Hey Y'all! 👋
Hello Sketchbook community, how's it going? Welcome back to emanate artworx! Today I'd like to share with you some recent exercises I've done as a way to improve my speed and accuracy on portraits and landscapes.
eggplant still life
September '22 Color Studies
Emanate Artworx / SCAB
Size- varies
Made with IbisPaint X app
Inspiration
A couple months ago, I started doing regular sketch drills with pencil and paper to get faster at making digital portraits. I use the same [reference site](reference.sketchdaily.net/en] each time so the "which reference to use?" dilemma is a non-factor.
After doing many, many of these pencil sketching drills, I felt ready to take my efforts to the next level to perform timed color studies. Again, this idea came with the hopes of making better portraits ("better" is faster and more accurate in this case).
example of a page from the August 2022 pencil sketch drill folder
I had a goal of completing a total of four (4) color studies in the month of September, and actually surpassed it to complete five (5) studies as of 29 September.
Process
Sunset 1 hour 16 minutes
Cactus, 1 hour 8 minutes
Straw Hat, 54 minutes
Eggplant, 1 hour 17 minutes
Kitty Cat, 5 minutes
Reflection
A couple of these turned out better than I thought they would! The eggplant study and the kitty are probably my favorites out of the bunch. I love a good still life, and the cat is just cute. :-D
The cactus patch was rather difficult until I realized midway through its structure was easy to read once I noticed how the plant grows- with a bigger main paddle shape near the ground and smaller branch-like appendages that come off those main parts. The next cactus will be easier to maneuver.
Oh, and I skipped the pencil drawing step on all these color studies as well, just to see how it went without it (maybe faster?).
References
Website I use for study references
reference.sketchdaily.net/en
Insightful YT video about color studies
My own collection of pictures I've taken (oldest to newest)
•August 2022 sunset
•Morning cactus
•Straw hat
•Eggplant
•Kitty cat
Notes
Materials
•Digital
IbisPaint X (version 9.4.8) for Android
•Physical
Copy paper
#2 mechanical pencil
Android phone / index finger
Thanks for reading! See you all next time,
Ema *
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A little about me...
Hey! I'm a chill person who enjoys the simple things in life. You might notice I sign my paintings, "SCAB", the initials of my full name, but you can call me Ema.
Me in a nutshell:
•30-something lady
•Nature-lover
•IbisPaint fanatic (lol)
☆☆☆☆☆At Emanate Artworx you'll find portraits and landscapes - places and faces! ☆☆☆☆☆