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

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.

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?