A COLLECTION OF BODY PARTS

Here is a collection of sketches from the final stages of our life drawing class which I actually feel were some of my strongest. I feel these are so successful because it was when I finally really pushed breaking down all of these body parts into planes and showing planes to the best of my ability. I think it is much easier to see these planes and portray them on these more complex body parts rather that the body as a whole. Finding these different planes is very vital in these body parts to give them the intriquite structure that they need.

MUGSHOT.

Overall I am fairly satisfied with my self portrait. I really have been focusing on dividing body parts into separate planes when constructing the form. I think this is one technique I'm finally getting a better grasp on but still need to improve. I feel this to be very important especially in design sketching which i do alot of. To get a better visual representation of a three dimensional object you need to provide cues through axis and planar line work to know where an object curves or contours. One thing I wish I could change about this self portrait is that I would have done it on an easel rather than a drawing table. It resulted in some distortion due to having such a close up and limited view of my sketch.

BEST IN SHOW

FIRST LONG POSE OF THE SEMESTER

RIB CAGE STUDY LONG POSE

LONG POSE DRAWINGGESTURE DRAWING

I think that my figure drawing has come a long with along with my sketching techniques. As you can see the first image is very much done with my stubborn sketchy style where I can't resist to throw on a dark sketchy outline around the whole object. I tried to push different techniques and methods learned in class as much as I could. The techniques I found to be useful and could see improvement definitely stuck. I altered my utensil grip positioning as well as my posture along with sketching stroke methods that I picked up directly from the teacher. I also, although not until later in the semester, worked harder and discovering the different planes of the body in certain areas to create the shape and depth without any sort of shading. I feel much more comfortable with line work rather than intraquite shading so I was right at home and embraced many of these methods. Overall I feel this class was a huge success and will help to continue to improve my sketching.

MY CONTRIBUTION TO THE MANIKEN ARMY

A. B. C.

D. E. F.
This collection of gesture drawings definitely illustrate signs of progression with my technique and understanding of how to create a strong and complete gesture drawing. In drawings A,B, and C my outlining mentality is still very evident although there are sign of understanding some of the internal structures as well. I also struggled with a proportion problem throughout the early part of the semester, always elongating the torso and legs creating almost a fashion sketch figure. In my later sketches, D, E, and F, it is evident that my understanding of internal structure has evolved quite a bit and focus is taken away from outlining and put more on capturing the life and motion of the pose.