The art of colour and light with Marco Bucci. Week 2 - Painting Form

1. Focusing on simple shapes.
2. Think more about the actual tone than overall "likeness" while doing a study

3. Five values system;

The first two pictures are studies from masters, 3rd – simple still-life from imagination.

The art of colour and light with Marco Bucci. Week 1 - Designing A Picture

1st step – Masters Studies

2nd step – Creating my own compositions.
Focusing on simple shapes. 
Using only hard edges.
The tone limit is a maximum of 3 tones.
Using "S", "I", "C" curves.
Diagonals, contrast, and story. Keep it abstract.

A few new and old sketches

 

Studies of Sargent portraits. Part 2

Studies of Sargent portraits. Part 1

Return to the fundamentals 7

Return to the fundamentals 6

I tried to render all primitive on the one plane (in local light). These objects are matte naturally.

X-Y-Z shape in local light with vertical plane overlapping

Return to the fundamentals 5

Spheres in different light scenarios.

Return to the fundamentals 4

Cone and cone with cylinder.

Return to the fundamentals 3

Now cylinders. Shadow construction and shading. Following "How to Render" book.

Return to fundamental 3. Value assignments (planar volumes)

The following exercises from Scott Robertson's book "How to render".

Initial drawings by S. Robertson and Joon Ahn I changed them a bit and add some elements.

  

Gesture sketching and portrait studies

After Sargent's portrait of Alice Shepard.

Also I tried N. Fowkes approach

Form rendering with graphite pencil

Return to the fundamentals. Rendering of some geometric and complex shapes. Based on the lessons of Scott Robertson.

New studies from masters

1. J.S. Sargent study. 1 hour.

2. J.S. Sargent study. A couple hours.

3. F. Frazetta study. 3-4 hours.

More studies

Studies

Form studies. Just a simple form studies from observation.

Light and values studies (Corel Painter X3).