Hello, I was hoping someone would help me with this drawing. This is my first time drawing an urban landscape, and I had some trouble with it. I was hoping someone would critique me on the shading and overall composition, as I struggled with using pen to shade
#art critique-specifically, shading
peak mist
languid yew
your bricks are pretty repetitive, and it looks like you drew them one by one. i dont think using scribble shading for the bark looks that great. also i dont really understand whats happening in the drawing. is that one building? or multiple? and why is there vines going over the windows?
peak mist
your bricks are pretty repetitive, and it looks like you drew them one by one. i...
Yeah I drew them one by one…wasn’t rlly sure how else to. Is there a more efficient way?
languid yew
Yeah I drew them one by one…wasn’t rlly sure how else to. Is there a more effici...
if you draw horizontal lines, then draw vertical lines for the bricks
peak mist
basically there was a porch in front of the building which had a sort of veranda and it had vines on it. It’s one building
languid yew
oh. did you have a reference?
cause it looks weird since the window on the left goes through the porch
peak mist
basically the veranda was like infront of the windows
yeah I see what you mean
I don’t know how else to show depth though
languid yew
did you use the perspective points?
peak mist
I tried at first but I struggled because they were kinda off the page
languid yew
oh. i would use them next time, even if theyre off the page. itll help a lot with making buildings
maybe use another piece of scratch paper and draw the second line on there?
peak mist
that’s a good idea, I’ll try that next time
peak mist
your bricks are pretty repetitive, and it looks like you drew them one by one. i...
also do you have any recommendations for what I should use for the bark if not scribble shading?
languid yew
ILL BRB MY CAT SPILLED WATER ON MY KEYBOARD I HAVE TO CLEAN IT
languid yew
also do you have any recommendations for what I should use for the bark if not s...
okay im back lol. hopefully my keyboard mostly works? i think for bark you should loosen up, and draw quick, naturally wavy lines
if you know what i mean
this is the tree tutorial i used. it is THE BEST
languid yew
its really not that hard lol, a lot simpler than it looks
peak mist
I guess I’m just worried that if the tree is realistic the rest of the piece will look super cartoony lol
languid yew
languid yew
yea see now you can draw realistic bricks AND trees
peak mist
yea see now you can draw realistic bricks AND trees
fr gonna be an expert now
thank youuu
languid yew
yea np!
languid yew
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