This first half of the semester has flown by. I wasn't sure what to expect with this class; Life Drawing seemed a bit out of my league and something that I thought would be a major challenge. The class however, has been totally enlightening and rewarding. My only struggle is with the manikin (see picture on Flickr link). I still struggle with my quick 30 second sketches of the model as well. I can't seem to capture the whole model in that quick amount of time, and what I do capture looks more like a skeleton at this point. Again, I'm not quite sure what is expected of us for those warm up drawings. I know the whole figure is supposed to be included, but are we supposed to be doing more of an outline, a skeleton, or something in between? All of my selected gesture drawings are quite different from each other. The shell we did was also a good exercise and something quite rewarding to look at! I am not totally looking forward to doing 3 more, but I know from previous drawing classes that drawing the same thing repeatedly truly helps.
My expectations for the rest of the semester aren't far from what we are already doing. I can't believe we are already up to 2 hour drawings with added cross contour lines. I think that having a male model would really change things up, and since we've been drawing the same model for so long, I'm not sure how well I would react to that change skill wise (but, it is something we all would benefit from). As stated before, I'm sure my shell drawings will totally improve, especially after getting the one on one feedback on them. Knowing what I exactly need to change on the shell is really helpful. I know I need to work on my manikin's muscles, especially the legs, so I hope to be on the route to improvement with that.
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I think both your gesture drawings as well as your long pose are very successful. The ribcage and torso in the long pose are not too tall, which I know a lot of people struggled with. I especially enjoy the top left gesture drawing. It describes the pose perfectly without needing outlines. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteYour gesture drawings are wonderful! Especially the one where the model is crouched down in the upper left hand corner. I agree with you that having a male model would be a nice change of pace. I feel like I'm getting to used to this model's form so I'm basically copying half from memory and half from what I'm actually seeing, if that makes sense.
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