[Natasha]

Now there’s not enough lifetime to learn it all! I noticed with the restructuring, the links on the drawing certificate PDF the Sheldon Borenstein figure drawing links don’t work any more (there could me more). Is the certificate program changing?

Thanks! I’m loving it all!

[Natasha]

Your pears have a lot of energy to them!

[Natasha]

Decided to rip the band-aid off on this one and get posting it out of the way. No happy at all. I was using a gel pen that was all or nothing – there was no controlling for lighter strokes. I decided not to venture into the teeth much lest I ruin them. Still she’s a bit terrifying to look at.

[Natasha]

 

Number 89 …first I was happy with her, but then I decided I needed to push it a little further.

[Natasha]

87 and 88: I find it a great exercise to explore the same portrait in two mediums. It’s hard learning two mediums but the lessons enhance each other.

[Natasha]

@gordanknezic thanks a lot! My first introduction to cross-hatching (or at least what made me really think about it) was the Russian drawing course by Iliya Mirochnik. Working on anatomy with him really helped in doing portraits too. Then I found Alphonso Dunn and got his workbook, however that did not translate to any skill I could do. So I resorted to just trying different things such as just straight-line cross-hatching that kind of ignored the form and just focused on the values. Then I tested out trying to carefully follow the form for cross-hatching. I eventually settled on a blend of the two, but still often find it very frustrating.

[Natasha]

There’s a fine balance when it comes to keeping a drawing elegantly understated. More often than not, I like to say more with less.

[Natasha]

Getting caught up and getting closer. But I have not mastered this medium…pen is hard because there is so little correction that you can do.

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I either missed posting a picture or I failed in my counting so I’m not sure it’s worthwhile to give this a number. I guess 83? I didn’t think I would like doing this expression, but I love how it turned out. I love the emotion it evokes.

[Natasha]

I’m not worthy, @stuart-1188 ! I lurked over on your posts and was in love with how fluid your figure drawings were. That’s going to have to be my next challenge. Thanks for the compliments…some days are success, some days are not. 😉

[Natasha]

Next up, we’re calling this one 82, although I think it was closer to 80. I liked how it turned out and I think we can attribute it to the nice shadow side of the face.

[Natasha]

Soooo many to go. Here’s number 81, I think. I still haven’t worked out how to get pen more delicate for female features.

[Natasha]

We’ll call this one 80, although I’m not really posting them in order anymore. I’ve finished the challenge, just having a hard time getting them all posted here without being spammy. He’s my absolute favorite. Using only two color mixes: a blue mix and an orange mix.

 

Here’s the pen sketch I did prior.

[Natasha]

Huzzah!!!!

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78 & 79 ….Uniball signo pens again this time in a lovely dark green. The watercolor sketch was an interesting study in a limited palette. My watercolors are just hobbyist dry set so I don’t know their exact names but the colors were close to yellow ochre, burnt sienna, and a dull purple (definitely not dioxazine). The burnt sienna, which I thought was too brown, gave me a pleasant little surprise in her cheeks.

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