Chudzta's Sketchbook (Update Sept 28!)

[chudzta]

Hi Kids. Again.

My site now is http://chudds.0catch.com even though theres no art there. just one hell of an interesting blog. *cough* lol. and some other little crap. Art may be up there soon if i get enough of it together. and motivation

Anywho. 2 More weeks and schoool is out. So by then I'll clean a few things up then get on the ball again with my site.

Anyone know of a nice free web place.. besides scamming deviantart?

Now onto recent business.

I am currently working on my first self portrait.. EVER. so.. hm its fun.

http://www.artwanted.com/images/large/6564_28733.jpg

and.. here is a vertical line assignment i enjoyed doin, some old sculpture of sorts i found randomly to do for the assignment..

http://www.artwanted.com/images/large/6564_28732.jpg

anywho thats it for now. good day folks - ry

[Hunger_Artist]

hmm. Im in highschool too. The key is to draw like a maniac every day...the people who post work daily are good simply because they draw that often. Keep at it!

[nor]

nice SP, wouldnt hurt to push more darks into the face.

keep drawing!

[chudzta]

heylo, ty u 2. i would post alot more but theres a crapload of english work for the last two weeks... once im out i'll have ym end of year portfolio to post.. and then more stuff from then on

yeah i was gonna push more darks.. hav ea hard time convincing myself... this thing is sposed to get color pencil accents when were done with the graphite.. but i wasnt totally sure of what to out behind me..the actual canvas is like 3 times my scanner.. so i was just shwoing the head.. anywho. i'll post updates daily as i work on it in class.. peace - ry

[I.was.ink]

I also suggest pushing the darks. Have you checked out Kchen's head demos? I think they'd help you out. they're in the tutorials section. Take a look at the planes of the head. Imagine it in 3D. That, and practice a lot, just study, take a look at shadow shapes, and the way light describes a form. :)

[Nold]

To get used to dark values, I took some drawings, and darkened the darkest area as much as I could with a very soft pencil. Then I worked on the other areas and tried to make them fit to this very dark place.
You can see an example in the middle class cast drawing thread.

[chudzta]

Hi Kids.

Nold - Yeah.. i guess thats a good way to force the mind, will def keep in mind next time in handling the graphites

Rockit - I'll prob find some head things over the summer, those and my mom for some queer reason is buying anatomy books for quilting.. so. i think shes secretly an artist in training or something.. anywho. still ma, gotta love her

Onto new business

My only color piece in drawing class. And its the last for the school year. I took a digital photo of it, and i uh have much more black and white of different kinds of media to come tongiht or tmrw

This was an environment pastel piece.. with use of diagonal feathering. Its intended to be frank lloyd wright's falling waters.. a lil abstract of cuorse and i was doin the complimentary blue/orange scheme for the most part. rushed it to about 45 minutes.. im a slow dude most of the time. that time includes teacher distractions , flirting with girls etc etc. :D

http://chudds.250free.com/fallingwaters.JPG

crits welcome. but not really looking to change anything. if thats even possible. but i wouldnt.

One question while im thinking of it... Is there anyway to seal/preserve pastel or charcoal pieces over time.. ? thanks

-ry

[I.was.ink]

You can seal them with crystal clear. It's a spray can that seal's your stuff, like charcoal, or pastel. I suggest getting the matte finish. Or if you're broke and want to go the cheap way, use hairspray, I've heard that works too. About your piece, good job on it. I've only tried charcoal here and there, and its pretty hard. One crit, more of a suggestion really, if you do another one of these, concentrate on where the edges of two different objects meet. I know you were, and it was a rush job, but I mention it, cuz there's some spots where things loose a bit of focus.

[chudzta]

Hey,

Iwasink - Stop changing ur name on me! lol. yeah thanks. definately the biggest flaw was the combination of rushing nd having to doa diagonal feather, made things really sketchy

i scanned the majority of my completed self portrait in two parts. so theres the obvious seam, but deal with it:)

EDIT EDIT EDIT old crap. removed.

more art to come soon, then sketching as well.. ahh cant wait to get in the mode, soon enough

i also sent out a catalog request to ringling. if that works?! hell if i know.. but i suppose im gonna have to get the art college attention myself cuz the board that sells ur name off has me down for some other occupation. so anywho. yea. anxious to get in the whole college deal.. sorta . :) peace - ry

[chudzta]

old crap. removed.

[buffaloe]

I love the Fallingwater sketch! The color scheme is beautiful!

One thing that might help in your portrait drawing... In the first post, his face is a very front-on view, while the top of his head looks like you're looking down at almost a 45 degree angle... you can see too much of the hair. Hope that makes sense :)

[Iiori]

Love the 6-12 picture. Its great:D You must have patience to use pastels.

The rest are pretty good too. I agree with the above post though about the head.:) Nice work

[buffaloe]

hey, are you slacking off? sketch, sketch! :) heheee

[chudzta]

hi kids

my site has since crashed.. or non operational.. works fine run off my comp.. but loaded to angelfire or geocities it turns white.. er whatever. dont need it


yeah i saw the head thing.. but it was terribly distortive so i didnt think much of it since i was like 3/4thsthrough..o well first portrait..

i went to a church camp for a week.. and then to my sisters for a week.. i do have one distorted portrait.. i wont waste time loading that.. im gonna try another sometime soon.. and.. i do some color pencil of a rose.. but i have got to scannin it either.. yea im a slacker.. but ive been places. - ry

[chudzta]

*COUGH!*

Haha I woke from my hyper sleep. I have a job tomorrow and school starts two days later. NOW Chudds is gonna draw when he has no time. Ah. lol But anywho added a sketch that im gonna be razzledazzling up tonight on the afterhours. Free fishsticks! - Chudds

http://chudds.250free.com/mustardman.jpg

PS EDIT: Um if no one can see the above images , the old ones, linked to da, then please tell me.. in fact i think im taking them off anywayz. :) im a new man. lets take a clean slate. Your stilla kid Chudds. Shut up.

[chudzta]

Coloring the booger. SLowly. i think my methods are rigged.. lol. O well it still works to some extent. i cant wait to get my new monitor with betr resolution hehe. Hm i cant think of what i wanted to say so i will tmrw. peace - chudds

http://chudds.250free.com/mustardman4.jpg

[chudzta]

Yeah this is what im workin on in Portfolio Drawing 1... or wait what i finished yesterday

the lighter tones in the top left are due to sunlight not my stupidity... its meant to be a behind the back gesture... the thumb and pinki are only like that to fulfill the requirements of the assignment... the metaphor can be what u like. obviously theres one i tell ppl and then one i keep to myself. lol. gbye. crits welcome.

Truth never tells itself.
http://chudds.250free.com/smallhand.JPG

-chudds

[chudzta]

Eh had to finish that up ^^... cuz school is finally back after missing 7 days... off for 11.. geezus crimity... o well sorry bout the broken link earlier. would appreciate a comment or 3... i'll give a few out in turn in a minute i guess