Avraham Nacher

Master High-Contrast Drawing with Notan Value Studies

This is excellent Jairo! I can see you really put a lot of thought into deciding where to use linework for delicate areas and where to use shadows for a stronger sense of shape. The contours of the face are wonderful, and I love the approach of using 1/2 white and 1/2 black on numerous parts of the body. I particularly like your decision to use black negative shapes to define the inner areas of the arms, stomach, and leg.  I don't have the source to reference, but I'm wondering if you could have gotten away without indicating the wrist area or if you specifically added that to represent gloves. Regardless, this is great work and I look forward to seeing more of your art.

thanks teacher, it was a pleasant exercise, I really liked it and your feedback motivates me to experiment with this style, let's see what happens

<img srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/discussion/tmp/ac60404f.jpg 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/discussion/tmp/ac60404f.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" src="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/discussion/tmp/ac60404f.jpg" loading="lazy" alt="Contrast - image 1 - student project">
I liked the class and it helps me identify shadows in general, it is a good exercise in addition to implementing some lineart.

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