Thursday, March 12, 2009

Summary of Semester

I thought I knew a fair bit about gesture drawing before taking this class. But upon reaching the middle of the semester, I realize just how much I have learned. The biggest shift in thinking was imagining all of the long and cross contour lines to express the shape of the body, rather than simply using outlines. Thinking about the egg shape of the ribs also proved to be infinitely useful. THe terminology is also something new to me, from the actual names of the muscles (i.e.lumbodorsal fascia, spinalis cervicis, etc.), to the way in which you view the model (i.e. anterior/posterior.) If you look at my long drawings, you can see that I had made adjustments to the torso, I had been previously making most of my torso's a bit too long, but then adjusted and corrected the proportions accordingly. 
The way in which I stood facing the canvas changed as well, with me gaining a wider stance and standing a bit further back, to allow more use of my entire arm. 
The contour lines in my leg drawing was something a bit foreign to me, but I believe I have honed my skills in making the lines thicker when they are protruding towards the viewer. Also, making the lines darker in some of my gesture and long drawings when the parts of the body are closer was something that I improved upon.
As I progressed with my clay model, I realized that many of my muscles were too flat and needed a rounder shape, so I added some bulk to places like the gluteus maximus and longissimus thoracis. Making the tendons skinnier around the bottom of the leg was also something I came across and fixed.

Long Drawings

Leg Contour Drawing
1 Hour

1 Hour

Gesture Drawings

2 Minutes

2 Minutes

Midterm Maniken


Posterior View
Lateral View

Anterior View