Sargent study and application

25.11.2013:

Sargent study - concentrating on values and color

sargent study (photoshop cs6)

Application of sargent study (middle) to a painting from imagination. Damn looking at reference makes such a difference!

process (photoshop cs6)

imaginative portrait (photoshop cs6)

And painting from memory after having seen the top of a house lit by the undergoing sun. Didn't got far, because I had an appointment 20mins later.

from memory (photoshop cs6)

Perspective

12.11.2013:

Hello! Today I wanted to see how good my memory is. So sat down and drew my kitchen in perspective from memory. I'm seeing it everyday and still I had to think really hard about where on the walls tiles where and where not.

kitchen from memory (perspective drawing, pencil, sketchbook)

Octopus baby

27.02.2013:

Today I worked from home, because I had a skype call and it wouldn't have been worth it to drive to my friend afterwards. But I did at least a little bit of drawing and painting^^

from imagination (graphite pencil + pen)

photo study of an octopus baby (photoshop cs5)

trying to understand and abstract trees (photoshop cs5)

tree painted from memory (photoshop cs5)

Female Anatomy

20.01.2013:

So like promised here are some anatomy studies, focusing on the torso area. Also trying to understand the underlying muscles and bones. I started doing photo studies and then tried to draw the same girl again, only this time from my memory without looking at the photo reference or my drawing of it. Also I'm still trying to figure out how I can give volume in photoshop without going into detail and spending to much time on it. I think I'm getting slowly the hang of it :3 Ah, and I traced the outline by the photoshop photo study, because it wasn't the kind of study I was going for.

warm up page + memory training (colored pencil + graphite pencil 6B)

memory training (copic markers + graphite pencil 6B)

random stuff from imagination, ref and life (copic markers + graphite pencil 6B)

doodles (graphite pencil 6B)

photo study, concentrating on creating volume through focusing on light and shadow areas and transitions (photoshop cs5)