I got to meet @Takeshi Takama in Bangkok last week. He is a very, very bright young man! 😎 He has a very thoughtful approach to art which I admire. Thank you for coming to visit. Guys, Takeshi gave me a sample of his delicious coffee and chocolate his company makes in Bali. The taste is very good imo, maybe he can ship some to you. I recommend :)

There was one artist Nathan Fowkes brought up several times over 4 days: Richard Schmid. If you're not familiar, he is a giant of American realism. If a master painter and composer like Nathan Fowkes recommends an artist I'm definitely going to listen! Nathan likes to use black prisma on paper to do his tonal studies so I tried to model his process here. No audio here, I will make a proper version with commentary for my YT soon.

I lost my patience today recording crit videos. I apologize for the language. I practiced using Affinity last night and tried to make some decent brushes. It will take me a while to get comfortable with this new app. Please be patient with me 🙏😭

Going through Chris' Advanced Figure Drawing course round two. Graphite on newsprint

I made a short, quick, and dirty explanation about how I approach lay-ins for a different forum. I'll post it here in case someone here will find it useful (or will be able to point to problems with this approach). Here are the pointers: - Use light, thin lines - A good lay-in already has the sense of 3d without any tone - Avoid continuous contours, always look for overlaps - Draw through the form - Think in 3d (study the skull, the Loomis method, whatever else helps) - Make sure the outline has the same feeling as the original (I failed at this step here) - Center lines are your friends - Always check and re-check alignments and basic proportions