Life Drawing 15/10/15

Life Drawing 15/10/15

Introduction

This is some more continued work in the one going life drawing sessions. I feel that I have gotten more comfortable drawing the model as I see her, rather than drawing what I (think I) know.

This is a mixture of charcoal, pencil and marker drawings testing a range of principles and my illustrative abilities. 

Sketches/ Pieces

We started with a series of very quick sketches to get the session started. We only had a few seconds to sketch each pose, as you can see most (if not all) of these sketches are incomplete. despite this I find this type of sketching the best as it focuses purely on the essential lines of the model therefore capturing the pose/action more effectively rather than overthinking and over detailing the model. 

Next time i would make better use of my space on my sketchbook because at the moment the sketches are overlapping and this makes the page look unclear and 'chaotic'. 

This was a part of the session where we focused on tone and light. This piece is just charcoal and the highlights are just parts I erased. I tried to focus on the negative space and highlights of the model. It is a lot more dull from when it was, this is because the opposite page in this sketch book had charcoal which did smudge both pages. I would improve the perspective and proportions of the model because the leg seems a little 'off'. 

This is a part of the session where we used charcoal and focused on tone and shadows. We had to use the side of a piece of charcoal rather than the tip like a pen. This meant we had to think how we were using the charcoal and the pressure we applied affected the tone of the shadow on the page. 

Again, i would improve the proportions of the model because the foot seems too small compared to the rest of the model despite the foreshortening. 

This is another piece from the same exercise but the model being in a different position. If i were to repeat this exercise, i would try to get all of the model on the page, because this piece the model has no face and a ghostly arm. 

This exercise required us to only use bold straight lines to draw the model. NO CURVES!!

This is the model in 3 different positions and i found this exercise rather easy compared to the other exercises, this does not mean it was not challenging. 

I would still improve these drawings by adding more 'meat' to the drawings as i believe the torsos of the drawings are rather small and that I have not given the drawings volume/mass. 

This is a continued drawing from the previous exercise. (See previous image and text)

On this page we were required to draw the model in a series of poses using whatever medium we chose and it would be a series of poses to portray movement. 

As you can see my page is not very clear because I have over-crammed the page with too many drawings and the model taking too many extreme positions. 

Next time I would use multiple pages and give enough space between each drawing; that each drawing has their own space. 

This is another tonal task where we had to use charcoal to create the tone of a large ball next to a lamp. This made it easier than normal to see the contrast of light because the room we are in currently has even lighting therefore making the model look flat. However turning the lights off with one lamp effectively shows the contrast on the ball. 

As you can also see the opposite page has left a stamp on top of the ball sketch. When i use charcoal again, i will make sure I will spray the charcoal first to keep it stuck to the paper. 

This is the last piece i did in the session. This was the drawing where we had the most time and most freedom as we could use whatever medium we chose. I chose to use charcoal and pen. This is because I believe charcoal is very effective in drawing natural curves and lines of the model whereas the pen was effective and showing the contrast of that to the material on the floor. 

I would imrpove this piece by adding more tone to the model to add more volume and weight to the drawing; therefore giving it more life and expression. i would also improve the material the models is on because it is not as effective as I hoped.