Box Method

I'm going to incorporate the box method technique, along with perspective drawing to sketch out the human form from experience and imagination.

This is definitely going to help me improve my memory in drawing as well as reinforce figure drawing positions learned in class.

Hands

These are my hands

Living Room Light

Light was coming from behind, as well as to the right of me.

The cotton beanie looks well rounded. Proportions of the face is somewhat awkward.

Various pencils used.

Planes; Light and Dark [03/03/11]

2 minute

I decided to use my 2B pencil for these two minute poses since I've been using pen and I want to experiment with different mediums. Maybe I'll try crayons or color pencils in the future! Oh, that thrills me thinking about it! lol.

I know that a classmate have been using watercolor, which Tiger has experimented with before in his past watercolor class. Exciting...

20 minute


Drawing squares and planes didn't sit too well with me. I struggled, which is good since it challenges my brain to work in different ways rather than to repeat a cycle that I already have programmed. Yet, I was already annoyed with some of my classmates for various reasons. So, I wasn't in the mood.

My first drawing looks like a fat robot, then I gave up on the planes and squares and went with emphasizing the lights and darks of the figure in my next two drawings.

I realize that I work differently, somewhat more focused, when I am frustrated, because I am wanting to get the job done and I don't want to frustrate myself even further. I did an excellent job finding the overall structure with my third drawing. It took about 5-10 minutes erasing and trying again and again, but it worked!

This was the first class that I felt that leaving early was appropriate.

Structure [03/01/11]

2 minute

This is another model. An Asian woman. You know, no matter who it is, I feel like the model is always looking back at me... lol... like they are somehow... human!

20 minutes

Sometimes, when I'm drawing, I look back and see how not proportional certain things are, but that's how the model looks sometimes.

I think in the perfect world of drawing figures, we tend to go for the average, leaning towards skinny type of person rather than the bigger. It is hard to draw fat on people or parts that are fatter than normal size.

All of us are not proportional to some extend, whether our arms or legs or whatever is out of proportion to our whole bodies.


long pose - 1 hour including break

The foreshortened leg is somewhat of a bother. Gordon commented on how he liked how I initially drew. Looking back at it now makes it seem like a small leg.

contour practice

I decided to practice the contour and gesture line technique learned recently in class.

My friend was painting his frames for his art project and he couldn't sit still, but I managed to get something. The feet were the most detailed since his feet didn't move as much.

Even as he was watching a movie, the slightest movement can throw off the entire image. Looks like George Bush to me.

Medium: 2B pencil

First in a long time

Inspired by Frida Kahlo and her famous self portraits, I decided to draw one. I drew a couple before, but haven't drawn one recently. And I'm sure my drawing skills have improved so shall my self portraits.

I think I started with a difficult position. I wanted to draw one where my head is slightly facing downwards emphasizing my eyes and de-emphasizing the lower part of my face.

Maybe I should have done one with one facing head on. That's my next project!

Medium: 2B pencil.