From 20/10/2016- 08/12/2016 our class has had the opportunity to part take in a life drawing class once a week, taught by Michael Bass. I have never taken part in a life drawing class before hence it was a completely new experience for me. My technique for drawing in general is to draw a copy of exactly what I see rather that put in any form or proper structure. This would usually result in "wooden manikin" drawings. However this section of the course aims to teach me the fundamentals of human anatomy and basic body proportions by studying form, shape, perspective and structure, which will allow me to develop my own style and technical drawing skills.
The third session focused on looking at perspective. In this class I undertook the usual one minute studies but this time the model posed with a chair. For part of the class we spent five minutes sketching out the chair alone and then another five minutes with the model sitting on it (Figure 8). By doing this I could see the relationship between the perspectives of the chair and model, because when the model returned, I realized that the scale of the drawing I did of the chair was slightly off with the position the model. I’ve always really struggled with perspective. Therefore I studied ‘Ernest R. Norling Perspective Made Easy’ for some guidance as it takes you through a step by step process. I found page 79-89 quite useful as this section looks at ‘Placing Figures and Objects in a drawing’ which I found helpful for the homework that we were tasked with (Figure 9). For the next few classes I looked more at the shapes of characters. I would draw out the models pose, then using that pose I would draw the character on top. One week I looked at drawing ‘Dirk’ from ‘Dragons Liar’ (Figure 10) and the following week I looked at drawing ‘Madam Mim’ from ‘Sword in The Stone’ (Figure 11). This exercise gave me a better insight of how to structure a character and create the shape of them much like in the first homework we were given of Winnie the Pooh. Additional things I looked at were shading shapes in different lighting, for this section I studied a book called ‘How to Render, The Fundamentals of Light, Shadow and Reflectivity’ which goes into a lot of detail about the subject; something I am keen to improve on (Figure 14). I also looked more at perspective drawings along with the positioning of heads and hats on heads (Figure 13, 15). Overall I am able to see an improvement in my work since starting this part of the course. (Figure 16, 17, 18) By implementing the techniques that Michael has taught to our class I have gained an understanding of how to create form when drawing the human body. This is by allowing my line work to be expressive and show the type of energy the model is giving through their poses. By applying structure to my drawings I have been able to develop a better awareness of proportion and shape. I personally consider that I am starting to create my own technique using the additional skills that I have now learned. References
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