Two large figure drawings complete with supporting material and a self portrait of any size was the final brief for the end of part 4. The first was to be a seated figure drawn in line with particular emphasis on the 3d form represented on a 2d surface, expressing convincing depth and form. Secondly was …
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I enjoyed this task. Possibly one of the most challenging to date, and it opened up a number of questions for me that forwarded to a number of leads towards underlining practices, not just with drawing what you see, but exercising my memory muscles and my spacial awareness of where my pencil is making marks, …
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The face is an outside gateway to the inside emotion of a person or animal. A keen artist can capture this emotion and portray it in a way, reflecting that inner emotion on the surface. TThis however could also be a reflection of a reflection into the mindset of the artist themselves. Without getting to …
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I decided to play around with a few different techniques with this exercise, so I started out drawing 6 different angles of my face. Using charcoal and not taking it off the paper I drew a continuous line of different views of my face from a small pocket mirror. Continuous line, charcoal. A1 This was …
Getting familiar with each facial feature I found helped me to place each one convincingly on the face, and understanding the bone structure underneath the skin was a good way of developing my perception of the forms and angles that I could see on the surface, and what was not visible. Starting off with the …
My point of reference to the whole topic of the human head and face is a book by Andrew Loomis, 'Drawing the Head and Hands', Titan Books, Andrew Loomis. Sectioning the head into thirds and adding in the detail was one lesson, but drawing a grid onto a plastic golf ball and pressing wooden skewers …
Drawing the figure is one thing, under a time limit is another skill, but, drawing a moving scene is another skill set in itself. I headed out into the city centre to see if I could capture the hustle and bustle of Manchester prime.....to be fair though I turned up on an early Saturday morning …
The aim of this exercise was to draw a standing, seated and lounging figure, keeping in mind the balance, posture and pivot points of the different poses. For this I used my work from the life classes I have been attending. Seated and lying pose, charcoal and conte stick A1Seated, charcoal, conte and water A1 …
Getting familiar with the anatomy as a whole is one thing, but looking closely at the individual structure of the human form, and more importantly how the different parts and sections connect and work with each other, helping to identify not just what is going on on the outside, but how the bone structures are …
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While drawing the figure, it is important to identify the dynamic of the pose or movement to give a still image movement and interest. I noticed this phenomenon when drawing statues, whether it is the pose itself, the clothing, or both. These can be seen in a few statues I took photos of in London …
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