Skull

 

This week in class we learned about the skull. The First thing we learned was that the skull is made up of two parts, the Cranium and the face portions of the head. The Cranium is actually larger than the face, something I didn't know. As you may see in my drawings I was having some trouble drawing the overall size of the skull, especially the back of the head. I never realized the actually size of the whole skull, I mainly would focus on the face portion. While that is important knowing the right size to make the skull is very beneficial when drawings the face and head.

Shell Drawing III

Shell Drawing III

Practice ink

For our third shell drawing we were instructed to use ink. I feel my drawing came out fairly well, I wasn't sure about the green ink at first, but after working a bit, I liked the bright green drips of the ink. In our group critique people said they liked ink work, they thought it had good variation in shading. Also I had good form and line changes. My long axis however could of been a bit better, but overall I felt that this was my best shell drawing so far. I'm excited to try ink again for my final drawing.

Shell Drawing II

   My second shell drawing turned out much better than my previous one. For this drawing I wanted to make sure I had a good long axis diagonal. I think this turned out very successful compared to my first drawing. I thing that I still need to work on is my line variation and outlining. In both my drawings I seem to use just about the same line weight, and outlines. With this drawing I had better line variation, but no dark and light. I feel that I did a better job of showing plane change. I still was having some trouble showing all the bumps of the shell. Overall I think this drawing was much more successful than my first.

Midterm Reflection

    We're half way through the semester and  I feel my drawing skills have slightly increased. I'm starting to fell more confident in gesture drawings and the form in general. I feel that my drawing speed and content have improved. 30 second gesture drawings are starting to come much easier than they first did at the beginning of the semester. However, I feel my proportion and form can use some improvements. After learning about the muscles then applying it to our manikins, I found this to be very helpful in being able to actually picture what they look like on the body and what they actually do. I'm excited to see what's the next thing we learn about and then apply to the manikin. Another thing I feel I could work on is my cross contour drawings. After doing the shell homework, I felt that my drawing wasn't bad, but could defiantly use some fine tuning. After having a critique I learned I really need to work on not outlining my forms as much, also I need to work on my long axis and show better plan change. I am excited to have another go at the shell drawings. I will try my best to improve on the things we talked about during the critique, as well as pushing form and details of my shell. I'm excited to see what the rest of the semester will bring, I know that with more practice and time my drawing will improve.

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Week 6

    We were assigned to do cross contour drawing of our shells. When doing these drawings we were instructed to consider a number of things. First was to make sure your drawing had a good long axis. Next was the placement and size of your shell compared to the paper. This is one thing I could of done better, my shell was a little small compared to the paper. We were instructed to try to not use outlines, and only use implied edges. I found this to be harder than I thought. It was hard to show an edge and have it not look like an outline. Another thing we were told to consider was to make every line different, and are the plane changes evident. I thought that my lines on my drawing all seemed to be different, however I had some trouble showing plane change. Overall I thought this was a good experience, I learned some good things and will try to use them in my next drawing.

Week 4

    In the fourth week of class we were working on the Abdominal muscles. We were instructed to build the lumborum, obiquus extenus abdominis, and the rectus abdominis on our manikins. This was much easier compared to what we built last time. We also were assignment our first shell drawing homework. We are suppose to draw are shell using cross contour. We must draw the entire shell use cross contour lines and make sure each line is different from one another. I am excited to get started on this project, I think my shell is going to somewhat challenging due to it's odd shape. However if draw properly I feel that it could make a very interesting piece. I'll have to see what I've learned so far can help me for this project.

Week 3

   In the third week of class, we began to learn about the rib cage and spinal column. Once again we began doing 30 second gesture drawings, in which we were suppose to first draw the front or back spinal column. We learned this is very important to get right, when it comes to proportion. At first this was a bit challenging, but after a few quick drawings, I was able to see it right away on the model. Next we learned about the rib cage. We learned all different parts and how to look for it on the model. We were instructed to draw the rib cage, in the shape of an egg. At first this concept was a little difficult for me, after observing the model I began to see the bottom ribs, which helped me draw the egg like shape. Drawing in the manner of spinal column lines and the rib cage as an egg is very new to me, but I can see how once you understand the concept, it really helps you draw the figure properly.