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Loosid
Joined: 06 Oct 2006
Posts: 146
Location: Sydney
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 Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 3:14 pm Post subject: Re - What can't you draw, but would love to learn? |
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A 'genuine artist' should be able to come up with a credible representation of anything.
It's true some things are more complex than others, and hands and feet are notoriously difficult. What makes me smile is when artists try to mask this deficiency by hiding them or leaving them out. If you are weak in a certain area, that's the area you should focus on. The greater your understanding of anatomy, the better you will be. It takes practice, but there is a template for all situations, and, once you understand that template, it is easy.
A typical mistake is to make them too small..so..exaggerate them.[/i][/u] |
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rae
Joined: 10 Oct 2005
Posts: 128
Location: Brisbane
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| Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 6:20 pm Post subject: Re - What can't you draw, but would love to learn? |
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Ah chinny chin chins.....I don't know why, but they always look weird  |
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nefersartra
Joined: 05 Jul 2006
Posts: 404
Location: bundaberg
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| Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 6:42 pm Post subject: Re - What can't you draw, but would love to learn? |
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Garry1953
Joined: 21 Oct 2005
Posts: 228
Location: Melbourne
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| Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:24 pm Post subject: Re - What can't you draw, but would love to learn? |
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How about a perfect circle..... freehand style.
Mine always look oval shaped. |
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SHAZ
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
Posts: 10
Location: Coffs Harbour
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| Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 9:10 pm Post subject: Re - What can't you draw, but would love to learn? |
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| Hi all, I had never attempted to draw portraits and wanted to do some of my children. A superb book from my local library enabled me to do 3 beautiful portraits and many more for friends. "Drawing Realistic Faces" by Carrie Stuart-Parks is really worth seeking out. By enlarging my photos in B & W to suit A3 size paper, they are almost life size and proportions and shading are so much easier to see. Hope this helps, hugs, Shaz. |
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winnierose
Joined: 07 Mar 2006
Posts: 169
Location: Melbourne
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| Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 9:32 pm Post subject: Re - What can't you draw, but would love to learn? |
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| I have to admit, I have trouble with perspective. Probably cos, I'm lazy, and try to wing it. I always have to rework and rework and rework. If theres a harder way to do it..........And I could kick myself, because, it just makes me work so hard. I have learnt heaps watching the daniel green video. He made a lot of sense. |
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Carrie
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:05 am Post subject: Re: Re - What can't you draw, but would love to learn? |
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| SHAZ wrote: | | Hi all, I had never attempted to draw portraits and wanted to do some of my children. A superb book from my local library enabled me to do 3 beautiful portraits and many more for friends. "Drawing Realistic Faces" by Carrie Stuart-Parks is really worth seeking out. By enlarging my photos in B & W to suit A3 size paper, they are almost life size and proportions and shading are so much easier to see. Hope this helps, hugs, Shaz. |
Ahhhh, thank you, Shaz! 
-Carrie Stuart Parks |
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belle
Joined: 01 Oct 2006
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Location: Newcastle
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:47 pm Post subject: Re - What can't you draw, but would love to learn? |
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| It's definitely hands and feet for me .. oh and ears ..and teeth. Oh dear. |
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