April 1, 2012
April 16, 2011
shading [04/14/11]
2 min
Need model today. Similar female build as other models we had in the past. She was a little skinnier, but I didn't feel inspired since I spent most of the day waiting in jury duty. This is the first time I just wanted to leave early.
20 min
Shading was discussed. The darkest part of the object is lighter than the lightest part of the dark area (background).
I didn't have my charcoal supplies today, so I used pencil and paper, which I can see now it doesn't give much depth and perception as charcoal does.
Medium: 2B pencil
Need model today. Similar female build as other models we had in the past. She was a little skinnier, but I didn't feel inspired since I spent most of the day waiting in jury duty. This is the first time I just wanted to leave early.
20 min
Shading was discussed. The darkest part of the object is lighter than the lightest part of the dark area (background).I didn't have my charcoal supplies today, so I used pencil and paper, which I can see now it doesn't give much depth and perception as charcoal does.
Medium: 2B pencil
April 8, 2011
Light and Dark Pattern: 3 Tones [04/07/11]
2 min
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We covered our paper with charcoal powder in preparation for our exercise. It was dark and dust was going everywhere!
For this technique, we started with a dark background, which was considered to be our mid-tones. We would erase different parts to get our highlights and then we would darken other areas with a softer charcoal to get our darkest value. Hence we get our 3 different tones.
20 minute
Gordon suggested we start with a contour drawing before doing any adding or subtracting. This technique took more time than other techniques, so we extended our original 10 minute drawing to 20 and we went straight into the long pose afterwards. I didn't have time to stay for the full long pose, so I just had another 20 minute drawing.
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We covered our paper with charcoal powder in preparation for our exercise. It was dark and dust was going everywhere!
For this technique, we started with a dark background, which was considered to be our mid-tones. We would erase different parts to get our highlights and then we would darken other areas with a softer charcoal to get our darkest value. Hence we get our 3 different tones.
20 minute
Gordon suggested we start with a contour drawing before doing any adding or subtracting. This technique took more time than other techniques, so we extended our original 10 minute drawing to 20 and we went straight into the long pose afterwards. I didn't have time to stay for the full long pose, so I just had another 20 minute drawing.
April 7, 2011
Light and Dark Pattern [04/05/11]
2 min
I don't think we are getting any new models since we are repeating the same models. Bonnie is the older Asian woman we had last time. Andrei laughed and pointed out that she was slowly moving little by little in her 2 minute poses. It was the same story last time, but she's still here.
10 minute
I was extremely annoyed that we aren't getting any new models with different body variations. I just wanted to walk out of class, but since Andrei came all the way from SF, I decided to stay and put up with class.
I didn't feel like drawing and the new technique taught didn't feel like it was doing much since there was more dark than light.
Today was an uninspired day.
20 minute
long pose - took 50 minutes
The darker the color, the better contrast it has with the white. I'm pretty pleased with the longer drawings.
Maybe for the next few 2 minute drawings, I'll use the light/dark pattern and see how those turn out. Crayons maybe?
I don't think we are getting any new models since we are repeating the same models. Bonnie is the older Asian woman we had last time. Andrei laughed and pointed out that she was slowly moving little by little in her 2 minute poses. It was the same story last time, but she's still here.
10 minute
I was extremely annoyed that we aren't getting any new models with different body variations. I just wanted to walk out of class, but since Andrei came all the way from SF, I decided to stay and put up with class.I didn't feel like drawing and the new technique taught didn't feel like it was doing much since there was more dark than light.
Today was an uninspired day.
20 minute
long pose - took 50 minutes
The darker the color, the better contrast it has with the white. I'm pretty pleased with the longer drawings.
Maybe for the next few 2 minute drawings, I'll use the light/dark pattern and see how those turn out. Crayons maybe?
March 30, 2011
Modeling: Mass [03/29/11]
1 minute
This model was the one from the very first few class sessions. Why is she back with her sameness? We did 20 one minute poses, which went by real quick and concentrated more on getting the structure as quick as possible using gesture drawings.
2 minute
Today was the first day to the introduction of modeling.
We learned about mass, which gives weight to drawings, so we darkened the figure to come up with more 3D shapes since lighting can flatten a drawing.
10 minute
Our first exercise allowed us to use our charcoal sticks to draw the parts furthest away from us the darkest and slowly lighten our way towards the center until we find another edge.
I kept on thinking that mine looked like a cheetah or some sort of cat. Andrei said it looked like reptile skin.
20 minute
This turned out pretty good since I could feel the 3D roundness coming about.
Supposed to be 1 hour, but did two twenties instead
This model was the one from the very first few class sessions. Why is she back with her sameness? We did 20 one minute poses, which went by real quick and concentrated more on getting the structure as quick as possible using gesture drawings.
2 minute
Today was the first day to the introduction of modeling.We learned about mass, which gives weight to drawings, so we darkened the figure to come up with more 3D shapes since lighting can flatten a drawing.
10 minute
Our first exercise allowed us to use our charcoal sticks to draw the parts furthest away from us the darkest and slowly lighten our way towards the center until we find another edge.
I kept on thinking that mine looked like a cheetah or some sort of cat. Andrei said it looked like reptile skin.
20 minute
This turned out pretty good since I could feel the 3D roundness coming about.
Supposed to be 1 hour, but did two twenties instead
March 27, 2011
Critique Day [03/24/11]
We had critique today, so we were to bring 3 drawings that we did from this class to have Gordon critique and comment on.
I decided to bring these three out of all of them. It wasn't that hard to choose. I wanted to bring Tyler since he was the best male drawing and I chose Julie because that was my first long pose and it was pretty good overall. The third one was a last minute decision because I didn't want all of them to look finished and this one had pretty good composition with foreshortening and contour lines.
He called my drawings "accomplished", which felt good to hear since that was the first thing that came out of his mouth. Most of the things he said were positive, re-emphasizing the lessons we learned and mentioning future lessons to come.
This was a very good first critique, because I got to experience something different and took lots of mental notes on everyone's critique as well. We have a lot to learn from this critiques.
March 23, 2011
Critique Week [03/22/11]
2 minute
Today was a review. This model was one we had before. I wonder if we are going through a second round of the same models. Like I mentioned before, there isn't much diversity in the models for this class compared to what Andrei told me about his past classes. Very disappointing to me. I'm bored.
20 minute
I wasn't too pleased with my drawings for the 20 minute drawings.Too fat, too small. I don't know what was going on with me this class period.
50 minute
I tried something new, which was to shade the background my way.That dark charcoal is really dark and stains my fingers so easily.
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