Along with our homework I was looking at adding the line of action. After drawing boxes and cubes for perspective I feel like my line work has gotten a bit stiff. I usually use curvy lines for the arms but never for the spine. I looked at a few examples to give me general idea of how to got about adding these.
Drawings for practice below
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Adding structure with tracing paper
Above are the 1 minute studies from this week. From where I was standing they where all at angle so it was a good way for me to practice perspective using what I looked at from the homework I did last week. We then looked at doing head rotations- In the beginning I soon noticed how my perspective was off as I could seen under the models chin so I corrected my perspective which made the drawing look slightly better. This was the kind of process I used the entire time we were doing the studies. I would draw out what I thought it looked like first then fix it on the 2nd or 3rd attempt. I also asked Michael for some guidance for a few of the drawings as I knew it didn't look right but I didn't know what direction my perspective should be going.
Little bit rusty starting back into life drawing. We are starting to look more at form by adding light and shading- in my 1 minute warm ups I tried to add little bits of shading in certain parts. We are also continuing with perspective, first by drawing the chair on it's own then with the model posing on top. I struggled getting the perspective of the model and scale right in my attempt- her head wasn't in the right position as well as her knees. Although Michael was able to show me roughly how the pose should be. Our first assignment is to research and investigate drawing with Form and look up Chiaroscuro. From what I found chiaroscuro is the treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting- an effect of contrasted light and shadow. This is an Italian term which literally means 'light-dark'. In paintings the description refers to clear tonal contrasts which are often used to suggest the volume and modelling of the subjects depicted. Artists who are famed for the use of chiaroscuro include Leonardo da Vinci and Caravaggio. Leonardo employed it to give a vivid impression of the three-dimensionality of his figures, while Caravaggio used such contrasts for the sake of drama. Both artists were also aware of the emotional impact of these effects. (Source)
Practising with poses and perspective
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