>Live drawing class
>See cute girl all by herself
>Approach and start talking to her
>She doesn't know who Loomis is
>>2286885
read the fucking sticky
>Goto art stream on twitch
>Loomis is a banned word
>Artist says not to read Loomis
>Artist desperately needs Loomis
>>2286887
Exactly what I'm going to tell that bitch tomorrow.
I'd like to start doing value studies. Can I start digitally or would it be better to begin traditionally? If so, what are some tools I need?
>>2286121
As I am, knowing less than next to nothing about value studies (specifically of people), this is all I can do.
In regards to digital, what is a good program to use? Because SAI is... bad, so far. I am bad at this, but I'd like to improve. Do I need to study light and shadow, still lives, portraiture, or anything like that?
>>2286121
Charcoal.
Copy the bottom of https://courses.byui.edu/art110_new/art110/week06/images/values.jpg 5-10x a day until you can confidently/easily reproduce it from memory. Then move to http://www.artistsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/5-landscape-value-scale.jpg 5-10x a day. Seriously, copy it 5-10x EVERY DAY and get it exact.
So now you can reproduce values, now you need to observe them. Copy Bargue plates. Block in value shapes (5 levels) one at a time working your way from dark to light. Get them exact, then fill in the gradation.
>>2286151
Oh, and use soft and medium compressed charcoal on white strathmore or canson sketch paper, not printer paper (it doesn't havd enough tooth)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3VcKOE8O5U rly inspirational chap if you ask me
>>2286023
fuck off jazza
>>2286023
Jazza makes me so sad. He seems to know what he's talking about, understands the fundamentals and all, but then his finished stuff always comes out looking like some 13 year old's first attempt on Paint. What the fuck is up with him.
>>2286025
Kek, I swear someone makes this comment every time there's a Jazza thread.
Can we decide what the most autist/ic/ drawing/painting program is once and for all? What do you use? What are the pros/cons? Do you swear by one?
>>2285431
I dunno, I use Photoshop, but I've been using it since before I started drawing digitally. Too lazy to try and learn Painter.
>>2285431
Paint Tool Sai because a lot of Tumblrinas use it.
>>2285884
Sai certainly seems to be what all the M-MOE artists use.
>mfw inheriting 50k
>mfw I'm able to neet for at least a year so I can up my game and get better freelance gigs
>>2284558
you go anon!
who ever said spending money on studying art was a bad investment!
Or you could use it on something that will not make you regret it.
>>2284561
> posts on art forum
> complains about someone deciding to spend their time and resources getting gud
go fuck yourself
>used to draw from imagination
>after looking on the internet, discovered that doing live and photo studies would help to improve
>months after doing studies from reference I can notice a huge improvement, can reproduce images with increasing precision
>can´t draw from imagination anymore
>just looking at the blank paper and trying to put figures in a constructed 3D space without any reference is terrifying
>my attempts and drawing stylized or imaginated figures fail miserably
>all my drawings nowdays are lifeless studies from life OR a constructed picture made from combining various references together
>watch people like kjg spontaneously drawing and feel bad
>show people my sketchbooks, they say my past drawings used to be more interesting than the ones now, despite having a lot of errors
>lie down and cry
tl;dr after months of studying from reference I can't draw from imagination anymore, wat to do?
Serious issue here. I´m having a very bad time criticising myself for this. Where did I go wrong? How can I improve my imagination and constructed drawing skills? What types of excercises are optimal to resolve this problem?
Pic is a study from life.
>>2283987
drawing from imagination is an overrated skill on /ic/. "Visual libraries" don't make you a better artist. That's just fancy words for symbol drawing.
More useful skills would be being able to copy a photograph, being able to draw from life realistically, and being able to write cohesive concepts for your personal work.
So other than not mentioning practicing writing I would say you are on the right track. But practice writing.
>>2283991
>drawing from imagination is an overrated skill on /ic/. "Visual libraries" don't make you a better artist. That's just fancy words for symbol drawing.
jesus christ, are you literally retarded?
>>2283991
>rawing from imagination is an overrated skill on /ic/
Actually just about every post, instructional, and tutorial I've ever read from /ic/ has been "draw from life"
Time for another online drawing thread:
http://4chan.drawplanet.net/
Room: planet
Feel free to give some tips, help out some beginners, rate etc. Collabs are completely random, start one whenever.
>>2283736
fake as shit
this is what's actually happening
>>2283741
It's an online drawing board, stuff gets drawn, saved and erased afterwards. Nothing stays any longer than necessary
With the appearance of Bob Ross' The Joy of Painting series on twitch reaching +200k views peak it might have inspider many people who have not had any experience with are or abbandoned it at some point in their lives.
I myself used to sketch alot of portraits but for some reason I haven't touched the pencil in over 5 years.
Last week, during the marathon I fell sick and I happend to rewatch almost all of the show. The overall positivity and ease in which he hosted these shows striked me greatly and I've finally decided to renew my love in art once again.
Are any of you guys familiar with Bob Ross' technique? Do you have any recomendations on how to get the oil paints for a good price in Europe (Poland specificly)? Would you recomend starting off with a small canvas to get used to everything? I have no idea of indicating a "good" paint from a crappy one? Are the Bob Ross' oil paints sold on Amazon ok?
Winter is coming
You just gotta feel it.
>>2279790
google, sticky
Which artists are your main influences?
if you dont have artists youve studied that have influenced you, kill yourself.
I think I have too many small influences. I see art I really like all the time and I don't know which direction I want to go. It's only really happened a couple times, but each time I settle on some artist I want to be more like, soon after I start wondering "But do I really wanna be like this guy? This guy over here has really cool stuff too..." I've never been able to make an influence map because of it, and have no sense of style or direction in my own work, I hate it.
>>2279538
and possibly what could be his modern counterpart
Art Cringe thread
>>2269230
This isn't nice, senpai.
>>2269231
This desu senpai baka
>>2269230
I need more of this.
New sketchbook thread
If it's in your sketchbook, it belongs in this thread.
Favorite artist/artwork thread?
Doré is definitely up there, but I'd go with John Singer Sargent
>>2260401
dore is a god
Buonarroti
Hi /ic/
I need you help
Next month I need to get 5 tattoo fleshes because of the new movie that is coming out
I got only 3 but still not sure if I'll use them
So hit me up with ideas and i will deliver them
(I did one to troll people withe spoke hand and a banner "may the force be with you " but I don't have a pic)
I'll post the 3 sketches I all ready got
What does everybody think about when they look at this painting
>>2289861
>high school art class edgelord symbol drawing
Deep and biting social commentary that regular sheeple have a hard time grasping.
>>2289861
DUDE ILLUMINATI LMAO
I feel extremely sad that classical art will never flourish again.
We will never see classical painters become gods and public icons like they used to.
The 20th century destroyed art, in my opinion.
Here's one of my favorite artists: Gallen-Kallela. I wish you could still become famous by painting like this.
>>2288958
Well we can't predict the future. There may very well be a resurgence in public interest. Perhaps when people grow tired of photography and everything digital they will yearn again for things made by hand with expression in it.
And I think it's silly to chase fame. Chase beauty and authenticity in your art.
It's still possible to be successful doing oils. Terpning, Nerdrum, Situ and other contemporary realists sell their paintings for millions and get showered in awards.
Anyways, good taste with Kallela, he's a favourite of mine too.
I don't believe that classical art is dead. Most art schools still use classical techniques in their curriculum. Perhaps we'll get our own renaissance to battle post-modern fluffery.
Here's a question: why has surrealism taken such a hold of contemporary artists? Is it purely for aesthetics or something deeper?
>>2288973
>I don't believe that classical art is dead
It is essentially dead. Or more like it suffered a stroke and now can't talk properly. If you compare modern classical art programs they are not particularly close to ones of the past, and the general skill level is much much much lower.
