Since the beginning of Life Drawing, I feel as if I have learned so much. At the beginning I knew nothing about drawing the human body and about the muscles and bones of the body. Now I know so much more, though I feel that there is much, much more to learn and not enough time to do it. Knowing the basics have helped me with drawing and in my other art classes.
One of my strengths is that I am willing to learn, grow and absorb as much information as possible. Another strengths is my gesture drawings, I think I struggled in the beginning but have learned how to create an effective gesture drawing.
One of my weaknesses is that I am not a fast learner, so learning all of the names of the muscles is really tricky, even learning what lateral and posterior were was hard. I also think one of my weaknesses is getting the body to look like it has weight and isn't flat.
Something that I would like learn more about is being able to look at the human body and see the muscles and then draw them correctly. I think knowing where the muscles are will help improve my drawings and make me a better artist. Also, I would like to learn how to give the body shape, not seem as flat so it looks like it has weight to it. The third thing that I would like to learn is how to foreshorten the body correctly. I have always had problems drawing things that need to be foreshortened, so I think it would be extremely beneficial if I understood how to do this, for myself and my future students.
Below is the link to images of my mannequin, shell, gesture and thirty minute drawings.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44068237@N04/sets/72157622554545567/
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Oh, you know...life drawing
On Tuesday for the first part of the class period we watched a video about the pelvis. Too be quite honest, it was hard for me to pay attention to the video because it was difficult to see what the man was drawing and whoever the cameraman was should be punished by watching his own unsteady camera moves. The man seemed to know a lot about the human body and I liked the part when he talked about the human body having landmarks so it is easier to draw, you just figure out the landmarks and connect the dots.
After the video, we spent some time learning about our assignment, muscles for the booty area. And then we saw a couple of peoples blogs and then spent the last half hour drawing. It's amazing how quickly that last half hour passed when you're drawing. You want more time so you can create a better form of the human body so the time passes faster.
On Sunday, I started the muscles assignment. Even though it was only 4 muscles, it was kind of tricky. I was doing okay until I came across making the IT Band. I was having trouble figuring out which one it was and if I was putting it in the correct spot. Other than that it seemed to go pretty well.
After the video, we spent some time learning about our assignment, muscles for the booty area. And then we saw a couple of peoples blogs and then spent the last half hour drawing. It's amazing how quickly that last half hour passed when you're drawing. You want more time so you can create a better form of the human body so the time passes faster.
On Sunday, I started the muscles assignment. Even though it was only 4 muscles, it was kind of tricky. I was doing okay until I came across making the IT Band. I was having trouble figuring out which one it was and if I was putting it in the correct spot. Other than that it seemed to go pretty well.
Friday, October 9, 2009
more muscles and drawing
On Tuesday in life drawing we went over the ribcage, trying to understand how the ribs look, how to think of the ribcage as an egg and that the ribs sit higher in the back than in the front. After learning a crap ton about the ribs we spent the rest of the class period building muscles on the ribcage. Even thought there was only a couple of muscles we had to make it still took a long time. I think that the bigger and longer a muscle is the harder it is to make. It is hard to get the right size and the right placement of the muscle. Even though building muscles is hard, I enjoy doing it and I think, if this wasn't my last semester of classes and didn't feel extremely rushed in life in general, I would like doing this more.
On Thursday, we spent the class time drawing the body. Missing that week of classes really seemed to have affected my drawing skills. Also, it didn't help that I forgot a lot of what I learned and had to dig deep within my brain to remember the tips and tricks of the human body. The 25 minute drawings were tough. The first where the model was standing was easier because it was straight on and there wasn't any foreshortening to deal with. The next two 25 minute poses were EXTREMELY difficult because the model was lying down and I had to foreshorten the body which is really hard when I barely know how to draw the body standing up facing me. Also, foreshortening the ribcage was really hard and I would draw the ribcage over and over and over again, not seeming to get any closer to the correct position. Bah!
There are two pictures below: one is of my mannequin and the other is drawings done in class
On Thursday, we spent the class time drawing the body. Missing that week of classes really seemed to have affected my drawing skills. Also, it didn't help that I forgot a lot of what I learned and had to dig deep within my brain to remember the tips and tricks of the human body. The 25 minute drawings were tough. The first where the model was standing was easier because it was straight on and there wasn't any foreshortening to deal with. The next two 25 minute poses were EXTREMELY difficult because the model was lying down and I had to foreshorten the body which is really hard when I barely know how to draw the body standing up facing me. Also, foreshortening the ribcage was really hard and I would draw the ribcage over and over and over again, not seeming to get any closer to the correct position. Bah!
There are two pictures below: one is of my mannequin and the other is drawings done in class
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