Life Drawing

After not doing any life drawing for a little while we started with doing quick 10 minute drawings using different media to get used to it again.

I think I did better using my brush pen. I had more of a fluid movement and it was easier to shade in the darkest areas (top left, top right and bottom right). On the bottom left image I used a fine liner pen which didn't allow me to have such a fluid movement which meant I had to be more careful where I applied the pen line as mistakes were very noticeable.

I most like the bottom right image. I used a grey brush pen to map and shade the majority of the image and then used a black brush pen for the darkest area's. I think this way of applying the media gave the image more depth and also made it easier to identify and apply to the darkest areas.

 

 

 

 

 

I decided that I really liked using the grey and black brush pens together so I decided to do another sketch in that style. We had a bit longer (20 minutes) to do this sketch which allowed me more time to do it a bit bigger and also get the whole body in the image. They're a lot more effective when you include all the body parts. I feel like I need to spend a bit longer measuring and making sure I get everything in proportion  as the right leg doesn't look right and the arms look quite short. I'd like to be able to shade more as well. I also need to concentrate on the areas that are more difficult to draw like the feet and hands as I feel this is letting my life drawings down.

The second image didn't really work. None of the body is in proportion, I think this is because I didn't allow myself enough room to work on the page and I may have just squished it in the bottom as none of the body parts match up correctly. I need to bare in mind for future drawings to give myself enough room to work.

 

 

 

 

After not giving myself enough room on the sketch before, I tried again on a fresh piece of paper with a new pose. I decided to use the grey brush pen for mapping out the main sketch of the pose. Then used a black brush pen for the darkest areas and a blue brush pen for the highlights. I feel like I knew what I was aiming for in this image but it wasn't as successful as I had hoped.
I think I should have spent longer drawing out the body and getting everything in proportion before I began shading it as the body looks very large in comparison to the legs which I feel should have been longer and wider because of the position the model was sitting in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I felt like I was getting tired of using the brush pens and that I wasn't getting things in proportion very well, so I changed to a different type of media.
I moved on to using Conte. With this media it was much easier to measure and draw the lines out straight, then go back in and curve the lines into the correct positioning. It also made it easier to use different levels of shading as some parts of the body only needs light shading whereas other parts are very dark. I still think I need to take more time to ensure everything is in proportion, I need to use some guidelines to ensure each part of the body lines up correctly and take more time drawing in smaller details, especially on the feet and hands.