Foot and Shell drawing redone

We started on the foot this week and the foot was kinda challenging for me. I have a phobia of feet and don't look at them unless its a necessity. So when we had to stare and look at the feet and draw them it was hard for me. Learning about the foot and how to box out each section of the foot and toes made it easier to not just outline it. My second drawing of the foot definitely improved from my first and that could have been from the pose too, but I believe I was just pushing myself more and getting more comfortable looking at it.

The redo shell drawing also turned out much better than the first even though it was quite smaller it still took a lot longer. Figuring out the curves of the shell and then not getting caught up on the design of the shell also helped me. My line weights also improved in this drawing and I was proud of myself for practicing them and then showing what I could finally do. The next drawing that needs to be large of the shell is going to be a HUGE challenge for me since I do tend to draw small, but I plan on really pushing myself and creating a great drawing.

Redone muscles

This week we redid our quads and adductors. I'm really glad the class had to redo them and went over them in class. When Amy explained how the muscles looked from the mankins and pictures in the book it made more sense when I was looking in the book. My quads turned out great and my adductors were also quite good, I just needed to place them closer together. I'm debating if I should redo the lower legs (calf area), but I think I will leave them for now.

During this week we also did more gesture drawings and longer poses. My gestures drawings are getting more details in each one with the progression of the semester. My cross contour of the lower leg has great potential, I just wished we had more time. I seem to work really slow when it come to cross contour on the model and on the shell drawings. The longer pose turned out pretty well and I'm starting to really understand how to draw in the bones then add in the muscles without just drawing an outline. Next week we have the Bodies exhibit to look at and I'm quite excited to see real muscles and bones in the body.