I was a long but rewarding session of life drawing today! We started off with the usual quick continuous line and 'wrong hand' sketches before trying something new. We made marks on a sheet of carbon paper which then imprinted onto the paper behind. Since the carbon paper was so dark, essentially this was a 'no looking at the page' task.
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| 2 minute poses (without looking at the paper) |
We also used scissors and card to cut out silhouettes of the figure in 4 minute poses. This was definitely interesting and a little challenging (unfortunately I decapitated the model on two occasions).
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| 4 minute poses |
I found that I was quite happy with the drawings I was producing today - I seemed to be grasping the proportions better and I wasn't having too much trouble sketching the figure in general. However a very good point was made by the tutor - that one must choose between a line sketch and a shaded one. Lines flatten the image whereas adding tone tries to make it more 3-dimensional, and the two styles end up battling against one another. I'll remember to consider this next time.
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| 10 minute standing and 3 minute sitting poses |
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| 3 minute and 10 minute sitting poses |
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| 20 minute pose |
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