Final Piece - Life Drawing

This is my final piece for the life drawing module, this sketch took 15 minutes to complete and is a highly detailed sketch of  the life model stretched out on to a mat, this is a well proportioned sketch and has high levels of shading on it so you can see all the shadow from the light and also the detail in the back, arms and legs. This sketch offers a very close interpretation of the pose and position the model was in.

This is a successful sketch because it uses shading to create a illusion of 3D in the sketch and a sense of distance from the arms and legs on the mat. The detail in this sketch offer good shape in the arms and back and allows you to see the creases and line seen in the sketch.

Week 12 - Posture and Pose

In the last session of this semester we looked at pose and posture again but this time it was in more detail and also we were looking at the context of both natural posture and natural pose. This is a closer look at posture which is balance and weight in the poses of the model. Also we looked at pose which is the gesture of the model which we have focused on already.

The first drawing I did was a very quick sketch, it wasn't very successful but it did offer a good idea on the models pose as seen in the back and the head. It also showed the basic gesture of the model and the weight of the pose.

The second sketch I did was a slightly longer 5 minute one, this focused on posture and pose again. I managed to show the weight in the sketch fairly well and as you can see most of the weight is in the legs and back. The arched back sloping shoulders show off the posture of this sketch well, the proportion is a bit of but it still shows good balance and weight.

By including the spine it is easy to see how the body was supposed to lean forward and the arms were supposed to rest on his knees. improvement could be made but still it is better than the first sketch and still overs some gesture and weight.





The last sketch I did was the longest sketch I did and I went back to using pencil which allowed me to get very good shape in the muscles and in the rest of the body. The proportions of this drawings are very good and the detail on the muscles in the legs, back and arms are pretty accurate.

The weight is slightly off in this sketch the model is supposed to be leaning more on his leg but the drawing still shows good balance and detail.





Week 11 - Life Drawing Musculature

In this weeks study we looked at musculature in life drawing, musculature looks at how the muscles in our body fit together and which muscles we can see externally when we look at the anatomy of a human. These muscles can seen differently depending on the persons body mass and also if certain muscles have been worked to be made larger. They can also so been seen differently when certain strenuous activities are taken place like lifting, running and crouching.

The first drawing I did was a long 20 minute observational drawing which was based on getting the impression of weight and muscle. This sketch shows good weight as the model is lent forward and resting on his knee, it also is in good proportion and shows off the legs, shoulder and bicep muscles.

This drawing overs good shape to the body and looks realistic.

 

The next sketch is a quick sketch but I used charcoal to do it, I found charcoal to be less accurate at

getting body shape but it is far more expressive and allows greater detail and more fluid lines. This sketch focuses more on the detail of the muscles on the back of the body and also how they flex when a pose is struck.

This sketch shows good detail on the shoulders, shoulder blades, lower back and bottom areas. It also overs a accurate account of the models pose even though the proportions are slightly off. This sketch shows a good amount of body shape which allows us to see where the muscles are placed on the body. 

The next sketch was a 10 minute sketch still using charcoal but this time I focused on capturing this complex pose and also the weight in which is displayed in this sketch. This was also a test to see how much detail I could include into the drawing in the space of time I had.

This sketch shows a very good sense of weight as it shows the model leaning forward with the weight on his legs and arms. It also shows good proportions and the pose is show effectively, the detail allows use to see the shape of some muscles in the legs and arms as this is the main area where weight is applied.

The last sketch was a 15 minute sketch that was just to focus on the bodies muscular detail on the torso area, the charcoal allowed me to include a lot of detail and shading in to this sketch. This sketch captured a lot of very fine detail in the shoulders and chest, also on how the shoulders connected to the arms.

This allows you to see the ribs, pecks, neck muscle and stomach muscle in lots of detail and this gives a good impression on how the muscles are connected in the body. The proportions of this sketch a very close to the real thing.

Week 10 - Life Drawing Movement

This week we still focused on life drawing but specifically on capturing the movement of the human form. It is difficult to capture someone in a movement posse because it requires you to think about the weight and movement in the scene whilst your drawing. To begin we first did some quick 30 second gestural drawings so that we could get an impression of what movement is being conveyed in each posse.

We did a number of 30 second sketch's on one page which allowed use to compare them, as you can see my first attempts at this type of drawing weren't very good but you can still see definite movement in the sketch's and a sense of weight in each one.This exercise was to just get a general gesture of each posse nothing more.

The second set of drawings I did were 2 minute drawings which allowed us more time to focus on the the proportions of the model as well as still capturing the movement in each posse. In these sketch's you can see that the model is a lot more in proportion and that there is a very good sense of movement and body torsion which shows in my sketch's, this adds to the impact and the sense of movement you get when looking at these sketch's.

Another thing you can see by looking at these sketch's is that the anatomy and shape of the model are improved and the are looking at least human. Although improvement could be made in terms of detail but these are good two minutes sketches.

My next sketch is another motion posse sketch but this time I had 5 minutes to draw the posse. I focused on the posture, posse, action and weight of the model. I tried to use continuous lines to bring out the bodies shape and also the curves like the hips and the shoulders, I also measured to great a good sense of proportion with how far his hands were held above his head and how long his arms were.

I added a bit of detail to this sketch so that it was easy to tell how in proportion the limbs were to the rest of his body, this helped me to create a fairly accurate interpretation of how the model stood and also the weight in his shoulders and legs. The only thing was a table covered his legs so it was impossible to see how wide his stance was and which leg carried the most weight.

The last drawing I did was a longer 8 minute sketch which focused on the upper half of the model. This allowed me to focus on detail in terms of proportion and weight, I also included detail to emphasis how the model was stood and what he was doing.

The overall shape and proportion is very good in this drawing and it is easy to see how the limbs were positioned in this sketch. The lines of the body really help to show off the features of the model like his shoulders, hips and ribs.

Week 9 - Life Drawing Basic Anatomy

This week we focused on life drawing but more importantly basic anatomy, human anatomy is difficult to get right when drawing the naked form and takes practise, to draw the anatomy of a person you most first focus on the models skeleton and the size of each bone and limb then the flesh is added.

I started by doing some very quick sketches to get warmed up I focused on getting down the models shape and the basic proportions of everything on the body, the proportions were slightly off in these sketches but it does give a good idea on shape and the posse of the model. 



Secondly I did some more quick sketches but this time I included the spine of the model which helped to get the proportions a bit more accurate and also to get the twist of the body correct. I also used more fluid, continuous lines to show off the models natural curves and to show the bodies shape.

An improvement has been made in these drawings the proportions are a lot closer and also the curves of the body and spine are displayed more fluently. Some aspects still needed work but it is a good attempt for 1 minute sketches, it offers the basic shape and size of the model.

I then did a 2 minute compression drawing which allowed me to focus in more detail on getting the proportions and also the shape of body more accurate. As you can see the sketch is a lot more in proportion and shows off the models shape closely, The continuous lines helped to show the flow of the body and also how the flesh hangs off the skeleton of the model.

I included some features of the model like hands and the feet to see how the whole anatomy of the model was being portrayed in this sketch. This sketch was a lot closer to the real anatomy of the model and shows her shape very well.

Lastly I did a long 15 minute sketch to focus on the detail of the body and also how the weight is distributed when she is sat down, this time it allowed me to get the proportions and the shape of the body a lot closer. A good amount of detail has been included in this sketch and you can see how the spine curves and also how the body fits on to her skeleton.

The anatomy for this sketch is a lot better and is more normal, also the weight and posse can be seen easily. shading has been added to show of detail on the body like the back and the bottom and head.

Final Piece - Still Life

This is my Final piece for the still life module, it is a still life sketch of a Jack Daniel's bottle on a wooden table with a textured mat under it and a light shone onto the table. In the this sketch I have focused on a lot of detail, shadows, shading, textures, proportion and reflection. This sketch took me an hour and thirty minutes to do.

As you can see the texture of the table is very detailed and it is possible to see the gains in the wood, it has also been shaded to see the darker and light pieces of wood and where the shadow falls. The mat on which the bottle sits on has been textured and also the lines which decorate the mat have been carefully angled to create a realistic effect. The bottle has lots of very small detail on it and also shading on how the light has hit the bottle and the show it has created on the table.

Week 8 - Reflective Surfaces

This week we have been looking at Reflective surfaces, this focuses on light, reflection and refraction. Theses three factors have to be taken in to account when drawing objects that are shiny, glass or reflective, light can make these objects look different depending on how the light reflects off that object. In this 45 minute sketch I focused on detail, reflections, refractions and also light.

This sketch shows different types of shading and texture for each object, you can see that the glass bottle to the far left of the sketch in glass and has water in it which refracts the image seen through the glass. The jug laid on its side in the sketch is a reflective surface and is reflecting some of the environment back. The tin to the left is well lit and you can see lots of detail on it.