People and Character Studies in November

[burvantill]

@Heather-Boyd Anatomy is huge. I totally understand your dilemma. I want to get better at it but I don’t need to be Norman Rockwell just yet .

[burvantill]

I drew heads today. I started with an Andrew Loomis book, got confused right away and switched over to Proko YouTube and he was able to explain the Loomis technique so I could understand it.

This evening I drew children again. My little girls are still looking like preteens. So I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong there.

Then I did a bit of the posing class and impressed myself by rotating this boy and having it look prettying okay. Lol

I’m going to load the process vid to my Instagram

[Heather Boyd]

@burvantill I’ll remember to look up proko for heads again. Now I don’t know about your preteen problem, the only thing I noticed was the middle girl has a lot larger fishy lips compared to yours.

[burvantill]

@Heather-Boyd LOL. She's really blowing them out isn't she. I got a tip from @ShannonB that I quickly tried this morning and i'm getting closer to their age appearance.

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@burvantill hi, i think your kids look like preteens is because of the size of the head in proportion to the eyes, nose, mouth, etc. for example if you look at your reference image, the kids’ eyes are closer to the edge of their faces coz their heads are smaller. While compared to the eyes in your drawings, there is now a larger gap between the eyes and the edge of the face. So yeah, I think it’s just the size of the head in proportion to the face that’s a bit off. I hope this was helpful.

[burvantill]

@Nyrryl-Cadiz yes thankyou. all advice is welcome!

[Heather Boyd]

Thanks,

[burvantill]

@Heather-Boyd LOOKING GOOD

[burvantill]

Working through the Posing Characters at the same time as trying to find the head proportions. Heads are tough. I went back and redrew a page from my inktober story and am much happier with it. Not as stiff,
thanx to the gestures class. But I redrew his little head 10 times! LOL. I wanted to do it on paper because I think using digital has made me less confident in my drawing skills. UNDO will be my downfall if I'm not careful. @Heather-Boyd , you are killing the anatomy.
PS. I am noticing a long neck trend in my drawing of heads. hmmmm.

[Heather Boyd]

@burvantill your trace over sketches are nice, got some of my own to do this week for the arm bones.

[Heather Boyd]

Finished up Stylizing Characters class, pretty helpful how to read other people’s styles. Kept at arm anatomy and the elbow, quite cool how we are built. Not as much done as hoped, but a lot of struggle with my father’s depression has left me quite bleak.

I had thought of doing an advent Christmas challenge, but I want to try to finish up some classes undone and work on a few dream portfolio works. After all it’s christmas, no need for extra stress.

[Heather Boyd]

Proko’s Loomis head exercise part 1 (7 months ago video). This is actually really useful and I added in my own observations.

Used Pinterest portrait references for these faceless ladies.

Thanks,

[burvantill]

I’m having a tough time with heads. I borrowed the Loomis book for drawing heads and it’s got me alllll jacked up. I’m going to start over again with Proko and not look in the Loomis book anymore. I think Proko explains the process better.

[Heather Boyd]

@burvantill

If you do the same video as I did and share it, we can do it together. Part 1. I’m on Part 2 tomorrow.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wAOldLWIDSM

[burvantill]

@Heather-Boyd Yes! I started watching part 1 before dinner. I will finish it tonight and practice before bed. thankyou for the encouragement.

[burvantill]

Proko quick heads part 1. Feeling better about this. Thanx @Heather-Boyd

[Heather Boyd]

@burvantill

The end of this month’s work on people. Main focus was still Loomis’s head and jaw shape. In order of drawing and I added observational details to see whether I could improve. Proko’s son was my best and my first baby/kid so I’m pleased. Everyone else was a kindly ish of themselves. Now I am returning to finishing up style questionnaire.
Proko’s part 2 video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JC2ZppKHCqU

[burvantill]

@Heather-Boyd Nice! I had holiday interruptions. I’m gonna finish part 2 tomorrow.

[Heather Boyd]

@burvantill

Don’t sweat it. I’m still planning out December.

[burvantill]

I think I’m getting it. Slooowly. Lol.