Below is a process to the rough sketch stage for draw 50 things but I'm not sure if I should continue with the composition. What are your thoughts? Should I go back to thumbnailing or continue to refine the current direction? If I continue what can I improve? If I go back to thumnails what can I add that this is missing?

Still a lot of work that needs to be done but short on time.

Slowly been working on this, traveled during the weekend so I lost some time but I'm thinking I'll tighten this up tomorrow and begin the painting process.

Here is the close to final piece. What are your thoughts, can I improve some areas?

I think everybody is right about the contrast. I didn't even notice the main character until Leontine mentioned them. Also adding leaves to help the minor characters pop will help.

I guess I'll add mine as well.

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There is the Jeff Watts atelier in California that offers online classes starting at $100/month which is a lot cheaper than art school.

Look up Baruge plates on Google and youtube, they are helpful for learning how to draw at a high level quickly though they are tedious.

I studied graphic design and just paid my loans off a few months ago. Art school is way to expensive and most don't teach well in my opinion and should be avoided especially if you already have student debt. Try and find alternative routes to learning art.

I've completed and submitted this month's Astrid prompt and decided to work on some older prompts to build experience and my style and maybe a portfolio piece. I chose to work on Kaia's secret to work with lighting.

Right now I'm on the thumbnail phase. What do you all think about the composition?

Maybe clearing up some ambiguity, like the sheep's size. Is the sheep really large or is Astrid just small? If you put some other elements in the back ground to compare the other sheep to. Like if the sheep are giants then some trees being eaten by the sheep. If Astrid is small then maybe doing the opposite and having regular sized trees.

I would also make the plane about twice the size so it looks like it would be able to hold Astrid. Right now they are about the same size.

Also have both hands holding the map up close to her torso is a sort of frightened pose to complement her expression so it doesn't look like Astrid's right arm is amputated.

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Here is the close to final piece. What are your thoughts, can I improve some areas?

Slowly been working on this, traveled during the weekend so I lost some time but I'm thinking I'll tighten this up tomorrow and begin the painting process.

Amazing work, congratulations to everyone.

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@wendy-plybon I agree there's something that works in the first but I'm not sure what. The perspective falls on the same points so maybe its the rotated angle that gives it more energy. And yes I want to emphasize the glowing candy but I also agree its too dark. Maybe I'll try muted tones for the back ground elements and more saturated colors for the characters. Also thinking of making the candy a sugar crystal so I can play with light refracting and the glow would make more sense.

@ambiirae I would look into the Art Renewal Center, they have a map of Ateliers that focus on classical methods to see if their are any near you. https://www.artrenewal.org/pages/ateliermap.php

There is the Jeff Watts atelier in California that offers online classes starting at $100/month which is a lot cheaper than art school.

Look up Baruge plates on Google and youtube, they are helpful for learning how to draw at a high level quickly though they are tedious.

I studied graphic design and just paid my loans off a few months ago. Art school is way to expensive and most don't teach well in my opinion and should be avoided especially if you already have student debt. Try and find alternative routes to learning art.

@smceccarelli @wendy-plybon
I've rotated the drawing so the shop keeper is higher up also redrew him to leaning forward so he appears closer and larger with his arm extended further out. Also removed the lights and added some barrel of candy in the front plane. What do you think?

Below is a process to the rough sketch stage for draw 50 things but I'm not sure if I should continue with the composition. What are your thoughts? Should I go back to thumbnailing or continue to refine the current direction? If I continue what can I improve? If I go back to thumnails what can I add that this is missing?

Still a lot of work that needs to be done but short on time.