Life Drawing 8/10/15

Life Drawing 8/10/15

Introduction

Within this life drawing session we had a real model that did very expressive poses which were much easier to draw than the previous model. However these poses were still a challenge to re-create in my drawings.

From the previous week, it was an opportunity to get into the habit of drawing what you see because it was a while ago that I did life drawing and I had to get used to it again. 

I had also been preparing since the last session by reading this magazine about how to draw human anatomy which is very informative and helpful. 

From what I read, I did a few 'warm-up' sketches before the session. 

these are very rough and had to be drawn without a model, so they are 'fake' drawings. Despite this this allowed me to practice proportions and perspectives in my work. 

I was intending to apply what I learnt and read from this magazine to make my work more effective in the life drawing session, as i understand these sessions are essential and limited. 

Sketches

These sketches are not in the order I drew them as my drawing changed from sketch to sketch, as in one drawing the head may be too small, and then the next it may be too large.  i found this rather strange because i usually keep getting the same thing wrong and then improving on it until I get it correct. i don't usually fluctuate from one end of the spectrum to the other. 

I believe this was the first sheet I did in the session. As you can see it is a series of very quick sketches and the model takes a series of poses. As these are the first batch of drawings they are not very good, but i did try to apply perspective and proportion as you can tell by the circles in the shoulders and other shapes I have applied to create the models body. 

I believe this is one of the last drawings I did because it shares the sheet with another drawing at the bottom from a previous exercise. This is because paper was running short in the room, and I had to make the most of the space that may be on other sheets. 

Within this drawing the model was posed in a state of worry/ concern as she rested her head in her hand. We spent longer on this drawing as it was one of the last ones so we had to apply everything we learnt from the rest of the session including, perspective, proportions, form etc. 

I feel that this drawing has no weight, due to lack of form, and that the head is too small compared to the rest of the body. 

This drawing is of the model sat in the chair resting her head on her arms. much like a tired or stressed pose. 

There are a number of points I would improve within this drawing including:

the chair appears to be melting, therefore I would redraw that the chair looks like it has a solid structure to support the weight of the model. 

I would also add form to this drawing to add weight to the model to exaggerate the weight of her head in her arms, or her torso and legs pressing into the chair. 

This exercise was both enjoyable and challenging. This was when the model would take a series of poses and we would have only a few seconds to draw the model before she changed poses. therefore we would draw a series of very rough sketches which could show movement. 

As this was my first drawing you can tell i did not space my drawings effectively: one side of the page is empty and then the drawings begin to get cramped at the other end. 

This is a continued version of the previous exercise, with a new sheet and new series of poses. i feel that i understood what was happening that i did much better on this sheet. we were also given a little longer per drawing to add form to the model. 

I used charcoal for this drawing because this allowed me to add form by drawing bolder lines compared to fine lines much quicker than pencil. 

These series of drawings show that I need to work on my form and shading to make my drawings effective. 

This drawing is of the model looking away with her hands on her hips using pencil. 

I believe this was one of the last drawings because we had more time to draw the model whereas before (at the start of the session) we had a very limited time to capture the whole model. 

I would improve the positioning of the leg as it is off in the drawing. 

If i had more time I would also add form and tone to the model. 

This sheet shows a series of poses using charcoal. 

This exercise involved us creating a silhouette of the model without using lines or shapes. We had to observe the contour/ outline of the model and create the silhouette that way. 

This was to test us on how to express a character or emotion and that it should be 100% clear what the model is doing even in silhouette.

At first I was confused on how to create a silhouette of the model without using lines and created these. However later in the lesson I saw another persons work which was really good, and she just shaded the models shapes without creating an outline first. 

Despite these silhouettes looking very primitive, I can learn from these and other students on how to make my work more effective. 

This sheet is  series of quick pencil drawings where the model took a series of poses. 

It is rather hard to see because of the fine pencil lines.

I tired to capture the perspective and proportions of the model in these drawings as the model took very distinctive poses and I wanted to capture those in my drawing. 

However I would improve the speed of my drawing because it takes me too long to capture the whole model; therefore that's why my drawings lack perspective and proportion because I take too long on one aspect/part of the body. 

Conclusion

From this session I have learnt a lot from both my drawings and other drawings. I know now that I need to improve my form and work on shading to add depth and weight to my drawings. I also need to work on staging and perspective to the model I draw so that it is completely clear what the model is doing within my drawing.