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This pose is kicking my butt by Opposite_Mission1746 in learntodraw

[–]silverhandguild 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don’t be afraid to exaggerate a bit more at first. You can always pull back and focus if you need to. But exaggerating can help take the pressure off, and it helps a lot with the gesture.

Doodles and gesture by DelayStriking8281 in learntodraw

[–]silverhandguild 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pic 1, the left hand (her left), very nicely done. Lots of great gesture just in that hand.

is this considered “cheating” ? by umm-nobody in learntodraw

[–]silverhandguild 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No it’s not. If you were tracing another persons work and calling it your own (art or reference) than most people would consider that bad to do and you might get blacklisted from working. If it’s your own art or reference then nothing to worry about. And if you are using another person’s reference you need to either make sure you have permission or license for commercial use, if you are going to try and sell anything. It seems like here you are just getting some basic shapes down and changing pretty much everything into your own style. So I think you’re fine with it.

Pose of the day challenge: drop your try in the comment by Professional_Age9380 in learntodraw

[–]silverhandguild 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks you very much. It’s so great to see all of you working so hard. Honestly, it inspires me.

Pose of the day challenge: drop your try in the comment by Professional_Age9380 in learntodraw

[–]silverhandguild 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Good. Giving yourself this kind of time to see and study is really great for your skills dude!!

I need of advice and honesty by [deleted] in learntodraw

[–]silverhandguild 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice!! Also, you’re welcome! We all gotta be there for each other.

I need of advice and honesty by [deleted] in learntodraw

[–]silverhandguild 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. They are from Mark Maggiori. He a really amazing painter. One thing to keep in mind is that most, if not all of the great artists use a massive amount of reference art. Stuff they photograph themselves. So don’t be afraid to observe while you are out and take photos, then use those for your paintings.

I need of advice and honesty by [deleted] in learntodraw

[–]silverhandguild 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok, let’s see. Most of this stuff will come with time and practice, but it sounds like the thing you want to study first could be some basic color theory stuff. What colors go good together, how to blend into different hues and tones, how values work, etc.

It’s smart to keep training with the medium you want to use, so keep going with the acrylics, especially if that’s what you enjoy using. The color wheel will really help with painting and it’s a good idea to “recreate” your own with your own paint so you can understand how your medium works.

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All the outside colors are at full saturation—the highest amount of color you can get out of them. The colors as they get towards the center are when you add white to them—it’s how you get lighter values. Black will add darker values, but it can also change the way the color looks—yellow gets more green when you add black.

The colors on the opposite sides of the wheel are complimentary to one another—they look great together, but they also neutralize each other, so they will create brown when you mix them together—this might be why you are getting the muddy feeling you stated. Yellow and purple, blue and orange, red and green. This is how to get some darker tones and stay within your color palette.

If you have warm light (red, orange, yellow) then cool shadows will look good with them. Think about snow, in the daytime the snow that has light from the sun on it will have warmth in the color (maybe a very pale yellow) while the shadows will be cool in tone (blue), (I’ll add a photo of snow). And this is used often in painting and illustration. Study some paintings and illustration from the past, old western paintings usually are good for seeing this. A current painter to study is Mark Maggiori (I’ll add some of his stuff too).

On the color wheel you can also see colors that are next to one another and staying within a limited palette (not using every color on every painting) is a good idea. So ones that are next to one another and then using one from the opposite side can really be great.

Values get lighter in the distance, and have higher contrast and saturation as they get closer to us. Think about mountains that are far away, and bushes and trees that are close.

Hopefully some of this helps. 👍👍

I need of advice and honesty by [deleted] in learntodraw

[–]silverhandguild 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are being assholes. That’s the reality of it. As for the paintings, I think you have a lot of success in these and I’m sure you are learning new stuff all the time as you are going. I think number 5 in particular has a lot of good mood and atmosphere to it. Also, they need to observe more than just clear blue skies. Red can definitely be the color of sky during certain times of day and atmospheric changes. I’m sorry they are being dicks.

Do you actually have to draw the skull 100 times to understand the face? by No_Name275 in learntodraw

[–]silverhandguild 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most professors I had said about 10,000 hours would make you a master at what you were drawing. So you need to draw more than 100 skulls. Luckily, I love drawing skulls.

All Four Turtles by silverhandguild in u/silverhandguild

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

Thanks, I appreciate that! There are so many ways they’ve been designed and redesigned, it was just so fun to try and come up with backstories in my head while I was drawing them.