Naked ladies everywhere.

Term two began, and the reintroduction of life drawing on the syllabus was a lovely start. If no one could have guessed, I enjoy drawing the human form.. whether I'm good at it or not doesn't matter to me, finding natural curves on something is what I love.
The same life drawing models as the foundation year was quite nice, as I'm sort of used to the way their body looks. Although I'm somewhat disappointed there aren't any males... not for the heterosexual "oh so dreemy"  aspect but because I'm not used to drawing the male form, and it would have been enjoyable to do something new in that aspect.
The first session was simple pencil sketches on any paper we deemed appropriate, so I decided to go with my A3 sketchbook - usually I like to focus on smaller scale with the human form, I can work quicker and mistakes aren't as noticeable - and as I pick my work apart piece by piece it gives me a break.

1 minute poses

1 minute poses

2 minute poses

2 minute poses

5 minute poses

5 minute poses

15 minute poses

So as seen, despite working on a larger scale I still naturally go for a smaller image.. irritating but something I will soon overcome I'm sure. The drawings themselves didn't turn out half as bad as I anticipated, seeing as I hadn't done life drawing for many months. It's made me realise my drawings don't necessarily start in a logical way - with the head and working down, or marking out the scale - but instead finding the most interesting curve and working around it - so the curve on the shoulders, breasts or spine. I find it somewhat peculiar that this helps my issues with scale, so I guess it's something I'll continue when I don't find the time to measure a pose.

Second session of life drawing we were given charchol to work with. I loathe charchol with a passion - it's messy, wasteful and just difficult to work with. It's obviously visible with the first sketches, the proportions are off, and they're sketchy and heavy handed. The longer poses were easier to work with but I still find myself working too small, considering this session was on A1 paper it's a bit disappointing how I seem to limit myself. 

I find myself  pleased with the "final" outcome of this session, surprising myself with the foreshortening representation and reflection on the pose actually seeming like it's reclined. And the rendering on the body turned out much better than I anticipated - an improvement from the beginning of the session.

The third session continued on charchol, but instead on mid-toned paper and introducing highlights to the scene. I apologise for the quality of these, they're photographs and I went a little mad with the hairspray, hence the damp appearance to some of them..

 

 
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I really hate the way blogger displays pictures... But yes, these images were temperamental to produce. However it's interesting to see how my ability to use charchol has improved in such a small amount of time, even if it isn't that much. Foreshortening and scale werent working so much that session, but shading was improved, as well as the weight of the line. Hopefully I carry on improving, or I'll at least plateau in a somewhat decent place.. more likely the latter but I'll somewhat content with that.

There has been additional life drawing sessions after these, however I am yet to photograph my work and I feel this blog has enough images spamming up the place as it is. So I shall bid you a semi-drunken adeau until next time.