Drawing over the original pose

In this life drawing class we were told to do a line drawing of the model and then in forty minutes he was going to change slightly. We then had to redraw him, but only the part that had moved, over the original drawing, after this he went to his original pose and we could finish off the first drawing.

Animation

This is my animation referenced from work that I have done in life drawing classes, from some of my thirty second sketches I was able to see a movement in which I wished to animate.

Time limit

On the last few classes we were given a short time limit on drawing the models poses. Sometimes the model would stop and do a different pose each time, then he would do an action and stop in the middle of that action for a few seconds. What i found hardest though was when the model didn't stop at all, he would walk round the room and we would have to draw him at three different places and keep going to back to each drawing as he passed the area we were drawing from.

Charcoal

In this lesson our tutor told us to draw 3 boxes, he told us to shade them from the lightest to darkest and then a medium between the two. Between the boxes we had to then draw two more boxes and shade them in, we had to make a shade that was a mixture of the outside boxes. Then we were told to shade the entire page in the 3rd shade. After that we had draw the darkest places on the subject and then by using a putty rubber we had to rub out the charcoal to create the highlights. We had to finish our drawing by only using the shades in the five boxes and make the picture entirely out of tones instead of a simple line drawing.

Tones

When we had to draw in charcoal in our life drawing classes tones were very important. By using charcoal it made us look at the darks and lights on the subject which gave the picture depth and perspective, I felt that I learnt a lot about tones, shading and highlighting in these classes.

30 second drawing limit

This was one of the first life drawing lessons I had and looking back at the pictures I can see many faults with my drawings. We were given a time limit of 30 seconds to draw the model in different positions. He began to walk away from me and stopped for 30 seconds at a time, I then quickly sketched the position he was in until he began to move again, I believe I managed to get a sense of movement and time in these sequence of drawings.

Line Drawing

This was one of my later life drawing classes and personally I can see the difference between some of my earlier drawings and my later ones. The model first started in one position and stayed there for half of the lesson, she then moved into a different position where she remained for the rest of the class. We were told to do a simple line drawing and not to add to much shading or tone.

Measuring

This was one of my first life drawing classes, we were told how to measure the body by using different techniques. I found this hard to start with but gradually it became easier. Overall I don't think this drawing is my best but I did learn how to measure and align the subject in order to get a better sense of realism and depth.

Timing in a picture

I found this difficult,  we were told to draw the model and then she would move to a slightly different position. She changed her head direction and shifted her body slightly. We had to draw over our original drawing, this is what I found difficult. I couldn't tell which line was either the one I had just drawn or the one from the previous position. She then changed back to her original position and we were told to finish the original drawing off which confused me further. I found it difficult but I saw how the body shifts and changed with the slightest movement and how you can get a sense of timing in the picture.

Drawing heads

When we first began drawing the models face the teacher told us that eyes are not little ovals but actually vary depending on the person. I started with the eyes and then tried to measure the rest of the features by using the eyes as a starting mark. I managed to measure the distance between the lips and nose and gradually managed to create a face shape. Overall I think it worked quite well, looking back on it I can see faults in the toning and shapes but I prefer drawing the facial features than an entire body.