I was pretty pleased with my 1 minute warm up drawings this week. I feel like I'm able to get more detail in and I'm starting to figure out a technique that's working for me- Michael also made a comment to our class that he could really see an improvement in our work which was extremely reassuring to hear.. phew! I feel like it also helps when the model does a variety of different poses rather than just the same set each week. Also, more hats! Now featuring hoods, which I don't really have an issue with. I still think my hat drawings from class look a little weird. I tried practicing the hat drawings from the post I did last week along with a few other random sketches. This week could possibly be the last life drawing class of this semester- We also haven't been set with homework for the last 2 weeks and from this week onwards aside from a 500+ word relfection of our work, despite that I will most likely put up a post(s) of extra work I've done in relation to life drawing. After that will possibly (maybe!) be a blog post off the 500 word reflection along with the offical PDF file I'll be submitting. Practicing drawing hats!
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I can see a bit of improvement in my quick studies. I keep trying to include the circles for body and loose lines for arms- Michael always add a line from the head down to through the whole bpdy so give shape but any time I've attempted too it get's a little confusing or I don't follow it anyway.. but I'll try drawing with it as practice to see how it goes.
Below are the usual 1 minute warm ups. Feel like I'm starting to get the hang of it a bit better now. This week our homework was to practice drawing Madam Mim from Sword in the Stone. There is no underlying structure available to look at for Mim-what her body is like under her big poofy dress, so I had to kind of improvise. (Drawings I did as homework shown below) In class we where to do the same thing we did last week- use the models pose then draw the character from it. Mim is really short so I wasn't sure about drawing her legs and you also can't see her legs anyway under the dress so it confused me a bit. Because I really struggled drawing her without some sort of reference Michael was able to show me how he pictured her body type and structure under what she was wearing. So based off what he showed me I'm going to try do some more drawings of her.
1 minute warm ups- I think I'm starting to improve a bit. I've tried adding more stucture to how I draw by using the circles and lines as a rough layout then going over with more shape.
I ended up looking at this part of the 'Sketch Workshop Characters' book (labled below). It showed how you can draw the basic structure/pose of your character and then draw any body type over the top of it. So I used this method to retry and draw Dirk in different poses.
This week was more of a simple class. We started with the usual 1 minute warm ups then moved on the drawing the model in a really short space of time. We started with quick 30 second drawings which eventually went down to 10 seconds. I actually drew the structure this time for the fast drawings because I had to get the shape down as fast as I could. For the 1 minute studies I feel I was being a bit lazy but I picked up the quality with the faster sketches.
A chair appears in the room.. oh..no. This week we had to draw the model posing with a chair. First we did a few 1 minute studies for a warm up then moved on to do a drawing of the models face- from where I was standing I was looking at the model from an angle- I wasn't getting the perspective right but Michael was able to show me how, by using a cube, I could draw the face inside, sticking to the same perspective angle the cube was at. I tried a couple attempts and kind of confused myself so I drew some more versions at home as practice. I was able to use a reference sheet Michael provided us as well which was extremely useful.
For the second session we did more 1 minute studies- this time I tried to draw more circles as a base and simple outlines before going over and adding actual anatomy. It's hard for me not to go to my default setting though, as just copying it down is a lot faster, it takes me longer when I start to think about the form and structure of the pose despite this being the better technique. I feel like some of these drawings look quite 'stiff' particularly in how I've drawn the legs and back. I've been looking at this book(?) I have which is about drawing characters, 'Sketch Workshop Characters', but it's really good for showing how to structure a drawing of your character. It shows what Michael has been explaining about the circles for the ribcage and pelvis and the curved lines for the spine, arms and legs (See below). I tried to do some attempts of my own by recreating some of the drawings I did from life drawing. For homework this week we where to practice drawing superman head models based off the reference sheet. I didn't find it that difficult as his head is kind of a basic square shape and his facial features are also quite simple.. But whats going on with his eyes?!
First class with a proper life drawing model! I've never done life drawing before but I really enjoyed it- drawing someone in real life is a lot easier than looking at an image in my opinion. Most of the drawings we did where 1 minute studies. You can see what I mean when I say that I just copy what I see as there are no construction lines underneath what I've drawn. Michael explained to our group about putting a circle in for the ribcage and then for the pelvis to start off, so that's something I need to try next time. (Below are my favourite 1 minute studies)
"Understanding anatomy is often the key to an artist's understanding and interpretation of the body." The perfect oppurtunity to use my anatomy book 'Anatomy for the Artist' by Sarah Simblet. I've used it a few times before as practice but now I can link it into this work so hopefully it will come in useful. The book shows how to look inside the human frame to map its muscle groups skeletal strength balance poise and grace. Selected drawings superimposed over photographs reveal fascinating relationships between external appearance and internal structure. This book helps guide the reader to see the human body afresh offering techniques and attitudes that imagiatively show how to observe and draw the skeleton, head ribcage pelvis hands and feet. To start of we drew different people in our class for 3-5 minutes. It was very cluttered with all of us trying to get a good view so parts of my drawings are cut off or improvised- it was a fun exercise though. My style of drawing is basically copying down exactly what I see but Michael explained to us that drawing a basic structure is a better way of drawing as you can get the proportions and anatomy right.
Along with my own books I also read up on the books Michael Provided us with which where 'Perspective Drawing Handbook' and 'PERSPECTIVE. A Guide for Artists, Architects and Designers'. They also explain perspective really well so I tried recreating some pratice drawings from them just to get a better understanding.
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