Six Best drawings from life drawing class
Overall, I have found that I really need to focus on loosening up when life drawing, quick 30 second poses help a lot to achieve this, but can also be quite frustrating when the pose changes and I'm half way through a drawing! But, I need to change my mindsight and get into the right zone or my drawings suffer, which I can definitely see through my history of drawings on this page and in KNB 112. I also need to practice working with charcoal, I think my lack of experience in this has made a few of my drawings suffer, I am much more confident with copic markers or pencil. That being said, I do feel like I have improved quite a lot, I have never done life drawing before and KNB 112 was my first try at it, I think I have come a long way and I am much more confident in life drawing. I look forward to practicing this more in the future, I am going to make it a point to keep a sketchbook on me at all times, and do some sketching on my travels. Thank you very much to my tutors for their excellent teaching and guidance throughout these units, it has been a pleasure, and I look forward to working with them again soon.
1/6
I like the overall feeling of weight in this drawing, the contrast between the tightness of the arms and the looser legs makes it feel as though the character is grasping tightly and holding up their weight off the ground. It is a shame that The left leg is a little less developed, but the proportions are there which is something I have been struggling with. My rendering with charcoal needs a little work, I find it gets muddy very quickly.
2/6
I feel as though this is one of my stronger pieces, and feel as though the overlapping forms really help to push the perspective and make the drawing pop. The rendering is better in this piece than some of my others, and the shadow helps to sit the character on the page and emphasize the lighting from the top left. I really need to work on my feet and hands in the future, as I seem to leave them as 'indications' rather than fleshing them out - usually due to time running out. Overall I am happy with the proportions on this piece and the flowing curves along the left hip. I used a darker pencil as a profile line - this needs to be applied a bit heavier where the forms are overlapping... Something to ensure I do in the future.
3/6
I tried a different approach in this drawing, as I typically start with a 4B pencil, I decided I would try using soft charcoal to begin with, for something new. Overall I was quite happy with how it went, though I did find it was quite easy to lose the value development and had to dial it back with a shammy to remove some of the shading.
4/6
To begin with, I laid in the box the model was sitting on in an effort to produce correct perspective and proportions - which I think was a successful attempt overall. The weight leaning forward feels quite natural and well represented in this drawing - the hands need work and I would like to practice faces in the future. The shadows where the legs and hands touch the platform need to be deepened. I still need more practice with using charcoal for value, I think I am missing some techniques.
5/6
I focused a little more on the muscles and bones showing in the model, the lighting brought out the details in the models physique, as she was quite skinny, her spine and shoulder blades were prominent - which I attempted to show in this drawing.
6/6
These are two sketches done in much shorter time than the other drawings in my top six, and I think the speed forced me to loosen up and it shows. I feel as though these drawings have a nice flow to them, bringing life to the drawing, with more time to render these and detail out the forms, I think these would be two great pieces.
Chronological order of all drawings
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