Midterm

Over the course of the quarter, I have learned many things in life drawing. I have used previous knowledge of life drawing and incorporated it into what I am learning in class. I have learned to look at the proportions and make sure those are correct of the spine before starting onto the rib cage and pelvis. Not using outlining is quite challenging, but I feel I will grow as a drawer from steering away from outlining and feel my quick gestures are improving every time I draw. I have been looking over my gesture drawings and I have noticed that I second guess myself when making marks. Typically it happens when I'm about to start drawing the rib cage and pelvis. When building the muscles I believe that I understand the placement of the muscles but I get confused on how thick to make the muscles.

The things I would like to learn during the rest of the semester are working more with the face and the muscles and bone structure of it. That will be the most helpful when it comes to my portraits in painting. Also I would like to become more confident in my mark making and in line weights. The last thing I would like to improve is getting quicker in my gesture drawings and being confident about them.

I have separated my gesture drawings and manikin pictures into two different sets.

Gesture drawings http://www.flickr.com/photos/35792313@N05/sets/72157622684608078/

Manikin pictures http://www.flickr.com/photos/35792313@N05/sets/72157622560171139/

Back Muscles and Abs

I am combining the 2nd week and 3rd week together because of class being canceled. I understood the spinal curve more after it was explained to the class and how it was separated into four major curves. I had trouble with making the body to long. I did start to catch on by the end of class, but when into a critique and didn't get to continue it in class. I am ready to start adding more elements into the drawings such as the rib cage and pelvis. I started to but I feel like now that I have a better understanding and working with the manikins helped as well.

Working with the clay was more challenging because of missing the day of notes and just having to go from the book. I think it took me longer than it should have but I think it turned out quite well. The back seemed to be harder than the ribs and abs, but that's probably because there were more intricate parts. I like going between drawing from life and then working on the manikin, it helps me understand what I am looking at and how to draw it to the correct proportions .