This first week of Life Drawing went really well. After not being in a drawing class in about 3 years, it was good to get back in the swing of things. Needless to say, I’m a bit rusty. Our first drawing exercises were with seashells, taking careful note of all the curves, dips, and crevasses. The 10 minute continuous line drawing of the shells was much easier for me than the blind line drawings. But with that said, I definitely needed to think more carefully about line weight. My shell looks flat and made out of distinct shapes, rather than appearing as a 3D object.
We got to start on the skeletons in the second day of class and that was something totally new for me (as is all the content of this class). Beginning with a quick intro on the human skeleton, we learned about the major landmarks and the spinal column, made up of the 34 vertebra called the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccyx.
Drawing the primary curves of the spine along with the pelvis and rib cage was a great exercise. After drawing the skeleton 4 or 5 times, each in a different angle in 10 minute
increments, the drawings and perspective came much easier. My skeleton drawings, much like the shell, need work. The variation in line weight just isn’t there yet.
The critiques, even on these quick drawings, are going to help me get the level of my drawings where they need to be.
Hi Nora, I hope you are having a great semester thus far. I look forward to seeing what we learn in this course and am excited to see the progress in my own art-making ability. Anyway just wanted to post, and wish you well this semester and fulfill the course objective. Thanks!
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