Life Drawing this semester has been helpful in developing my understanding of the human form. The gesture drawings done at the beginning of class have been somewhat challenging for me because I have always had a very slow observant way of drawing. I have learned to become more gestural with my line work in order to record the desired form in the time given. This quick work has taught me to observe the underlying bone structure. I am also gaining an understanding of the subtle changes of plane across an organic figure.
I want to continue to improve my ability to draw the human form in a convincing way. Drawing is something I really enjoy doing but a lot of the work I am interested in drawing at this point involves people and expression or movement. Prior to this class my drawings of people have looked more abstract than I would prefer. Working from a live model has truly been the biggest change in my drawing.
The mannequin work has also been a challenge that seems to be paying off, the actual placing of the muscles on the form is extremely time intensive. I can now see some things I didn’t see before, such as how the legs truly come away from the body and how the back comes away from the spine. Drawing the shell is a strength of mine because I have previous experience with still life drawing.
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