Life Drawing 14/11/14

These are the life drawing studies from our second week of life drawing, the first were just simple studies done of the life model. I don't think that these studies worked that well as i haven't got the proportion of the body that well mainly the leg and arms as i haven't got the with properly.

The second study was a slightly longer study using contour lines to make the body look as if it is a more natural three dimensional shape. I don't think that i did well at doing the contour lines as they look a little sketchy and the figure still looks flat, i do think that the contour lines have worked best on the top half of the leg as it has made the leg look more three dimensional. I do feel like on this study i have done better at getting the proportion right mainly on the top half of the figure as i don't think i have got the with of the body and have got the legs wrong.

To create this drawing instead of drawing the outline of the model first i got the tone of the figure and built up the drawing that way. I think that the top half of the piece works ok, but towards the bottom the proportion is all wrong. The biggest problem with the drawing is that i haven't got that meany different shades so it makes the figure look flat. 

I use the same technique to record this study, i think that this one has work a little better as i have used contour lines to help show the shape but is still has the same problem as not using enough different shades.

(below) This is a study that someone else (James) in our group has created using the same technique. I like how the piece was create as most of the model has been capture and also lighter lines have been used where there is less light falling.

I used scribbles to draw this study but i don't think that it works at all as i have gone over the top with it and haven't captured the for or tone of the figure very well at all.

This is a drawing that someone else (Amy) in a similar why to the previous drawing that i did. But instead it has been done in a more controlled way which show as the form and proportions of the figure has been capture a lot better that i managed to.

Again this is another piece that someone else (James) created in a similar way. I really liked the way this one has been done as it has been done more loosely with the scribbles but still kept it really controlled meaning that the form and proportion of the model has been captured really well. I also liked how there are different tones captured well but still only using chalk.

I created this study using paint and charcoal, i like the effect that using these materials has created. But i don't think that as a lifted drawing this piece has worked as i have got all the proportions of the figure wrong and the figure looks really flat.

This one i created using the same materials but i feel that this one has worked a lot better as i have used the materials in a more controlled manner meaning that i was able to capture the models proportions more accurately. I still think that i could have controlled it a bit more as the shape of the shoulders i have got wrong and i also could have used some contouring to make the figure look more natural and less flat.