90 Minute Art Challenge- Number 52 (Our Planet Study)

 I'll be honest, I wanted to try out Magma Studio again to make sure my tablet was working. Turns out a lot has changed since I last used it, and now goes by the name of just Magma, and stills remember my log-in credentials alongside past works, which is interesting (but I won't go Pro to look at those, just yet.) 
So this one aired back in 2021, and it's quite a poignant video to watch now as it was back then (minus the lockdown references. As for focusing my energy on painting a study from the Netflix show, Our Planet, it was a pleasant challenge. It took me a while to work out how I was going to tackle this complex scene, but once I got the basics down, I just went with the flow... and this is what happened. 

Danny Phantom Style Faces Attempt

 Well, this is something different. Just received an email from Stephen Silver's Drawing Academy, and they plugged in a recent video about Silver's approach to designing characters from the TV show, Danny Phantom. I watched it and decided to give this approach to faces a go. As I'm not really part of the 'phandom', I can see more 'Ed, Edd, and Eddy' than that show in my attempt. I was also trying some new art pens. The colours aren't that varied for skin tones, but I can see myself toying with them on and off, rather than for 'professional use'. That and the bleed with my black Copic markers isn't too good, but at least it doesn't bleed to other pages in this 160 gsm pad.   

I also quite like the colours when they bled on the other side of the pages. I might ink these just to see if they make better faces that way around. 

90 Minute Art Challenge- Fashion Life Drawing Session

 

Yeah, this week's session was interesting. I think I focused on drawing the figures than the actual clothing, but they did say that clothing was just "another layer of skin" or words to that effect. 

I finished an A3 sketchbook a few months back, so I might get another one to keep me going. This one was alright, but I kept tearing the paper with sharp force with my sharp pencil in a few spaces. So maybe going for a better one might do the trick for now, as my others are now in storage until I move out. 

Anyway, it was a thorough and intense experience for me doing this; but that might be because of the warm weather this afternoon. 

Review: The Thursday Murder Club

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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90 Minute Art Challenge- Roger Deakins Movie Still Studies

 If you like cinema, then cinematographer Roger Deakins should be on your mind when you discuss cinematography from the past several decades. So this movie still study was right up my street, probably for guessing where the film stills came from rather than drawing them live. 

In saying that, I quite like the sequential nature of doing 1-minute, 2-minute, and 5-minute studies. Some of those pages, without the film quizzing context, look like pages from a graphic novel. And, of course, I learnt a few more Deakins films at the end of the process and even reminded me of certain movie memories, such as watching Dead Man Walking whilst doing Religious Studies at school.

It is going to be hard to choose one image for my general social media post. I like what I've learnt doing this being aired live, even if it's just finding a few more films to watch- let's see what's on Netflix of late. 

 

90 Minute Art Challenge- Bear Studies

 Well, this was fun to do. I think I'm getting used to drawing these animals. In saying, some of my bear reassemble a bit of dog in some aspects. It was good to get back into drawing after my birthday/Jubilee Bank Holiday hiatus'.