Observational drawing woman: week 1

On the 4th of November 2015, we had our first life drawing class. We had a female model. This drawing helps to highlight the contortion of her body. I added texture to the seat but the facial composition did not have the same aspects of lighting and shading as I had hoped in order to add a better sense of three-dimensionalism. I find the form of this model to be very interesting as her body shape has good bone structure coupled with nice, well rounded elements. Again possibly cross hatching would add better aspects to the realism of the drawing.

Blind drawings

I thought that these would be interesting to add as reference work. we used blind drawing as a drawing task and I actually like the abstract look of these. A form is visible and the intended elements can be made out although they did not join to create the exact drawing that I wanted. I still believe that the nature of the drawing will add to my knowledge of the human form when I draw in the future. 

The look of the female body is very different to the male body when it comes to the curviture but the principle element of drawing still apply to the overall understanding and creation of a piece.  

   

Observational Drawing Post 1: Steve from the back, sat down and stood on a chair.

This is my observational drawing blog for university. This is the first pose of a male model from Wednesday the 11th of November 2015. The model, Steve, has quite an elongated body and so the proportion was an important aspect of the drawing process. as quite a lanky individual, I made sure to measure using heads. He was six heads high and so I drew him making sure to focus on his posture and positioning, included a simplistic stand prop that he was holding onto during the pose. The ankle area appears thinner due to the drawing angle but  the lighting in the room helped to add to the final product.

In this pose, Steve is visible from the front and can be seen in a pose that requires a lot more perspective. The foreshortening of the chair was hard to represent next to the body as a still form. The form of the body and the depiction of the gaunt model adds to the realism but the legs are out of proportion to the rest of the body. The legs add to the interest of the drawing but do not refer well to the relation between them and the chair. The chair also has an issue with depth and shading. Possible reflection on the drawing would be that if I were to redraw it, I would add a larger tonal variety in order to create a more realistic state of weight and balance.   

The conthroposto esque contortion of the pose depicted in this image along with the shading. In this image, there is a good balance of still life and life drawing. Perspective and foreshortening again could do with some more work but the proportion is quite well shown. Form is well portrayed but the relation of weight that should be implied between the model and the chair is almost non existent. Therefore if this drawing was to be repeated, a much stronger focus on shading the still life and darkening the area around the gluteus would help to preserve this depth.