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    Constance
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        I’ve just completed my exam (not art related) and some work projects, so before I start working on another project, here’s a study of a male model from Croquis Cafe. I did not follow the timing…as what I really wanted to do is to observe more of the hands and feet and knees…I struggled quite a bit with the arms coming from the back of the knee/leg…not enough of practise/observations to understand how the arms should wrap around the knee from that angle…

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        earlselwyn
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            Nice! Which episode is this from? If I can see the original it will help me provide better comments. Proportions look pretty good… shin may be a bit elongated. The hands and facial profile are well done. He looks really thick through the shoulders… but without source material I can’t be sure. Overall, it’s a convincing study. -Earl

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            ArtistOz
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                Nice contours, do it again Constance with lots of just looking, draw him in your mind while looking. We don’t observe enough including me I want to rush things to my dismay.

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                Constance
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                    Nice! Which episode is this from? If I can see the original it will help me provide better comments. Proportions look pretty good… shin may be a bit elongated. The hands and facial profile are well done. He looks really thick through the shoulders… but without source material I can’t be sure. Overall, it’s a convincing study. -Earl

                    Hi Earl, yes, i think the shoulders are quite thick in my version and so I felt something is wrong somewhere but not able to correct them…also the feet at the back is a little too large compared to the body…I’m not sure…

                    This is from Drawing Resource No. 316, the first pose :) Appreciate your feedback.

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                    #618741
                    Constance
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                        Nice contours, do it again Constance with lots of just looking, draw him in your mind while looking. We don’t observe enough including me I want to rush things to my dismay.

                        Hi Bill, thanks for the advice and I’ll try this same model again later on :)

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                        #618749

                        Constance, I think youve done what you aimed to do, especially with the hand. Sometimes poses from online sources look unnatural to begin with and the inevitable distortion of transfering the shape onto paper emphasises this

                        Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art - Leonardo da Vinci
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                        #618742
                        Constance
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                            Thanks David, glad that you find the hands to be ok… I tried the same model again but I did worse. Maybe I’ll try it on another day. Maybe I was distracted by this model, also from Croquis Cafe (old one – no. 86). Hope to put in as much exercise as I’m able to before the work starts….for this one, I’ve ruined the hands…

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                            #618747
                            earlselwyn
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                                Wonderful drawing! I really like the faint shadow shapes… there’s so much interesting detail to look at. The proportions are convincing… nothings jumps out at me. Shading is inconsistent but I’m not sure it matters… you’ve added shadow to her facial profile… but much less elsewhere. The figure is convincing. Nice work. What are your goals here? If you’re going for realism I can provide more meaningful input. If you’re wanting to simply create a visually appealing figure that communicates something I’m not quite sure how to describe then… mission accomplished. I don’t have much else to say.

                                Seeing work like this brightens my day. Thanks for sharing.

                                -Earl

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                                #618750

                                That picture is done! I love the added colour, the hair perfect, its an artwork

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                                #618739
                                123harry
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                                    The fact that we can see clearly how you have worked at the first drawing makes it much more interesting than a more polished piece might be.
                                    The second works really well. There is drama in the way the subject confronts the viewer. The figure has presence.

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                                    #618752
                                    GuyBishop
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                                        Both pieces very nice indeed, in my view, both very well executed and (in different ways) stylistically rich and interesting, impressed!

                                        #618743
                                        Constance
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                                            Thank you so much Earl, David, Harry and GuyBishop, for the encouraging words :)

                                            Earl, not sure if this is good or bad but I draw/sketch without thinking if I want it to be realistic or not…I just, do it. These are just studies and exercises in the hope that they will help me when I paint people within a setting/environment/etc…you see, my ultimate goal is to be able to express emotions of people in paintings…I’m not sure if i’ve explained this well enough :) Sorry if this is really hazy…

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                                            #618751

                                            Constance, anyone looking at your website will see you are already an extremely accomplished artist, you DO express emotions. I would reccommend others to look at your site https://constance6356.wixsite.com/constance

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                                            #618748
                                            earlselwyn
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                                                I love the website too. Really nice work. -E

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                                                #618744
                                                Constance
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                                                    Constance, anyone looking at your website will see you are already an extremely accomplished artist, you DO express emotions. I would reccommend others to look at your site [url]https://constance6356.wixsite.com/constance[/url]

                                                    Oh I’m still very very far from being accomplished David, but I’m really touched by your encouraging words! Thank you!

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