Presently

 

The drawings are okayish. 

The problem is one does not come to know where one is wrong. If alone. I ask my mother and am posting the images after she is able to recognise the faces.

Another thing is I use images in mobile. Neither a laptop or a printout.

In case you fail to recognise the above are drawings of Amitabh Bachhan and Kamalhaasan.

Goodbye dear readers. Have a wonderful day ahead.

Self-guru-ing my way ahead

Self-guru-ing is a bad thing. It is dreadful. But in India you cannot help it. Because the gurus may not be appropriate. Anyway it is a very big discussion as to who is the right guru. Guru Nanak of course is. And it is Sikhism I look forward to when I write this article. 

I drew this. Grey paper used. White pencil used. 4B pencil used. No proportional divider used.

It is Jeevan. The bollywood character actor. Usually villian in bollywood movies.

My point is that to improve I have to self-guru my way. 

Because in India there is no way a commoner can learn to draw shadows of a white statue.

Have a great day, dear readers.

Shading face is working

 

Shading faces is working for me. It seems to be the case.

I was good in shading clothes. An idea cropped up. What if the face is covered with cloth? What if the cloth becomes thinner and stickier? Then I began to work. This idea is working for me.

You may try with the idea written in previous paragraph. And tell me if it works for you.

Good day wishes, dear blog reader.

Heads and clothes

 

The above is what I have been doing. Drawing faces in 3d and with experimentation. And shading clothes.

What is not happening ?

1. Shading faces

2. Portraits from photographs

3. Drawing the actual Asaro head

I don't think I can ever do the above 3 things. I have accepted that. 

Have a great day dear blog readers.

My efforts

I am working on 3d look.

I am practising and the faces look 3d now. I follow a mixture of Andrew Loomis and Asaro head principles. I draw four parallel arcs. And a hemisphere suitably. Remember the hemisphere has to be sliced suitably. Then I begin from ear. From ear arcs to nose line, chin line and two lines to eye. Then lip ends to eye balls which is almost straight. Then from nose balls to lower side chin. Lower side chin to nose-eye joint. Then upper side chin to side eye brow. 

Practising above gets me planes of faces. Then I work on planes of head. Then eyes as much as possible. Then nose planes as much as possible. 

My faces are small. I will be working on large faces. A4 size.

My mental Asaro head

 John Asaro is a genius. He created the Asaro head.

I believe that perfecting Asaro head in all angles will make me fit for portrait drawing. 

My mental picture of Asaro head (with difficult planes) is approximately 96 percent correct. My hand is unable to follow. 

Some theory

1. Forehead upper line to eyebrow line; eyebrow line to bottom of nose line; and bottom of nose line to bottom chin are equal. Courtesy Andrew Loomis.

2. Lower lip line divides the bottom of nose line to bottom chin distance equally. Courtesy Youtube, Andrew Loomis.

3. The width of the lip is equal to and aligns with the position of the eye ball. Courtesy YouTube, Andrew Loomis.

I am adding one statement. I do not know whether correct or not. 

4. The error begins with the position of the ear. And that is where you have to start. And the error propogates causing planes of face. 

Try with point no 4 and tell me if I am correct. Also add some other stuff like point no 4 and let me know.

Best wishes dear readers.

Another Expression

 I am presenting another expression. It has been a while since I posted a blog post. Here we go :-

I am currently working on faces. Wish I was a student of an art school in USA, I would have learnt many concepts in art theoretically and could have practiced practically also. I saw the work of William Oberhardt in Google images. The name of William Oberhardt was suggested by Andrew Loomis in his book which I possess. Precisely that is what I want to achieve. To draw like William Oberhardt. But he is so far away. He is like amazing !! I have mastered Asaro head in all angles to 80%. I follow my own 3.33333 . . . . logic in drawing the Asaro head. It isn't a perfect Asaro head but a 3 part planes division both one axis and the perpendicular axis. In Asaro head I have progressed. But the quality of an actual face drawn is not okay. The imagination, different face shapes, the lines do not happen. It is only 20%. Maybe some reader would give some inputs on improvement.(The desire is to be a Tom Richmond too. But the desire to be a William Oberhardt is very high).

Mathematics progress is stopped. There is not much to look forward too. Though I have put this equation above, the idea was with me since about two months. So mathematical expressions have died. I am thinking on the lines of linking Taylor series to Rational number series. These two, that is Taylor series and Rational number series, I want to link up-to Relativity. Many may think it is utter madness  and makes no sense. But that is how I think. When you have a field you have Taylor series. In the absence of field that is in space you are dependent only on your thoughts. The Rational number series. And when we talk of space we think about relativity.So that is what is the connection. Hope you have understood my view point. 

I hope I am not belittling the greats. The greats like William Oberhardt, Tom Richmond or Brook Taylor. It is just that I am paying them respect in my own way. I have great regard for them.

Hope India is able to contain Covid pandemic. The daily number of cases have reduced. But winter is about to arrive. I hope Covid is contained. Let us improve cleanliness and discipline. 

I wish a good day to all my blog readers.

Try these expressions

 

You may try these expressions. Or just observe them. And try to get the feel. These expressions are great for logarithmic functions.

You may recall the work of Colin Maclaurin who extended the Taylor series and gave the logarithmic functions.

COVID-19 pandemic is not dying. It is difficult in a country like India where there is not much cleanliness and discipline. A much much bigger role is expected from the societies and each one of us. I wish all of us take on a drive on war footing and defeat this pandemic. War footing means sacrificing everything we have just for this cause of defeating this COVID-19.

Have a nice day, dear blog readers.