The Conceptual Sphere: Ideas and Techniques
Added 2018-08-11 19:25:44 +0000 UTC
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Genuinely, this may be the most helpful video I have watches so far of yours. Watching the drawing essentials was helpful, but left me still wondering about somethings and putting in the work with Bargue plates didn't answer those questions. I still felt like I was struggling with drawing as a whole. Thank you so much, I feel so much better equipped to go back to the essentials and tackle them with better understanding.
Carter Radcliffe
2022-09-07 19:21:03 +0000 UTCHi David, Just a quick note- and a thank you for your kind comments! The lessons are not posted in any particular order. Earlier on in my Patreon days I just made stuff and posted it. These days since I started the Atelier Tier there is a curriculum starting with the psyche of Napoli. You can find them all in order on the navigation website.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2022-02-12 09:59:21 +0000 UTCBy the way, I now see that at the beginning of the next lesson (colored pencil test) you refer to the type of pencils before the exercise starts. Very good!!
David Junker Sævold
2022-02-10 22:28:56 +0000 UTCHey, Stephen. Thank you so much for the great videos and lessons. I've seen the first two and started at No. 3. I will try to follow the order in which you have laid out the lessons from the oldest to the newest, as I think it is a continuous and intended order. note: I would have liked very much if you had put up a list of the equipment on a poster at the beginning of the film / lesson, or in the comment field under the individual lesson on what paper you use and hardness of pencils and other equipment that you use. I especially missed it on this "The conceptual sphere: Idas and techniques" I perceived it as if this information first came out a little in the film itself. (But it is very useful with this in advance, if we as students want to start our own drawing work in parallel with the film, so that we can be ready for action) By the way, I learn to both draw and understand English better too, when I look at your videos, so here I get a lot for my money !! You have a very very pleasant way of communicating your knowledge, so I look forward to the coffee cup and your good teaching, as soon as I have a free moment!
David Junker Sævold
2022-02-10 21:05:14 +0000 UTCCool questions, Gilberto. Regarding terminology I think that we have to have a certain tolerance for variety. This is due to the fact that there is not one unifying rulebook for drawing and seeing. We do however need to have some language to talk about it. Can it be confusing? Sure. But I am not certain that it could be avoided, however unfortunately. So, it is an imperfect system, but it's the one that we have :)
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-05-10 09:16:39 +0000 UTCHi Stephen, today I reviewed the Conceptual Sphere video, great presentation. I have been quite skeptical though about some of the terminologies I find in books and internet sources when referring to "names" used for the shadow/light subdivisions in the particular case of the sphere. One term that I hear or read is "core shadow", which appears to be used by some but not all art instructors with the same meaning. In your case, you depict the core shadow as synonymous with "terminator" (or bedbug line) and I see this conceptual approach with other instructors, too. However, in some cases I see the term used specifically in reference to a part of the shadow just passing the terminator AND away from the ambient reflected light that can appear from under the sphere, coming from the table surface or somewhere else. So, in this case, the "core shadow" becomes a "lump of dark" mark on the far up portion of the shadow shape of the sphere. I honestly can buy either idea, after all if the sphere is set on a black table there should be no reflected light from under it, so it is all core shadow by the terminator. My problem with this "double concept" is that, for a novice just entering the learning space, it can be kind of confusing. Like I mentioned above, some artist don't even use the term core shadow at all, so, that is why I ask you here if this ambiguous terminology should be actually avoided altogether?
gilberto mello
2021-05-09 16:53:13 +0000 UTCThis is so very helpful, and explained so well! Crystal clear. I am taking notes and doing the sphere. Thank you!
Kat Aquarelle
2021-04-29 18:28:48 +0000 UTCHi Lana, keeping the paper pristine is about pressure usually. Hold your pencil further back and lean less on the tip. I use a fixative called Spectra Fix.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2020-10-15 07:05:43 +0000 UTCThank you Stephen, I love seeing these stroke by stroke tutorials, it is so helpful to see the whole process from first line to final drawing! I have a couple of questions, do you use any type of fixative or varnish on your completed drawings to preserve them? And how do you manage to keep the paper so pristine? I am using Stonehenge, frustrated that as soon as I start using harder pencils I mar the paper!
Lana McHugh
2020-10-14 23:32:38 +0000 UTCHappy to help!
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2020-06-19 15:41:19 +0000 UTCThis is easy to overlook but contains useful advice! Some tidbits on how to deal with lost edges, highlights, reflected light, outline.. Good to rehearse, thank you so much for this resource Stephen!
Andy Rodriguez
2020-06-17 19:51:51 +0000 UTCThank You!
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2020-06-11 14:18:27 +0000 UTCLove it!
Óscar Andres
2020-06-10 01:53:14 +0000 UTCI'm so glad I've become a patron- I'm learning so much. Ive done this sphere exercise a few times in paint, but never in graphite. This video really helped me in how and when to use each tool, how to develop consistency of tone in the deep shadow,, as well as your specific comments about when and how to soften edges and get the subject to sit in its background. Awesome material! Thanks so much. I look forward to practicing it... maybe even 100 times.
Kelley Hails
2019-10-30 15:06:19 +0000 UTCI'm lucky AF to live in this time of history. Incredible material! And now I realize most people just go on a rush with this basic, yet so important concepts.
Kevin Lancheros
2019-07-30 22:31:02 +0000 UTCThank you, Shelah! The simplicity of these visual forms definitely belie depth that they can offer to an artist.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2019-07-25 23:55:25 +0000 UTCYou know, just before I found out about you and your Patreon channel, I did an egg like this, because I had heard another artist say, "You want to do a portrait, first draw an egg.". And at the time I thought, yeah, I learned this stuff when I was 13, this is your straightforward Raphael tonal progression. So I skipped this video and went straight to the portraits. Now I see this is the most important video of all. Before I started studying with you, I had never heard of the concept of unity, and some of the questions I've had while doing the portraits are answered right here, with the sphere. I have an MFA, I'm an ARC finalist, I started studying anatomy and drawing nudes at ten, I did some atelier training in my teens, but I find I have built on a poor foundation, and I am going back and learning what I should have been learning as a beginner. I am so grateful that you are a resource for this work. For so many years, I just couldn't find anyone to study from who knew anything.
Shelah Horvitz
2019-07-25 23:52:52 +0000 UTCThank you so much, Katie!!! Your positive feedback really keeps me excited to keep going.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2019-07-18 13:01:11 +0000 UTCI tried this exercise today while watching the video again and pausing when needed. Such great insights and things that I will try out on future portrait drawings. I'm working my way from the oldest videos to present, and l am already so appreciative of your teachings and what you offer us.
Katie Ryan
2019-07-18 06:11:52 +0000 UTCThank you for the feedback, Luis! I am very happy that you have found the content here useful. As for your questions, I would love to answer them in my next Patron's only livestream. The video will then be posted here.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2018-08-24 10:37:47 +0000 UTCReally glad i became a patron. I've watched this and your other entry-level videos and I think i now have a theoretical grasp on how to block in and gradually build up values. Can't wait to practice. I just want to ask a couple of questions: 1. do you have any specific or special preparation before you draw or begin new projects? For me, i found that i usually produce "decent" drawings in the morning after i have slept. And 2. (this is connected to the first part) have you ever dealt with procrastination? I sometimes get inspired at night then put off drawing in the morning. Though mornings are my best period, the original vision i got from the night before has somewhat disspated, and thus the result is not what i aimed for.
Luis Cerno
2018-08-23 07:29:20 +0000 UTCThank you, Renaud!
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2018-08-20 14:44:52 +0000 UTCfantastic video ! i v learned so much !
renaud
2018-08-20 14:43:49 +0000 UTCThank you, Kamlika!
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2018-08-18 14:44:24 +0000 UTCThank you for such a fantastic video and commentary 🙏🏻. Loved it.
Kamlika Chandla
2018-08-18 14:43:33 +0000 UTCThanks, Timothy. This is the Danish paper that I talked about in my materials video.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2018-08-15 16:12:15 +0000 UTCGreat Video Stephen! I really appreciate your ideas and instruction. May I ask what paper you used for this conceptual drawing? Thank You
Timothy G. Kopp
2018-08-15 15:21:13 +0000 UTCThis was awesome. Lots of great information. This was my favorite video of yours to date. Looking forward to more conceptual breakdowns of your process. Cheers!
Brock Cooper
2018-08-15 00:19:50 +0000 UTCThat’s great! Thanks for the feedback, be if you have any questions feel free to post.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2018-08-14 13:54:19 +0000 UTCI have watched this video 3x already. Trying to absord everything. Thanks, Stephen!
Alisa Olaivar
2018-08-14 10:58:30 +0000 UTCThis was really helpful. Thank you so much!
Mira Karouta
2018-08-14 09:45:06 +0000 UTCThis is great, thank you!
Dan Johnson
2018-08-12 16:03:44 +0000 UTCThank you, David. Looking forward to posting more videos like this.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2018-08-12 10:56:25 +0000 UTCThanks Stephen! Very useful to have reinforcements and demonstrations of the points you made in our conversation applied to a simple form.
David Russell
2018-08-12 09:28:46 +0000 UTC
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