Sketchbook scans

[Nadim]

My first sketchbook - still so much to learn but I think this is the right place for it .

Critique and Comments are most appreciated.

Thank you.

Nadim.



http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/ladycolor.jpg http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/Boss.jpg
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/Boot.jpg http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/Singer.jpg

[spok]

4 views already, but no posts? sickening! an outrage i say!!! this is some quality stuff man...Spok will be watching your every move....

[Nadim]

Thanks spok :D - lets hope for more crit and comments.



http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/1.jpg http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/Tree.jpg

[chudzta]

I like June 2nd.. the middle post rather. keep chugging. discipline it is. lets see more - ry

[killing.people]

do not be afraid to mule over a gesture sketch. be sure that when doing a gesture, the marks you place have purpose, are acurate, keep them light, and are clean and rememberable before you begin to renender. after all, why waist your time hitting the nail if you haven't aimed?

[Nadim]

chudzta - Thanks for having a look.

killing.people - thanks for the crit but what does " mule " mean .

I added the tree - crit and comments are most appreciated .

[Yina]

the tree looks good :) those portraits look promising too~

[van]

Good stuff so far....lets see some more. I think killing meant mull over it. Or, look over it carefully. :)

[samna]

well nadim these sketches are really impressive.

It seems that your skeleton drawing practice really did you some good. I have only one thing to tell you, is that finally you are on the track to having a style of your own, you develop yourself quickly and you have the talent for that.

keep it up man

[Scaramouche]

Really very good work ,forms, expressions, shade and shadow ,waiting for your next post......

[van]

I wish I could advise you in the watercolor piece but I am just starting in that medium. :) Keep it coming...thats al I can say.

[Nadim]

Thanks van - Some watercolor additons.
C & C are most appreciated .

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/watercolour.jpg

http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/watercolour3.jpg

[van]

Wow. Im liking the colors of the watercolor piece. :)

[samna]

it is very nice to see follow someone who divers as frequently as you in his art. and the best thing thing is that you succeed almost in every thing that you do.:cuddle:
what is you profession please?????

[DIAB]

Mr Nadim
I guess u have finally succeeded in achieving something instead of the Billiard thing, cz I think U r mastering ur colored drawings, instead of mastering Billiards that u will never reach to master cz there is someone outhere is a real master, I think u know him, his name is " 00 DIAB"......
Anyway, let us get serious, those dwgs. are really pieces that really deserve to meditate in, really... very strong, matching & expressive colours. I like'em veru much.... why don't u try to do something from reality then... I think u will surprise us,.....so I am waiting to see more.... very very nice work...keep it up
Diablo
( Billiard Master)

[talmir]

I agree. You should do paintings from life.. I am impressed with your paintings so far. Strong colors :)

Keep it up

[DNA]

Hello 'Nadim'

Nice work, really cool sketches i think , i also love the colours in your fifth post awesome i think :)... keep drawing and post more :)

[Nadim]

Van - Thanks for your comments.
Samna - thanks
Diab - 7 up - 7 up - 7 up - 7 up - 7 up :)
thanks for your reply and waiting for your own sketches.

Talmir and DNA - thanks for giving the time to reply :)

Some pencil sketch I did today


http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/Friday1.jpg

[van]

Wow. From your head?

[Scaramouche]

Well Nadim honestly i am impressed by the last two coloured sketches.....
you made two beautiful compositions .....
The good thing is that every post u make is completely different from the one b4 and the truth is it is very nice
:thumbsup:
Waiting for your next post:)

[Nadim]

Van - Scaramouche -- Thanks :)
I added some colour .


http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/Friday2.jpg

[Nadim]

Been so lazy :yawn: - will draw , scan and post more
Crit and comments are most welcomed and will surely help :}

Thank you.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/Yemen.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/Portrait.jpg

[Darkside]

hey nadim, very cool watercolors, so rich colors. now show us more, morrre ;)

[daspetey]

i like the perspective stuff. very solid.
i really like the second face at the top (second row?)
great sense of form there.
-pete

[samna]

hey Nodularz
why did you stop posting.
keep us updated with your last work.
good job

[Nadim]

Im back and thanks to the Sketchbook Support Group idea.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/Shaher.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/surreal.jpg

[Nadim]

some studies for shells an a taro.
C & C are appreciated

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/coquillage.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/taro.jpg

[Tenelaus]

I like your pencil use in Shaher.jpg, the strokes all following the same direction is effective. The shells would be much better if they were larger, same with the taro too. They look like good things to study the texture of, and that would be so much easier if you drew them bigger (I am making an assumption on their size based of the size of the sketchbook binding rings of course :wink: )

[broken lizard]

nice work, weird paper........

[oracrest]

I like that one realistic portrait the best! I would suggest doing more of those studies from real life, and what you pick up will carry over into what you sketch just out of your head. keep it up!

[Sorknes]

Hey, and welcome to our SB group. :)

Looks great. :)

I especially like the buildings and the pathway. :)

When it comes to the studies, it will probably pay off to do them large scale, as mentioned. Great work on the face. I like the contours I can see in one of the old posts with a body though, so I'd really like to see some full body concepts or life drawings. :)

[Nadim]

thank you all for the advice...
tenelaus - update your sketchbook !

trying to draw from life .it's a start .i know i need to do hundreds of these sketches.well...any hint/critique will help

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/listen.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/isaac.jpg

[Tenelaus]

Drawing from life is the way forward! The only intelligent hint I can give would be to try and construct the people you draw with as few lines as you can afford to use - work on line confidence. They're looking good already!

[Majofo]

Hey,
About the figure...
I just started looking at Andew Loomis's stuff. His books are really good to learn the figure..I just printed out like 30 pages to study from (and in the process emptied my ink on my printer! !)
anyways...
here is a link for you to look at..

Loomis Rocks! (http://www.saveloomis.org/)

Some good stuff there.

~Majofo

[oracrest]

nice! keep up those really loose drawings from life, i think you got the characters down pretty well in both of them with the simple loose approach

[John]

Very nice. Since you asked for advice, for what it's worth, i'll throw in an observation. I think you could sometimes try to more clearly break the forms into their simple masses. Like in the last sketches, think of the body as a block and shade one side where the planes change. You did it in some drawings, in others it looks like you just copied the tones without thinking about them too much.

[Nadim]

Tenelaus / Ancient Kitten - thank you so much for the advice .
Majofo /oracrest - thanks for the comment and sharing this link - super !


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/skulls.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/face.jpg

[giles.t]

Nadim,
Hello, off to a late start here, but I'll post more regularly now.

I really like your May 9th drawing (the top one). It's a good composition and I like how the semi-circular backs of the chairs move you into the picture. Also love that abstract circular shape in the background and that it mirrors the circular chair backs. If you compare the top drawing to the bottom one I think the top one is stronger because it has less -- your lines are tighter and well thought out and the shading is also stronger.

For the May 29th post, I really like your skull studies -- there are some nice lines and edges there. Also like the portrait (is it a self-portrait?) I think the portrait is a good start and you seem to be thinking a lot about proportion. My crits/suggestions for the portrait would be to think about describing the hair/details in terms of value rather than focusing on what it is -- sometimes it helps to squint your eyes when looking at something so that the details of the object become less distinct and you can focus on the large masses of value. How would you redo the same portrait if you weren't allowed to add detail, just the basic forms of mass/value?

Hope that helps, later

[Nadim]

giles.t - thanks a lot,your reply was really helpful.It was not a self portrait .it was drawn from imagination.

here are two more pages from my sketchbook-i know i do not update daily . not even close to daily but work is murder !!and i cant find the time to draw :(
anywas..please post a reply with some critique

thanks.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/skull-side.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/portrait-oil.jpg

[glikster]

great stuff! I think you need to work on the eyes more in your faces, they're very important to get right and yours aren't quite right yet.
Keep working!! Post more!!

[Nadim]

Learning the horse.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/horse2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/horse.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/horse3-small.jpg

[van]

Hint? Crit?

Man, just keep going. With your background in architecture you will excel. Just keep drawing every day. No matter what...just put your pencil to paper and go. :) Looking great, man.

[Nadim]

Thanks van ! one more page..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v15/kiking/New-sketchbook/various.jpg

[Scaramouche]

Hello Nadim.... I missed your art spirit very much :)
Well your sketches are inspiring and creative as well . The cafe sketches are expressive.I like the horse anatomy and the Human figure side view the most...
Keep posting .....
Mort