Week Six

This was reading week. I thought that I would take a better look and have some more practice at anatomy, especially with the female figure.

This drawing is of my model sitting down on the rug with a very relaxed arm and hand posture. In this drawing you can see the relaxedness of the models left arm and hand especially as there is not much tension and the hand looks as thought it is just touching the rug and not putting any pressure onto it. You can also see the tension going through the upper body as the model is very upright and taught. The fold of the stomach under the bra and how one leg is slightly more forward than the other works well in this picture. The overall shading of this picture is not too bad, as it helps to give the picture a more 3 dimensional feel and helps to show where creases of the body are, such as the inner elbow crease. The feet could have been done better by adding toes, and maybe a face would have been nice to complete the picture, though in all, this drawing is of a good standard and shows a use of very good proportion. It took me 29 minutes in total and I used a 2B pencil.

This drawing is very similar to the last, the body has just been moved round slightly and the legs in a different position. In this drawing you can clearly see the weight being put onto the back hand. You can see the tension staring at the shoulder and flowing down to the hand, the arm is slightly bent and the hand is flat. The other arm is the opposite and is very relaxed with no tension at all, you can even see how relaxed the muscles are because the skin is not taught, but has a few bulges. The head is slightly too small for the body, resulting in the drawing appearing strange, the facial features and shading around the neck don't help to compliment the head either. The shading is quite good in other places of the body, mostly the back arm and the stomach area. This sketch took me 30 minutes in total, using a 2B pencil.

In this drawing you can see a very good example of good proportions, everything is the right size for everything else, although the stretched out leg is possibly slightly too short. The curvature of the lines are very good and show good anatomy by displaying the actual shape of the human form of the model. The arch in the back has been nicely done along with the taught upper leg of the bent leg and then the curve on the lower part as that part is more relaxed. The facial features, although not perfect show a good representation of the human female face and the hair strands flow nicely. The posture is good in this drawing, as there a good sense of balance. The shading is not perfect but does help to give the drawing a 3 dimensional feel. This drawing could have been improved by including toes and fingers and maybe looking more closely at the outstretched leg as it is slightly off. This sketch took 22 minutes in total using a 2B pencil.