Basic shapes
I have an hour to do 6 drawings. I am restricted because I am working in a group setting so instead of using six different poses I'm going to have to change my position every 10 minutes during an hour long pose. The model is sitting on a box with weight on her hands and this gives her a very upright position.
I tried to scan but my images were too big so I went back to photos.
1. My first drawing was very much a line drawing. I find that I need a warm up drawing to get myself going.
The head is disproportionately large (1a) but my scanned image (1b) with the head cropped looked much better.
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| 1a. My warm up drawing - awful head |
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| 1b |
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| 2. A bit more weight this time |
2. This time Sto looks as though she has some weight on her hands; I have managed to get some tension into the arms. The shoulder line works and she is sitting upright. A great improvement on 1.
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| 3. The right shoulder was hard but the left leg worked well |
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| 4. Poor proportions |
4. These proportions are awry and the model seems to be leaning backwards. The line of the left torso/leg is OK and if she had a seat the model might even appear to be seated.
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| 5a. Here I was looking up at the model from the floor |
5. This time (5a) I tried to draw looking up at Sto and it wasn't at all successful - she looks as though she's standing leaning against the box. I'm not sure how I could remedy this. Having said that I like the torso if I do a crop.
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| 5b |
I find that everything in this fast drawing discipline is fleeting and there's little time to put things right. Heads let me down very much - it doesn't bode well for portraiture. There's a large element of two steps forward and one back I'm afraid. I find it hard to be consistent.
I only managed 5 drawings. I'm not sure whether I overshot on my 10 minutes or whether time was called early.
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