Featured Student for May

[Wen Sylvestre]

@AustinShurtliff thank you, I'd be happy to. I started only recently and am almost at the end of the first course, the shapes one by Jake. And learned a LOT. He's really good in breaking down the steps and making his points clear. Already I find myself drawing differently, thinking more in building structure through shapes instead of randomly trying to figure out a complex shape and then ending up with wonky stuff. And I also automatically started seeing the negative space. The tools Jake gives in his course do this trick.

And what's more, usually I'm rather impatient when it comes to learning and I tend to skip steps (and find myself in trouble later on). But not this time. Jake gets me happily drawing basic shapes and stuff that I usually wouldn't think of drawing (like a toy canon). So many thumbs up for this course and looking forward to the rest of the curriculum! I'll try not to skip ahead but really stick to the track this time, because the way the curriculum is structured seems really logical to me. I think it will give a great foundation.

[nadyart]

Hi @AustinShurtliff ! Until when can I post my work here to be considered? Thanks much

[aska]

Hi, here is my recent work not so much of a story, but thats all i got at this moment

[SpencerT]

3 little pigs

[nadyart]

These were both entries for the SVS monthly contests :).

Nightfall

Mermay

[drawnbyshawn]

These are from two past SVS monthly contests.

March 2020 ("Everything was rattling, falling apart, and breaking.”)

Dec 2019 ("...as she listened closely, she overheard them talking about her...")

[AustinShurtliff]

Hi @nadyart, the deadline is normally the last day of the month for a chance to be featured the next month. If the last day of the month is during the weekend then someone isn't normally selected until the following Monday.

Thanks for sharing your work! I really love the texture in your mermay image.

[Jose A Nieto]

First time participating here! And as usual, amazing work alaround @Wen-Sylvestre Your work is beautiful, the wolf concept is great and love those watercolor textures

Mine are the three little pigs

And

The Little Red Riding Hood

[MOO]

Great job everyone!

[Elisheba]

@Wen-Sylvestre The texture in your work is amazing! I also love the soft colour scheme. Well done.

[Wen Sylvestre]

@Jose-A-Nieto thank you so much for your kind comment! I love the humor and movement in your first piece and the beautiful atmosphere of the second. Makes me long for autumn

[Wen Sylvestre]

@Elisheba Thank you so much for your kind words!

[Elisheba]

@Wen-Sylvestre You're welcome!

[yuriqart]

These are my best

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[Jose A Nieto]

@Wen-Sylvestre Cheers!

[Elisheba]

@Jose-A-Nieto Hey Jose, I love the concept of the three little pigs. It's funny and unique. The colours and lighting of the red riding hood illustration is just amazing. It literally just sucks you into that world. Beautiful!

[Jose A Nieto]

Thanks a lot @Elisheba ! really appreciate your comment