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/