I just started value painting two days ago and i did these so any tips or suggestions on how to enhance my work

I posted these once and people tell me the shadows arent consistent, they are prob right because i did them myself iv never studied this topic, and this takes me to the problem i have which is that i cant find any entry for it on youtube, no video i find has a curriculum or smth that allows me to study it. If u do pls share it with me.

This is the first realistic portrait I've done in a long time and It's easily the best portrait I've done so far, but it still has the feeling of amateurishness to it.

I'm looking for some advanced critique on what I can do to bring my art to a more developed standard. I have a feeling it might be edge quality that is letting me down right now, especially in the face. Maybe too much equal distribution of details? I'm not sure I need other eyes on it and I've had some really good critiques from this board before.

Thanks.

Haven't touched my pastels in a while and recently had the urge to use them.

I struggle a lot with the colors and I am insecure if I am good enough for an investment in a few more decent soft pastels..

Jaxell carré pastels 72 set
Claire Fontain samd grain mixed media paper

Question regarding varnishing.

I’m currently completing an acrylic painting on wood board, it has some prismacolour pencil in some areas for details.

I have a problem, in that I tested my matte varnish on the materials (thank god lol) and noticed the pencil was smudging with the varnish.

Would spraying the painting with a workable matte fixative first fix this? Or can that not be combined with a matte varnish on top?

Any advice would be much appreciated as I want to use these prismacolours but I don’t want to ruin my painting at the very last step lol

It tried doing multiple values in different colors but was was told I didn’t know what I was doing took it to heart live and learn so now I’m sticking to only 3 values. What can I do to gradually add in more values

This is, I think, my 6th try after months.

The 1st try was almost a year ago where I completed it but was not happy with the results (completed it by constantly looking at other person's drawing). And between the 1st and the 6th try I always started those but I always felt disappointed with how they turned out to be (was never consistent, 2nd try after 3-4 months, 4th and & 5th try maybe another 3 months later).

But this time I completed it and it felt good and I enjoyed doing it after months(without seeing any references). It is still not perfect but better than previous ones.

So I would like to get feedback about where I made mistakes and improve them. Thank you in advance.

Hello! I'm trying to make individual feathers with oil pastels and while I'm overall happy with the colours and texture I'm not quite sure how to make them look like it isn't just look like one big blob.

Pic 1 is what I've got so far. Pic 2 is where each feather should be.

I’m working on a drawing of this currently to study the colors and perspective but the issue is that I can’t even figure out the perspective 💀. Any tips or help?

A traditional sepia study on paper, focusing on capturing the volume, form, and overall gesture of the figure.

My working size is small (6.5 in × 3 in) and I was using the smallest micron pen i had (003).

Its just practice but i would like to know what I can improve on.

Goal:

I want to improve. I face the usual problems such as shortening, anatomy, muscle placement, and especially, for me, drawing legs.

Here are my practices

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You can redraw or draw over them. Your honest feedback is appreciated.

Thank you!

Continuing practicing faces. Now using a parallelogram for the eye sockets and drawing brows before the eyes.

What would be the next glaring thing to fix?

photo top, drawing below. 2 hours

need to try making the shapes more fluffy next time

I came up with this cool idea for a horror game enemy called the bride. I feel like she looks pretty good without the veil, menacing and all that, but I feel like the silhouette could improve? Any advice would be great!

Hello! I've been drawing portraits and also stylizing characters for a bit, but no matter how much I study eyes I always find myself struggling with them. Despite understanding their form when it comes to realism I can't achieve it nor stylize it.

Here are a few examples (I recognize other flaws that need work and am working on them) My end goal is to be able to draw characters but if I can't achieve understanding eyes in realism I won’t have a good enough foundation to stylize.

I understand the shading plays a part but in my case, the eyes already look off in the pre shaded sketch.

I'd appreciate any advice, methods to study, or book recommendations!

So I was trying to create an oc fitting in the world of Bleach, but I feel like my silhouettes are held back.. How can I push them further to fit close to Tite Kubo's style? (Feel free to lay down some exercises I can do as well, if you have some suggestions that I can do). As for the poses I invented, it's guaranteed that there would be several mistakes here and there.

I’ve been trying to improve my form, construction, perspective skills so I can draw from imagination better. any advice on this regard would be helpful. Thank you

Hey everyone, I'm doing a student project where I create a video game which is a murder mystery based on Greek Gods. I've only been drawing for like a year, so I'm not very good yet. This is a pretty detailed sketch I did for Aphrodite for my game. I need some advice though. How is the anatomy? Is there anything I could improve or shift or change? The eyelashes are supposed to be intentionally long, but I feel like it complete or super grand? Maybe the pose or the torso anatomy seems off. Any advice would be appreciated!

Apologies to the mods for the confusion in posting this lol

This is a (very) rough sketch I just started but it highlights a common issue I have in my portraits. I struggle to capture smiles in a way that makes them look happy instead of an awkward grimace. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!