Week 3 - Material study, metal

[left mist]

Welcome to Study groups
weekly study challenge to practice art fundamentals

for anyone who wants to join - here's reference!
Try to observe simple shapes, proportions and focus on drawing the reference accurately

general rules: **use any technique, any medium and don't trace or over paint the reference! **

this week study ends : <t:1745697600:f>

I will be here to help, feel free ping me anytime
Tips for this study included below

Reference photo credit : Amazon, Brand : Generic

Have fun!
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Here's my result!

tips :

• observe simple shapes of the reference first. think about what is the 3d shapes u will be drawing
• take your time to figure out how the lights and shadows wrap around the object, feel free to draw into the reference too!!
• don't go into details too fast, spot all the big shapes of lights and shadows first and try to think about the logic behind them

[calm ermine]

Dear lord you weren't kidding.

[tall ore]

You sure it's basics drawing?

Have mercy masta

Have mercy

[left mist]

we gotta challenge ourselves every day 🫡

[umbral yew]

Did you did the previous challenge

[tall ore]

Not with something that makes you feel to give up

[tall ore]

I uhh

Ummm

Uhh

[umbral yew]

Say

[tall ore]

https://tenor.com/view/gulp-scare-scared-anxious-afraid-gif-14256344915339028066

[tall ore]

I will do it

[umbral yew]

Indeed

Ok

[umbral yew]

[tall ore]

I didn't even do value studies yet it seems hard

[umbral yew]

You doing it

[tall ore]

https://tenor.com/view/gulp-scare-scared-anxious-afraid-gif-14256344915339028066

[tall ore]

What if I skip it

[umbral yew]

Then get ou-

[tall ore]

Fine me going

Bye bye

[umbral yew]

To your belongings

[tall ore]

https://tenor.com/view/remember-the-times-we-had-cat-sad-feels-suicide-gif-18140098

[left mist]

u can focus on lines only🫶

[tall ore]

I can do lines but I will start studying values i think

[upbeat thistle]

Oh ..wow

[elfin burrow]

oh dear lord

[upbeat thistle]

This sure is a fun suprise

[elfin burrow]

this is gonna be.. fun

[upbeat thistle]

Yuppp

Well its good to know that yor does in fact love to help us get better

[left mist]

I have never done metal study and it was actually very fun!! not as scary as it looks!!💖

[upbeat thistle]

We’ll see ig… but it is true that all your studies have been super fun so i cant wait to get started

[left mist]

I am very happy to hear that:3

[severe turret]

Oh no…

I’m scared

[mossy kindle]

Oh my fuckin god

[left mist]

it was fun really

check the tips in pinned messages too!

or below the post

it was requested, I delivered 🫡

[fair stream]

C'mon man

[radiant urchin]

Where is the drawing

I just see 2 references

[left mist]

thank u ❤️

[zealous wigeon]

Oh wow you weren't lying ;-;

[final furnace]

love that soft glow you added there at the top You can totally move on to some advance stuff😏

[left mist]

I am SO happy to hear that!!!! thank you ❤️
recently the soft glow is my favourite thing to do as final touch✨

[wet adder]

I was planning on doing the pumpkin study tomorrow, seems I'm too late. what should I do? should I just jump to week three? or is there a way I can draw and post the pumpkin?

[calm ermine]

Me looking at this image knowing I'll have to draw it eventually

[stray narwhal]

looks pretty amazing tho!

[vernal bough]

Ammor

[ashen cargo]

Ah f death

[silk rune]

Ahhh
This shit gonna make me turn religious istg.. Wait a minute

[tender dove]

SALLETS

:D

Best helmet

[golden crest]

Ahem

Time to lock in

[spare rose]

This was really fun and calming to do!

[tender dove]

Im colour blocking rn and my gawd

[left mist]

SEE U GUYS ARE GOOD AS HELL

[rotund cobalt]

🖤

Thank you for this study

[old blaze]

Really cool

[elder relic]

Done with the sketch

And now I do not know how I can paint

[tender dove]

Start with colour blocking

Or paint the entire helmet with the mid or dark tone and draw the light on

Or paint in greyscale and then add colour with a blend mode

[elder relic]

I already filled parts with the base color

The blending part i do not know...

[tender dove]

Show

[elder relic]

Aight gimmie a sec

This will take a while

@tender dove Did the front part, should I also fill the back?

[tender dove]

Imo, fill the entire sillouette with the mid or dark tone first

[elder relic]

Gotchu

[tender dove]

So you can get an idea of how the light contrasts the overall image

After that, simplify the picture into 3 tones, light, mid, and dark

Then block those, totaling 3 colours

Try and ignore colours right now

[elder relic]

Blocking colors?

Ah and also how do you go into greyscale mode?

[tender dove]

You can add a layer filled with white and choose a hue blendmode?

Or a greyscale filter layer

[elder relic]

@tender dove Fill in like this first?

[left mist]

yep

[tender dove]

Ye that's what I recommend

[elder relic]

Alrighty, now the next step is to simplify the lighting?

[tender dove]

Actually you can even fill in with a muted yellow-grey colour and light with light blue

But if you want to work in greyscale then go for it

And fill in colour with the colour blend mode

[elder relic]

Blend mode is something I haven't discover yet in Krita

[tender dove]

You've never used multiply?

[elder relic]

This you mean?

[tender dove]

That's for the pen which works

But I'd recommend layer blend modes instead

[elder relic]

Creat a clipping mask?

[tender dove]

No create a new layer and it should be next to opacity

[elder relic]

Next to opacity? meaning lower it

[tender dove]

I mean it should be next to the opacity slider

[elder relic]

Oh

Hey I know where the new layer button is at aight, tho its not next to the opacity slider

[tender dove]

Srry gtg!

[elder relic]

Aight thanks

[tender dove]

Go look it up on google

[golden crest]

Why are yall so good wtf

[tender dove]

I meant the Blend mode options 😭

[elder relic]

Oh...

Ya I know where that is... ig i dont really know what to hse and how to use it

[tender dove]

You should try it

[elder relic]

Only multiply, burn, darken and lighten

That i know

[tender dove]

Yeah I guess those are the important ones

[elder relic]

But ngl darken and lighten kinda sucks, or atleast im not using it good enough

Ill see what I can do now

Thanks tho

[tender dove]

Colour blend mode allows you to paint colour onto greyscale drawings

While retaining the light and darkness

That or hue blendmode

One of those two

[worn loom]

oml I've never been so possessed by a reference study
The amount of detail is draining af

[calm ermine]

THESE ARE DRAWINGS?? WHAT THE FUCK

[left mist]

hii since week 2 is closed already u won't be able to post it there. But if you happen to be working on week 3, you can post pumpkin with it (not separately, to not make it chaotic)

check new post as well
#1363460064815484938 message

[golden crest]

WHAT

[worn loom]

yea I'm lucky it's easter break so I had the willpower to sit down and finish it lol

[silk rune]

Ikr? Meanwhile I'm scared to even start...

[tender dove]

I keep forgetting the glow

[tender dove]

Increased saturation and greyscale ref if anyone wants ⬇️

[grizzled loom]

I wanna see your helmet

[golden crest]

I haven’t done it 😔

[grizzled loom]

I'm awaiting patiently

[ashen cargo]

You won't do any this week?

[silent swan]

Oh this is lovely

[grizzled loom]

Prolly not, i'm a bit busy

[ashen cargo]

Ah understandable enjoy the week

[silent swan]

This might be the hardest study yet

Do you have any fun tips for it?

[left mist]

Hii tips are under the post or in the pinned messages!

[silent swan]

Ahh how did i miss that lmao thx yorrr

[ripe plinth]

One thing i certainly don't understand is how theres another reflection below the helmet, why is it like the left instead of the right image?

It mirroring idk

[tender dove]

It's reflecting a river

That is mirroring the trees

[zealous wigeon]

i just started and like the helmet looks so bonita with its lil flower thing awww ✨

[spiral mantle]

sometimes i cant tell if its a drawing or a photo lol :l

[zealous wigeon]

DONEE!!

[stray narwhal]

tree reflections are the bane of my existence, lol

[calm ermine]

Had to speed through this because I still need to pack
Still a few things I could fix but here it is

[elder relic]

Bad news: cant continue with rendering cause I do not have the time this week

Studies for exam goes insane

[left mist]

no worries! good luck with your exams!!💖

[dense thistle]

thankfully i havent forgotten this time @left mist

[old blaze]

ok i rushed this really heavy but i did it 😭

[upbeat thistle]

Didnt have a lot of time this week but here it is nonetheless

[old blaze]

Saaaaame xd

I had other stuff to work on but I also didn't wanna not do it

[elfin burrow]

the colours look way more accurate irl oh well.
watercolours and white gouache for highlights
did most of this on a train

[upbeat thistle]

Cant possibly disappoint the best study mentor ever

[old blaze]

True

[left mist]

https://tenor.com/view/glaceon-and-sylveon-gif-13422464993785668284

[severe turret]

Finally finished😅

[dense thistle]

and the only one for that matter

[left mist]

soon there will be more

[dense thistle]

ill be waiting

[wheat ermine]

Heh I love theme need work on shading and lighting, but loved it

[tender dust]

i discovered this study group just today and almost didnt make it🥹 i too suffered because of the tree reflections, but the instruction was really helpful!! thank you🥰