Contour and Negative Space [02/22/11]

2 minute

This new model, Julie, didn't use a timer so her 2 minute poses seemed longer. She was probably counting in her head.

Before she arrived, we did a lesson on drawing the shape of negative shape with contour lines. Gordon brought out the skeleton and we practiced with the ribs and arm bones until Julie arrived. It has an interesting look, the negative space contour drawing.

I tried doing negative space contour drawing within these two minutes and it seemed to only work best with certain poses with large amounts of space. You can tell which drawings had negative space contour lines.

20 minute
I found that when certain body parts are abnormally bigger than average, my proportions are off, such as the darker one I drew.

A classmate came over and commented on the lighter drawing, saying that he really liked the body proportions. I wasn't that proud of it, but it seems that things that we may not be too proud of can please others. He suggested I go home and fix up the leg and I'll be set.

I was thinking that I wouldn't edit the drawing because it wouldn't be considered a 20 minute drawing if I spent more time on it.


Long pose (55 or so minutes)

This went by fairly quickly. She asked if she could end a few minutes early, so I'm not too sure the exact time for this pose.

I used my new used charcoal from SCRAP and there was this very dark one that really brought out the very dark parts of the drawing.
Gordon was surprised! He was like "wow! this is very good!"

There was a lot to draw too since she used many props. I used the negative space contour technique here and it helped specifically with the airpit, breast and arm area. I made her should too long and corrected it with the help of this technique.

Medium: Dark charcoal and Charcoal Pencil - 4b soft

Something learned: As long as I scan the whole drawing, I can still use "Auto" under photomerge and "Interactive Layout" wouldn't be necessary.