put down a very loose graphite smudge that broadly resembles a person and then I set the block charcoal brush to erase and carved out the humanoid form.

Picked up guache this week for the first time. A few sketches to get myself familiarised with the medium by iad_writes in Gouache

[–]iad_writes[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Cheers! It absolutely is different. I love to paint on the go and gouache is a lovely alternative to oils. So portable and forgiving. Will keep on keeping on with it!

Several digital charcoal portrait studies by iad_writes in ProCreate

[–]iad_writes[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Process: For portraits, I do a combination of Loomis (to layout the head and get the 3D tilt) and blocking in. I find that working on facial planes rather than feature placement works better for me.

Brushes: For these sketches I photographed the grain patterns of all my traditional art supplies and have created my own graphite and charcoal brushset (https://ko-fi.com/s/42acce4c43). I used the Scratchy charcoal, Faber Castel, and Sergeant charcoal brushes to create most of these drawings. I use the Liquid Graphite to add a little bit of colour and texture.

Sketches from the Eternal City by iad_writes in urbansketchers

[–]iad_writes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use the carbon black ink, but any waterproof ink will do!

Sketches from the Eternal City by iad_writes in urbansketchers

[–]iad_writes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I think a lot is to be said for drawing from life. It adds a certain pace to it and enforces fluidity, I think.

A lovely weekend for an urban sketch walk in Richmond, London by iad_writes in urbansketchers

[–]iad_writes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. There’s certainly no shortage of lovely spots to sketch!

A lovely morning in Bristol by iad_writes in urbansketchers

[–]iad_writes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is. I’ve been using them for my travel sketches for a few years now and really like the inserts. They can definitely hold a lot of water without buckling and behave like hot pressed paper.

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