I discovered your art work by accident and I like your style. I took up painting in 2015. It is not so much values and colours that bother me greatly it is getting proportions right! I have to say getting proportions right is the hardest for me to do. I end up doing too many precise measuring with my paintbrush - corner of eye to the other corner of eye; to the other eye; eyebrow to eye line etc. - that I lose the 'flow' because I am a perfectionist and I need to make sure the proportions are accurate and I have caught the right expression. What method or practice do you recommend I do in order to get proportions right in a painting? What method do you use? Or is it just practice and practice? Then again, when practicing, what method are you following or do you just do a quick few lines saying these are where I think the eye brows should be then, the nose, mouth etc. Sorry for this rant, but I do admire your work. Thanks.
Thanks. It is best to stand 2M away and judge your proportions from there, have the sitter or photo right next to your drawing, it is easier to spot the differences. You will see your errors and take note of them to guard against them. Draw first measure second, helps train the eye. after long periods you can get blind to your errors. Another tip from Leonardo da vinci, lookat your subject and your sitter in a mirror, gives you a fresh way of seeing drawing faults
Brilliant painting Aldo
Dear Aldo, you are absolutely amazing. I really find your paintings breath-taking, and very warm on my heart..
Thankyou !!
Excellent work on this video and at the end there... one of the best sources of inspiration out there :)
Thankyou Sven
I discovered your art work by accident and I like your style. I took up painting in 2015. It is not so much values and colours that bother me greatly it is getting proportions right!
I have to say getting proportions right is the hardest for me to do. I end up doing too many precise measuring with my paintbrush - corner of eye to the other corner of eye; to the other eye; eyebrow to eye line etc. - that I lose the 'flow' because I am a perfectionist and I need to make sure the proportions are accurate and I have caught the right expression.
What method or practice do you recommend I do in order to get proportions right in a painting? What method do you use? Or is it just practice and practice? Then again, when practicing, what method are you following or do you just do a quick few lines saying these are where I think the eye brows should be then, the nose, mouth etc.
Sorry for this rant, but I do admire your work. Thanks.
Thanks. It is best to stand 2M away and judge your proportions from there, have the sitter or photo right next to your drawing, it is easier to spot the differences. You will see your errors and take note of them to guard against them. Draw first measure second, helps train the eye. after long periods you can get blind to your errors. Another tip from Leonardo da vinci, lookat your subject and your sitter in a mirror, gives you a fresh way of seeing drawing faults
Thank you very much Aldo, for your advice on getting proportions accurate and taking the time to reply. Many thanks.