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I rushed on this one to meet a deadline for my art class. Unfortunately my scanner picked up all the pencil marks that I tried to hide in this drawings and made them more obvious. This image has been digitally fixed on contrast and lightness. I did not do any other retouch in Photoshop. I will soon take a photo of this and get a more accurate version.
This drawing is supposed to be one of my Concentration pieces for an AP Art Portfolio I need to turn in next year. I originally just wanted to draw her playing a flute with a complete black background, like my other drawing The Music In you , then I thought having new background would be nice so it's not as boring. I asked to help me come up with this design as the background, which came out great.
Thank you all for viewing and all criticisms are welcomed.
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You. Are going to get a 500000 on your AP portfolio.
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Lol. Thank you. I got a 5 last time, but I'm not as into it this year, unfortunately
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You don't even need to submit it again-- you've already got the credit!!
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Oh my god this is so life like it's scary! It looks like a real picture from a distance. I love the background it suits that jazzy mood of this photo, almost looks like smoke. Wonderful work I love your attention to detail.
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Thank you. It's good to have someone notice something I didn't.
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This looks just so pretty! Excellent work on the shading
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I like how the lighting is hitting in differnt spots.
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Nice work! like the details especially in the flute!
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My only criticism is that the model is obviously not a flute player--her hand position is completely wrong! Hehe, but its an amazing work!
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Hahaha! I was just waiting for someone to catch that! None of us is a flute player, so we kinda just took what looked nice, I was completely unaware of what position her hand should be in. Another friend told me about it and I thought "uh oh, this drawing is going to turn out a joke"
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Hehe, 'sall good, I just saw a picture of a violinist that has awful hand posture too, hehe, I've learned what makes a great picture isn't always accurate, hehe.
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A violinist with a awful hand posture...are you talking about my other drawing of a violinist?
Jk. Well, I've always believed imperfection is what makes things perfect. I just hope it does piss off some music professional
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Very nice rendering and the background adds to the composition.
I just don't like the fact that you can't see the edges of her head.
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Thank you Robert. I kinda like how the head is blended in with the background. But I will not draw another one with a black background again. It takes forever
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You can still do that but using a "slightly" different value on the hear or that area of the background....
or simply a light stroke of highlight.
try to apply just a bit of "lost" edges but not entirely lost.
Maybe you can experiment with it using the photoshop...
but it's just a suggestion.
As for the background...try using charcoal/graphite powder.
But charcoal is much, much darker than graphite.
You'd be amazed how fast you can cover the paper.
Just look at Brendan's "Vaquero".
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I rarely use charcoal for its messiness and lack of control. I recall trying charcoal drawing the shadow of a glass cup, but that didn't get nearly as dark as a soft pencil. Or is it because I tried to blend?
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You can blend with the charcoal.
Try blending it with your finger and putting pressure on it.
It's much darker than any soft graphite pencil and it doesn't have any sheen at all.
Check out the works of J.D. Hillbery [link] and Justin Balliet. [link]
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I've seen Hillbery's work before. And I cannot believe Balliet drew that with charcoal. "blending with my finger"....Are you sure? Does it matter what kind of charcoal should I use. I used a charcoal stick, which did not turn out dark enough, at all
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Charcoal sticks (vine or willow) are usually used for sketching.
Try using the charcoal 6B pencil.
But sometimes, you still need to add layers for extra dark..depending on what type of paper you're using.
I would suggest a vellum or anything with more texture.
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Sigh...no wonder charcoals didn't work for me, I have been using a charcoal stick and thought it's nonsense to use charcoal with pencil. I'll check out some at Swain's, thank you Robert
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another alternative is to use charcoal block..
it's like soft pastel..rectangular in shape.
this is for you to get different textures when using the broad side...
and also to cover the areas a lot faster.
Check out the charcoal drawing samples of Casey Baugh. [link]
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! Wow!
When I looked at his artworks, all I thought is that this guy is not real! He's incredible! And most subjects of his paintings are ones I'm interested in. I'd just like to hear your opinion on a concern I have. Now, I'm almost sure that I will be going to University of Southern California, I know in matters of art it's definitely not at the same level as Otis or Art Center, but is it still a good place to study art?
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I think you're asking the wrong person...
I don't have any idea about art schools.
Besides, I thought you wanted to be a mathematician?
Anyway, I just know that Casey Baugh's charcoal tutorial DVD is being referred to art students.
You can rent it for $9.99/week at SMARTFLIX.
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Lol, I will double major Math and Art.
As for Casey Baugh, I was blown away more by this paintings than his charcoal drawings.
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Of course, colored art are more interesting...
but you get to see how he works with his charcoal.
Anyway, it's nice to hear that you're not giving up math...
but to think that you hate "gridding"......
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Good composition and beautifully executed.
Great job!
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Lol, Thank you. I like your new painting, too
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This is amazing! I honestly believed that it was a photograph
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It looks perfect and very realistic 
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Yay! 
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I like very much the title. And I think the light is beautiful and the flute very well done.
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