Week 08 - Life Drawing

The last couple of weeks we didn't have life drawing. This week was also only a short session as we had a lecture in the morning.

The model we had this week, we had actually had before so it felt familiar and easier to draw her body. We drew four 3 minute poses to start with.

Next we were told to pick one medium other than charcoal. We started to draw the model with one of the medium we chose. I knew we would be going over with the charcoal after and seeing as biro doesn't work well over charcoal I chose the red pen first. Then we went over in charcoal but using our other hand. I always find this difficult as I barely have any control so I used the side of the charcoal to shade instead of add detail.

Then we went back over with the biro. I added extra detail and made the edges more visible. I ended up having the biro in my right hand and charcoal in my left and alternating which one I used when needed. The charcoal is messy but I feel it looks better than if I had used the biro in my left hand.

Next we were told to enlarge the body and focus on just one part. I thought that meant one feature so I worked on drawing the hand. Hands are something most people struggle with so I was being quite brave to try it. I sketched most of the surrounding body before focusing on the hand.

I found drawing hands much easier when you have something to draw from. Although I wasted all that time by focusing on such a small feature, I am really happy with how it came out.

Lastly we did one 5 minute pose. Knowing we didn't have long, I blocked it out very roughly but I think that captures the shape of the body well.