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Ophelia_Elaine_Rose

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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:27 pm

Critiques please!

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:30 pm

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One of my fav paintings (oil pastels) Critique it!!!!!!!!
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:52 pm

*inhales deeply*
you need to draw from life. a lot.
That doesn't look like a real flower. This is a flower. Your drawing is an idea of a flower. It's what you simplify a flower to being, not what it actually is. To stylize correctly, you have to know what actual flowers look like, for example this is a drawing of a lotus flower that is stylized. You can still tell it's a lotus flower because the shape is right, and the important details are still there.

tl;dr: draw from life, then stylize.

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:06 pm

The Titanium Spork

*inhales deeply*
you need to draw from life. a lot.
That doesn't look like a real flower. This is a flower. Your drawing is an idea of a flower. It's what you simplify a flower to being, not what it actually is. To stylize correctly, you have to know what actual flowers look like, for example this is a drawing of a lotus flower that is stylized. You can still tell it's a lotus flower because the shape is right, and the important details are still there.

tl;dr: draw from life, then stylize.

^^ I do realize that smile that is actually my huge problem. I cannot draw realistically. I have always drawn abstract things from my own little world and I do see where you are coming from. Thank you for pointing out the problem smile

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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:12 pm

Yeah, no. Picasso learned to paint realistically before abstractly. By knowing what's actually there, he could pick up on what he wanted to emphasize. I mean, I draw from life all the time. I'd never post any of my realism online because it's bad, but the fact that I'm drawing means I'm observing, and that's key.
When you're sitting, bored in class, figure out how people's muscles fit together, how hair flows, how their clothing fits their shape, and how you would draw all of that. That is the virtue of life drawing, not the actual drawings that result directly.

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:15 pm

Just to emphasize what titanium spork is saying, You don't necessarily have to be super awsome at the moment but you should get to a point were you can SEE qualities of figures, objects, and compositions and keep them in mind no matter how you draw.

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