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05-22-2006, 09:51 PM
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Location: Southern Pines, NC
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Anna, beautiful drawing.
When rendering form like an "ant crawling over the surface" like much of today's best realism, I do have one comment:
At a heavy squint, which drops you solidly in the realm of abstract design, of focus, of the simplest concept of how your values are dividing up spaces, the cast shadow of the head on the torso flattens the form conception of the oval ribcage. I'm curious whether this was intentional or one of the myriad sometimes working, sometimes not working, accidents of working from life? I enjoyed visiting your website.
Please describe how many sessions, etc. Too many newcomers expect this sort of excellence after one or two sessions.
It is a pleasure to see such serious study...
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05-22-2006, 10:04 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mari DeRuntz
Please describe how many sessions, etc. Too many newcomers expect this sort of excellence after one or two sessions.
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I just finished a 22"x30"simple head to thigh seated figure, sanquine on grey blue paper with white, pink and blue highlights. It took me 6, four hour sittings with my model. This kind of work takes time.
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05-23-2006, 05:20 PM
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CAFE & BUSINESS MODERATOR SOG Member FT Professional
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Location: Seattle, WA
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Breathtaking. I highly recommend Tony Ryder's book and website to anyone wanting to know more about his methods. I took a two week painting class with him a few years ago and it had a major impact on my work.
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06-11-2006, 02:49 PM
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Location: Santa Fe, NM
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Mari,
We had, if I remember correctly, 5 three-hour sessions with this model; the drawing is quite small. So yes, it does take some time to draw in this method!
No, the flattening cast shadow was not intentionally set up when posing and lighting the model; I guess at that point I was more concerned with getting her features lit in an interesting way.
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