[Natasha]

@joshuajacobo thanks for mentioning that. I often forget to poke into the library. I’m participating with a group where we all work off the same photo so I’m not often in control of choosing the photo, but I’ll see if I can get them to use the library more. Thanks again!

[Natasha]

I didn’t have the colors either. I just grabbed what looked close.

[Natasha]

Thanks, @katkoteneva and @erikdennes . . . talent ran out years ago, now it’s stubborn practice, practice, practice. The courses are helping a lot.

Thanks, @joshuajacobo that’s pretty cool . . . what I couldn’t see before, now seems obvious. Is there a specific course that helps with addressing these issues? I’m sourcing free images, but I could try to be choosier.

[Natasha]

NO 13, 14, and 15. One of my goals was to try new things. So this is my first foray into pen and it is soooooo unforgiving! Once done it’s for good. Bleh. But you can see each one getting progressively better. I also switched to a pen I could control better on the last one and it made all the difference.

But dang, I’d really like to be able to subtract once and a while.

[Natasha]

Thanks @Mattias1612 and @erikdennes! I think some of the lessons are starting to sink in! LOL

[Natasha]

Great idea! I’m going to try this, thanks!

[Natasha]

Finally, something is clicking. While working on this sketch, I was also working on Iliya’s planes of the head and something is starting to sink in! Combined with the cross-hatching, I really like how this is shaping up.

[Natasha]

Began to really reach into cross-hatching after beginning the Russian figure drawing course. I, of course, hate this portrait.

[Natasha]

At this rate, it’s going to take forever to get you all caught up to where I’m at in the 100-day portrait challenge (I’m at number 40-something) so I’m posting the next three: NO 8, 9, and 10. I don’t remember much about them except that I was just trying to get them done quickly. Looking back, from the perspective of what I’ve been learning especially from the Russian figure drawing course, I should have been paying closer attention to the supraclavicular fossa (my new favorite word) and the zygomatic process among others.

[Natasha]

NO. 7.What started as a rough-in became the final piece. The original photo had a lot of shadows that distorted the form so I edited them out. I thought about taking the drawing further but I really liked the compressed values.

[Natasha]

 

No 6. Great study for the planes of the head. I started in graphite which is my comfort zone, but I switched to charcoal because I couldn’t get the darks dark enough. Did I mention that I hate charcoal?

 

[Natasha]

This is a great challenge! Nice work.

[Natasha]

I just finished this chapter and it was a bear! Nice rendering.

[Natasha]

I actually had to grab No. 4 from my Instagram. I guess because I disliked it so much, I deleted it from all other locations. I wasn’t trying very hard.

 

And No. 5. . . Opposite story here: I was trying hard but still struggling to turn the edge of the face in shadow.

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[Natasha]

@kat. . . spontaneous is exactly the right word! I think the muses were moving that evening because I can’t quite get back that effortlessness. I’m purposely tackling the hard angles (gulp!) and the study of the skull by Iliya Mirochnik has really helped.

 

@erikdennes thanks so much. I appreciate it.

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