Another chalk and charcoal attempt. Here, I was too aggressive with the white chalk, which I feel flattens the model out somewhat too much.
Trying out white chalk and charcoal on warm gray paper. The supplies were an impulse buy as I waited for my car to get its oil changed.
Here she is, finished. I like the ratio of polish to sketch I ended up with. Sometimes time limits are a good thing. :)
Starting to work in some lights…Some shadows too but mostly lights first. Not sure why I gravitate towards the lighter areas in the beginning of rendering.
Trying to erase to figure out where the body is…And the optical illusion of her knee coming towards us was not intended.
Getting more work in, seeing some plumb lines scrubbed out…
Here is the finished life drawing! I really like it! I think the shadows are a little too drawn-on but everything else is how I want my charcoal work to look.
A work in progress of a different model, I took a snapshot. This one ended up pretty well in the end, I’m happy with it.
Yeah, it looks polished enough but it’s like…It’s missing the vivacity the WIP had, you know? I think it’s the straight lines that form the brickwork behind him, and I also didn’t have NEARLY enough time to do his tats justice.
Not to be all downers on myself, self-crit’s just something I do to learn. I never want to be in a position where I feel I can’t examine my artwork and think about how it’s working or not working.
A work-in-progress of a reclining model.
I think I’ve since ruined it but I will post it anyway. >:(
