Oct 18 - Oct 22

Our classes this week seemed pretty intense: catching up on what we miss out on last week, adding more of a structured pelvic bone to our sketches and discussing our shell drawings that we had as homework. We  got a quick look at everyone's shell drawing on Tuesday which was actually really helpful considering this was a first for most, if not all, of us. It was so interesting to see how everyone drew their shells. I didn't see any two drawings that were totally alike- something to think about for next time. I know that I personally need to make more use of the whole page (for this one I seemed to have an awkward 6 inches on the left side of my page), as well as work on eliminating the "outline" look my shell began to have towards the front. I was also told that while my contour lines going the length of the shell were good, they really don't need to be there. Overall I was actually really happy with the way mine turned out, but I know that there are definitely some things I can improve on for next time.

We also did some longer drawings in class this week; about four 25-30 minute drawings in all. I actually enjoy doing these a lot more than I do the quick 30 second drawings. Although I seem to always be at an awkward angle from the model I try to make the best of it. The room just doesn't seem big enough. Finally, yesterday I got a better view to her and it was a nice change. Actually it was almost a challenge! I had been working so much on getting the foreshortening right that when it came down to just drawing her from a normal view I actually struggled.