Which Skull Speaks To You?

I really enjoyed Amy's discussion Wednesday of the artist putting their energy into their work, and thus the work expressing the artist. The viewer can really read the connection between your mindset and the drawing based on line quality, variation, and fluidity; I liked the expression that came up in Wednesday's class about the 'confident line'. So all this is kinda freaky, but I definitely see this in my beginning skull drawings. The first drawing was a wash. I wasn't looking at the skull carefully enough and making that connection. The drawing is very simplified and line quality is very weak. (Picture 1-Below) The next drawing I sat and studied the skull, and from many different angles when a part of the skull became unclear to me. I believe the drawing reflects my deeper engagement with the skull, but there is still much to improve upon.

Our group critiques on Wednesday were helpful in determining what needed more work, mainly by simply getting a chance to compare everyone's drawings. I realized I'm squishing the head together too much to where it is becoming more spherical rather than egg-shaped. I also have major issues with the proportion and placement of the jaw bone. I think shading seemed to be one thing most everyone struggled on. We need to work on picking a plane to be hid by the 'light', a direction of your choice, and only shade that plane. Although I did minimal shading, I think it truly makes your picture come alive, especially in intricate areas like the protruding cheek bone. I think I'm just going to continue my focus on the proportion and shape of the bone before I focus on finishing touches. These are all things to work on next week!

So thanks for the critiques last Wednesday and we'll see you soon!

A Second Chance at Life: Life Drawng II

Hello all, I'm back for more!

I've taken a year off from Life Drawing, but I'm back in full force! The first week I was absent, attempting to switch classes into Life Drawing from Printmaking. Success! So for the first week I don't have much to report on what happened in the classroom so I'll explain my reasoning for wanting to switch.

I'm a Super Senior in the Multimedia/Graphic Design program with a Minor in Digital Photography. I will be taking my senior project class Fall 2011 and I am planning to do a short film. This will take a lot of premeditated planning and I need the specifics filtered out before next semester. Life Drawing will benefit me immensely in character drawing and story boarding for my short film senior project.

I won't only benefit from Life Drawing II educationally. I'm looking forward to exploring the human figure even deeper than I did in Life Drawing I. I think we humans are beautiful, especially woman with our exaggerated curves. The human structure fascinates me. I believe exploring the nature of the human form helps me discover more about myself. I am more accepting and understanding of my own form after Life Drawing I. I cannot wait to discover what Life Drawing II will bring to my perspective of myself. I am also looking forward to exploring how others find themselves along their Life Drawing journey by viewing and commenting on their blogs. Here we go...