Sunday, March 11, 2018

Anatomy sketching

I've been putting time into my art almost everyday.


Last night I had fun with ProCreate but created a very sad looking horse that I'm not going to share unless you really want to see it haha.

I've been studying horse anatomy and that sketch was a real quick loose example of that without having a reference photo to look at. Hubby said it was a sad looking horse.  He quickly said , "not the drawing but the expression".  The horses eyes looked sad hahaa..I said I think the whole thing is sad looking hahahahaha


I Added a Stylized Name Tag to Tucker.
I haven't stylized my writing since I took Jewelry class in MiddleSchool.


What do you think?


Artist Reference Photos by Karen
This is an anatomy head study.
Have a long ways to go with this one. Still need to compare to the reference photo with this image and see how close I am before continuing.
It's so much easier to trace an image but that doesn't train the brain or the eyes. 
I always start freehand and I'm no longer using a grid as that takes too much time and then the lines used for the grid might not erase and it can sure mess up the final drawing if they don't erase completely!.
So, I freehand to start with.  

Then take a picture of my image and place it over the reference in photo shop.

That shows me how far off I am, then I start making changes based on what I see is off.
As this is a sketch and practice, it's on the 5.5 x 8 sketch book.

 
Well, after getting that image into photoshop and comparing, the top of my horse from the crest up was spot on...However, the perspective and proportions for the bottom half were so far off it was laughable.
So after much erasing and altering.
Here is the finished sketch.






















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Sunday, March 4, 2018

Day 8 - Horse Portrait

Day 8:
Tucker is finished!
I had a lot of fun with this portrait but learned a lesson on using the appropriate paper as well. I fought this sketch book paper all the way to the final.
Really like how he came out though.

Reference photo with permission Artist Reference Photos by Karen
5.5"x8" Graphite
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I pope you like it!

Saturday, March 3, 2018

Day 7 - Horse Portrait

Day 7: Spent 7 days on this one now.
Still pushing the darks and now need to accentuate some of the lights.
Approaching the finish line with this one!!


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Friday, March 2, 2018

Day 6

Day 6:Working some more on this beautiful boy!
Still pushing the darks and still have more to go.

YAY the cough is mostly gone and I can work on this without ruining it!




















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