Captain Max

Vianna Szabo · 06-02-2005, 02:40 PM

I just had to post this because it was so much fun! This was a two hour drawing done with my Wednesday night group. The model was an elderly Slavic gentleman who was hard of hearing and difficult to understand because of his thick accent. He kept commenting that he liked how I captured his sexy lips. He also told me to show it with the title of Captain Max, so here it is. This was my first attempt with the caput mortum pencil and the velvet gray strathmore paper. Please feel free to critique. I think I could have punched the darks out a little more and the top of the head may not be correct, but I had a good time drawing him!

Vianna Szabo

Patricia Joyce · 06-02-2005, 04:23 PM

Vianna,
Other than the skull being too shallow (as you mentioned) this is a wonderful drawing!!!! What fun it is to draw from life . . .

Vianna Szabo · 06-03-2005, 10:27 AM

Thanks, Pat. I definately prefer working from life than from photos.

Vianna

Claudemir Bonfim · 06-03-2005, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vianna Szabo

I definately prefer working from life than from photos.

Vianna

So do I Vianna, that's a very nice head! Keep on working from life, you're doing a good job.

Sharon Knettell · 06-03-2005, 03:59 PM

Vianna,

Beautiful lighting and sensitive form.

There is a Sargent head that could use a few more mm. on the noggin.

Lovely drawing.

Richard Monro · 06-03-2005, 07:41 PM

Vianna,

Nice drawing and I agree with your self assessment. Go ahead and expand the value range a bit, add a little more height to the head and you will have created a very credible drawing.

PS - I don't know what sexy lips are, but I question whether or not he has them. Eyes of the beholder!

Vianna Szabo · 06-03-2005, 08:47 PM

Hey Sharon, if Sargent can screw up so can I. It's ironic that I just finished teaching a portrait class where I was always correcting for the cranial mass verses the facial mass. Oh well, do as I say not as I do.

Richard, as far as the sexy lips go, those were his words not mine. Thanks for the critique. I think I will work on it a bit more. Perhaps really punch in a few whites along the rim of the profile and deepen some darks. Thanks, Vianna