Week 05 - Life Drawing

We started off this life drawing lesson with five 3 minute poses.

We then did the walking activity again where the model walks around and we sketch out some of the movements. I drew more poses this time though most are not complete.

Next was one of my favourite activities. We blacked out our paper with the side of the charcoal. Instead of using the charcoal to draw, this time we used a rubber to the opposite and build up the light for a 15 minute pose. I didn't have a soft enough piece of charcoal to make the page black enough to make the contrast more obvious but I really liked the way this one came out.

I used the edge of the rubber for the larger areas, that's why it looks like square brushstrokes. It's very messy but I feel with more practice I could have made it much better.




We then tried another pose but this time I accidently used some compressed charcoal which meant it was very dark, which I preferred, but because the charcoal was so thick it was very difficult to rub out. This is why this one looks more rough as I had less control over how much to remove.

 

We then chose two different medias for two 10 minute poses. I enjoyed using the red biro but I didn't get the shape of the legs right. I found the ink easier, especially for the shading as I could just block on some watered down ink whereas you can't make large strokes with a biro.



 While looking at this set of drawings I noticed that I tend to stop at the thighs and don't often do the legs. Next session I might try starting with the legs instead.