Showing posts with label female. Show all posts
Showing posts with label female. Show all posts

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Pencil Drawing - Female Model

Posted on 11:20 AMby with 3 comments
Friends, after a long time am posting my latest drawing, that too first time in my blog with step by step explanation of my own drawing. Soon am planning to post video of my drawing steps so it is more clear. This time I tried a female model posing on a sofa for fashion photograph. The original picture I found somewhere in flickr, could not get the link now :( so these are the steps I followed for the drawing. Asusual need your valuable critics to improve myself
Step 1: First I got the gestures correct, i mean the outline of the whole picture. The proportion of the figure matters for any human drawing, rest all comes next. This drawing looks something like taken from lower angle, so the legs looks very very little big than the top part of the figure. I used 4H to draw the outline of this drawing. then wherever i knew there would be shadows I used HB to mark them permanant. I can draw the eyes well compared to the whole face, so I just made the eyes initially to get the photography pose feel of the model.female model on sofa - Step 1
Step 2: Next I started with the shading of the drawing, actually not drawing, but its darken the places where shadows are. I started with the clothes because its what we draw and the viewer cannot visualize how it would be in real, but the face is not like that, everyone of us know how a human face is and we have to careful in portraiting human face. I use 6B and HB to darken the clothes line.female model on sofa - Step 2
Step 3: So I completed drawing the darker shades of dress and then started with the hairs, it was pretty simple, because the model has black hairs, drawing blonde hair is difficult to get that shiny blonde feel. but this was ok, since she also had a cap, so dont have to struggle lot. Then slowly finished shading the nose shadows and outline of the lips to get a feel of the model before moving to other part like hands legs and the sofa she sits in.female model on sofa - Step 3
Step 4: I finished the hands and legs and started with shading of the cheeks and upper lips. Slowly shaded the face for a long time till I get the model's face as it should be, but took a long time. Dress needs some 10% more work on the darker shades.female model on sofa - Step 4
Step 5: Got the complete drawing finally. Took me around 7-8 hrs to finish this, am not a professional so took this long, but I would say, if i practice this kind of drawing weekly once, then I can make it fast after 10 such drawings.female model on sofa - Step 5

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Female Portrait Series - Club Dancer

Posted on 8:00 AMby with No comments
female model 7A step ahead with portraits, I decided to try expressions, which will express something like dance, singing, modelling or anything, to the audience. I usually spoil a little while drawing face, so decided to draw something where face is not exposed more and some expression, this club dancer photograph which I took had the hairs covering the face and a nice dancing pose. So decided to draw this. Some proportions of the figure isnt correct which needs to be improved, but overall the drawing looks good, thats what the comment received from my friends, now posting it here for your comments and critics for improving myself :)

Female Portrait Series - Part 2

Posted on 7:43 AMby with No comments
cross hatching models female casual pose
Back with another set of portraits. I tried to improve in details as practicing one by one, but spoil at times, have posted the spoiled ones also :) Asusual need your critics for improvements. It would be great if you can share the paper medium and pencil you use for drawing portraits, which also helps me. Once I get the portraits well, I will also share step by step of each portrait.

I first start with the outline, which is to get the gesture correctly, then slowly finish the face elements, eyes, lips, cheeks, and nose finally..... then slowly cover others in detail. Waiting for your critics as usual :)

Female Portrait Series - Part 1

Posted on 7:16 AMby with No comments
cross hatching female model 6
Now starts the most interesting series, atleast for me... yes Portraits, which I lag a lot in finishing it in correct proportions. Practice makes man perfect, (ofcourse women too ;) ), so I started practicing portraits atleast one daily. Drawing portraits is itself an art, getting the correct proportions, the cheeks, lips nose eyes, which when drawn in correct proportion brings the portrait complete. Another difficult one in drawing portraits is hair, which needs seperate training all together.

My first series on portraits, which needs your critics for improvements. It would be great if you can share the paper medium and pencil you use for drawing portraits, which also helps me. Once I get the portraits well, I will also share step by step of each portrait.

I first start with the outline, which is to get the gesture correctly, then slowly finish the face elements, eyes, lips, cheeks, and nose finally..... then slowly cover others in detail. Waiting for your critics as usual :)

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Violin Series - Mostly Gesture, little Cross hatching

Posted on 9:16 AMby with No comments
I started collecting model photographs, ofcourse female ;) to use as reference for drawing, that is coming soon as seperate series of drawings. For now towards my interest to violin some drawings related to violin. I have used 4H, HB to complete this drawing using cross hatching and gesture techniques. 4H to finish the gesture first and then slowly using cross hatching filled the rest of the drawing with details. Next post I will post step by step details of how I start with gesture and slowly finish the drawing. View in all sizes
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Cross hatching technique

Posted on 7:58 AMby with 3 comments
Cross hatching is another technique I learned in the past months... really easy but we have to careful where to use dark hatch and where to use light hatch... Tried few from samples got from web, later I tried some from model photographs. Few of the samples I tried from web are posted... as usual need your critics :) I think the pencil also makes difference in this cross hatching technique. Am just using HB pencil, which is where am making mistake I think. Going to browse more on this technique and the paper, pencil which should be used at what places and try some more.... View in all sizes
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