Week 5 - Still life

[small flame]

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, composition, 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:1746909000:f>

I will be here to help so feel free to ping me anytime
Have fun!

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Here's mine with some tips :

• start simple, block out big shapes first
• remember that it is not copying but studying, try to find logic behind lights/shadows and don't just blindly copy!
• if you are not confident with colors yet you can try to study lines or values only, no need to do full colored piece
• it's good to constructively self critique your work after u finish and keep it in mind for future works!
  for example I could have paid more attention to details and some parts are way too dark

[brisk flint]

Holy woah

[drifting summit]

That skill… I could never 🙇‍♀️

[drifting steeple]

FINALLY

[rigid oak]

its so easy

[drifting steeple]

YESSSSSSS

[rocky willow]

Hi I'm just making sure but I can post my study here , for it to be critiqued, right?

[drifting steeple]

Yup

[strong atlas]

about an hour. 6x4.25 inches, limited palette (sap green, crimson, ultramarine blue, yellow, white)
shading can be better and the shapes are a bit off. it was fun tho!

[strong atlas]

(edited for lighting, my lamps make it look too warm x,D )

[drifting summit]

God damn thats good

[stable urchin]

wow

[small flame]

Yup!! But u can post study from this reference only, if u got any other works u want to help with feel free to use #🎨・art-chat and ping me there!!^w^

[dapper obsidian]

I just wanted to ask, do we have the whole week to do this study or is the reference photo going to change everyday?

[small flame]

Whole week for 1 reference!! ^w^

[dapper obsidian]

Oh oki. I was just worried that I wouldn’t be able to draw this since my exams are going on

[small flame]

No worries! I wanted to make it doable for everyone so there is no rush! the deadline for this one is 10 May

[dapper obsidian]

Thanks for telling me, I’ll definitely be submit it before then.

[small flame]

Have fun!!

[oak stag]

First time do still Life study.
I know there are many mistakes but due to lack of time and less knowledge this what I make.

[rigid oak]

This is easy

First draw lightning sketch the drawings it’s sel

Then spend 7hrs on it and boom

[ivory dirge]

Correct!

Now the issue is finding the time....

[drifting steeple]

Type shi

[small flame]

I think u did a nice job especially with the big bottle in the back!!

[south token]

I just started learning watercolor and I'm no expert or anything with still life (or art in general) so I don't really know what I'm doing that's why I'm here learning. And before I knew it I went overboard with the color and stuff. But yeah, this is my take on this. Don't have watercolor paper but I think this gouache paper does the job.

[rigid oak]

Incorrect it’s not the time it’s the person

Who is drawing

[bleak gale]

@small flame Nooo I missed the mushroom could I post it here along with this weeks study?

[small flame]

Yup!!

[wild swan]

THIS IS SO GOOD WTF 💕 love the colours

[south token]

THANK YOU 🙌☺️

[quaint copper]

Tried my best to keep it simple (i didnt make an in depth mushroom study sadly )

[wild swan]

woah!! these are amazing 19!! good job

[quaint copper]

tyy

[rigid oak]

It’s so easy

Just get still life

[ivory dirge]

Ouch?

[small flame]

hi, this is your 3rd time saying it's easy but I don't see any study from u. So let's get to work!!👏 ✨

[rigid oak]

Wow

Okay madam

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1251521676483494071/1342406721557106751/why.gif

[brisk flint]

Anyone know where I can get week 1

Nvm I got it

[bright imp]

Koi, for God's sake, give these studies some purpose other than asking them to copy an image.

[drifting steeple]

You can't ask people to draw anything

You start with copying ref first

[umbral knoll]

I'm excited for a week of Morail study instruction! When are we getting one? I'm ready.

[vital cradle]

Hi

[small flame]

The main point of weekly studies is to try new topics, stay consistent and finish said work. More study materials and resources coming soon

[vital cradle]

Can your next lesson be on crazy prospective

[small flame]

feel free to bring it to #🎨・art-chat so we can discuss it more there:D

[vital cradle]

Ok

[jolly garden]

Had a little time to do it this week!
Definitely have a number of things to work on, so I'll see if I can fix things up at some point

Thanks Yor Koi!

[small flame]

great work, thank you for joining 🫶 ❤️

[rigid oak]

dont say that and be nice or else

making me mad

grr

making the next art intresting

[south hamlet]

Is traditional allowed..?

[bleak gale]

Did a quicker study this week + mushroom (I’d love sm feedback💕)

[drifting summit]

I dont think I can do this week’s study

[small flame]

hii I would recommend u to check proportions a bit more before moving to details! I've flipped the canvas so we can see better where are the issues - especially with the vase closest to us! overall nice job, I like the mushroom a lot!!!💯

[bleak gale]

Tyy, I’ll keep that in mind for the next study!

[quaint copper]

Got some critique for me too?

[small flame]

sure!!
for the mushroom's stem I would choose a bit darker values. the ref photo had almost the same values for gills and stem so I understand why u chose them but for painting it would be better to make the depth clearer and differentiate them from each other more!
for still life I would recommend u to focus on clean edges of each object in the future, the final result will look more realistic and cleaner!! if you work with sketch and then move to painting, u can keep the sketch under your painting layer and after u block it out turn off the sketch layer completely, or if you work without sketch choose big hard brush with hard edge to block out objects! alternative solution could be using lasso as well

[quaint copper]

Tysm! I definitely still have lots to learn about simplifying and exaggerating stuff so Ill try to do it yor way next time ! Also this weeks study was superr fun so ty yor

[small flame]

hehe I am happy you like it❤️ 💖

[bright imp]

I only know of one person who has the Study Group Mentor role, don't wait for me, urge her to help people evolve, or at least to introduce them to new subjects.

[small flame]

As I said earlier : The main point of weekly studies is to try new topics, stay consistent and finish said work. Each week have different ref and I believe everyone can find something to study in each week either it's line quality, colors, values, etc. There was also landscape practice week without using references if that's the main issue of this all. We are preparing more study materials which will make more complicated studies easier to grasp and it will be possible to look up more resources to study from. Also I would like to add that study group is not meant to be replacement for art school or art courses and I am not responsible for anyone's 'evolving', this is place where u should work on your own and I strongly encourage self-study as well. But also I understand the feedback and I will work on explaining things better and making some more informative posts in the future

[sour stratus]

I'll work on this once I am done sleeping

[frail dagger]

i have not finished leaves up to my standard, time ran short sadly. what i struggle with is, always shape language . i am not there yet with big shapes of light shadow and mid tones. it feels like a mush when you looks closer.

[sour stratus]

What ive got so far 🙂

[south token]

i think you are doing a great job Yor. after all still life is the basic of all art academy, you cant make a good illustration without a good understanding of the actual world. even if one want to make a fantasy world, it has to contain some logic that apply to the real world for the audience to connect. i believe a good fantasy is one that make so much sense to the point you wonder if it actually exist. so keep up the still life, or sketch from life practices. i find your study help a lot. (btw English is not my first language so dont come at me for the wrong grammar or something.) 👍

[small flame]

Hello, thank you so much ❤️
yeah, the idea behind studying from references and drawing simple shapes and still lifes is from my own classes at school (instead of photos we use live models or objects) and I think it impoved my work a lot overtime. Drawing what you see it very effective way of starting to think in 3d space and when you practice it with logic in mind you can learn a lot. As you said many people don't want to draw shapes and still lifes but it is pivotal to know these before building your own characters or world so hopefully more people realize that and start to draw boxes✨ Also this is something you would do for first years of any art school - learning basics.
But as I said I understand the feedback and I am preparing some new things to work on covering figure drawing and basic construction of it! Also in weekly ref studies we will definitely move to more difficult things but I will keep movement to new topics gradual

[sour stratus]

Just a little thing, im needing some stuff that would last longer then I use, so I'll ne drawing this in later on

[mortal bough]

4 more exams left T-T after that i can finally start learning again

[small flame]

good luck with your exams!! ❤️

[rocky willow]

here's my attempt guys, I couldn't finish the colored version bcs i really struggled with rendering and choosing colors, so if u have any tips please share them with me. And for the line version i would like to hear ur opinion on the proportions ..etc

[small flame]

hii nice job!!
for rendering tips : It's great that you've blocked out the shapes first!! Next step would be using big brush and blocking out the biggest shadows (if you are familiar with layers and clipping masks you can use it for each object too). Keep in mind that everything can be broke down into simple shapes! Reflection is pretty hard study so I think if would be good to focus on simple shapes at first and then think about the form and how is it reflecting light.
if you want to practice it more you can look up some simple shapes to study!
Also I would recommend you to work on straight long lines to build your line confidence!

[small flame]

It is hard to draw @jade plover! But the point is to try and learn something

[jade plover]

yea 😅 thats true.ill draw it!

[high geyser]

My attempt at it as well 😅 definitely had to tweak this a lot.
I'm really enjoying these studies!

[small flame]

you did a great job and I am very happy you like them>:3 thank you for joining