Saturday, July 4, 2015

2nd Week: Copying a Master Drawing

I came home for the holiday weekend, but I'm going back to Chicago Sunday afternoon. I am determined to finish this class, thanks to all the support and encouragement from friends and friendly strangers. Below is a four-day progression of my master copy drawing.

Day 1: Capturing the big shape (silhouette). Day 2: Correcting and refining the big shape. Day 3: Defining shadow shapes. Day 4: Adding tone.

You can see, or I hope you can see that 2 or 3 values can give the impression of form. This is by no means a finished drawing, but I am pleased that I managed to get this far in 4 days of class.

Next week: drawing from a model (eek!) and transferring the drawing to canvas in preparation for oil painting (double eeek!).





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4 comments:

  1. Nellie BelleJuly 4, 2015 at 8:24 AM

    Bravo, this is such a precise method. I am learning a lot from following your progress for which I thank you!

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  2. DorothyJuly 4, 2015 at 8:51 AM

    Wonderful progression!!! Thank you for sharing your artistic journey, looking forward to seeing more!!

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  3. Healthy MaryJuly 4, 2015 at 8:59 PM

    Wow! You have come so far. This is really fabulous. I can see why the lengthy process. You are winning!

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  4. HeatherJuly 5, 2015 at 3:49 AM

    Thanks for checking in on my progress! I appreciate all of your kind words. I'll keep taking photos of the process throughout the next month, so that you'll continue to get an idea of how this method works.

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