figure drawing class, week 3

some drawings from this week's class (full set):

3 min pose

3 min warmup

3 min warmup

3 min poses

15 min pose

we did a series of 1 min drawings where we observed the figure for 3 seconds and then drew from memory for 57 seconds (not pictured above, but included in the full set). that was a challenging but interesting exercise.

we also had our longest pose so far for 15 minutes. i feel like the longer i draw, the worse my drawing gets. but that was good for me to try too, the idea is that you spend more time on tone---trying to model the figure with light and shadow.

figure drawing class, week 2

here are drawings from my second week of figure drawing class:

warmup	warmup	5-min poses
5-min poses	8-min poses	8-min poses
1-min gesture	30-sec, left hand	30-sec, right hand

here is the full set.

we discussed the idea of constructing the figure using 3d forms (spheres, cylinders, and cubes) and also of breaking away from preconceived notions that we have about drawing in order to push to a higher level of understanding and observation.

figure drawing class

i started to get somewhat frustrated with my attempts to draw recenty, and my friend suggested that i take a figure drawing class. i thought about it and decided it would be a good idea for me to get some practice and instruction in a structured environment. the first class was on friday---all day long! i expected to be exhausted, but it wasn't that bad. here are some of my drawings:

warmup	warmup
overall composition	single figure composition
1-min gesture	1-min gesture

for more, see my flickr set

also, as a follow-up from last week, i bought a wacom tablet and re-painted my self-caricature:

it's definitely soooo much easier to paint with the wacom tablet than it is with the mouse...

self-caricature (again)

i tried another version of a self-caricature based on this photo, taken by jrmyst.

i like the pencil version better than the color one---something seems kind of unnatural around the mouth/lip area for some reason---maybe it is overly-pronounced? anyway, i feel like it resembles me less than the pencil version. in the pencil one, i scanned in the original drawing and made a few tweaks/adjustments in photoshop, including adding eye/hair color and playing with proportions/angles a bit.