Monday started off well because it was a chiller day in life drawing. Those of us who didn’t finish our clay manikins over the weekend were allowed to work on them in class and those that did were able to draw. I was in the category that was working on my manikin. Excuse me while I divert for a moment. While Monday started off well it actually turned out to be one of the worst days of the week. The reason for this is I found out that I missed e-mail back in February telling me that I was up for Mid-Program Review and that I had only 2 weeks instead of 6 to prepare. I will get that worked out though I think so don’t worry too much, but back to art.
It finally happened, I had to destroy goatman’s goat face because I ran out of my red clay and I want to avoid switching colors as long as I can. I will probably put something else on its head, just for personality and personalization. In terms of drawing we are now working with the arms a bit and trying to cover as much ground as possible. I am still having some trouble getting the proportions right in my drawings. I think that my main problem is that I draw the ribcage first and then add everything else as a smaller scale so that the torso looks too big. I guess when I am moving fast I forget that the ribcage doesn’t go all the way down to the pelvis, and that there is a gap. I will continue to work on that, I am sure though that I will get better in the last few weeks of drawing. I already feel that I have been improving so there is still hope. I guess that is all for the week; I will keep you updated as I finish go into Mid-Program Review. Wish me luck.
I definitely agree with you about proportions. This by far, or at least for me, is the most frustrating part of life drawing! If the proportions are wrong, it seems as though the drawing is ruined. While in drawing 1 and 2 proportions were a huge deal as well, I feel that being slightly off on scale is not as noticeable compared to drawing a human being. I think when your drawing a vase the viewer won't be able to recognize that you made a mistake if you drew it a bit taller. However, when drawing a human slight mistakes seem to really make the drawing look incorrect. I also think plane changes add a great deal to creditability in life drawings in order to show three dimensionality and what the body is doing. Now I think I know why you hear many people saying that people are the hardest forms to draw.
ReplyDeleteI like your..mask guy. I kind of miss the goatman but..this one looks pretty cool too. lol Hope your mid-program review went well!!
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