Weekly head studies

in art •  5 years ago 

My obsession with head studies continues.

Been doing lots of gouache heads, and ink heads, and charcoal heads.

Here are a few highlights.

First, a quick head sketch in gouache:

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Next, an oil gesture exercise, step by step:

  1. The lay-in
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  2. The shadows
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  3. Filling in the tone
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  4. Working the edges
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  5. More edge work
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  6. Fixing values, more edge work
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  7. Last touches
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And lastly...

The same model from the oil exercise, in charcoal:
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beautiful work! 👏

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Thank you @kindo!


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