We are still working on gesture drawings and I still need to work on my line work. I keep getting my lines too dark and the same values. In order to hold our pencil in a different way then the way you would normally write. We taped a long pencil to our charcoal and stood farther back from our paper. It helped a little standing back which I wasn't able to put as much pressure on the end creating a lighter line. (First two gesture Drawings). We also tried a technique were we referenced other points on the body in order to get the right angle and length to make the drawing more accurate. It took me some time to get the hang of it. As I went on I was able to get more accurate drawings. ( Last three).

Week 3

On Tuesday, we reviewed our work on the manikins. It was harder then I thought it was going to be, trying to figure out where the muscles go. I didn't realize that we were to group them together but I had separated them individually. It makes more sense after we went over it in class. We get time to redo it and make it more accurate. Then on Thursday, we learned about the rib cage. Drawing the rib cage along with the spinal column helped to get the body's form. Being able to create the curves and movement of the body. We incorporated these into our gesture drawings. We kept increasing the time we got to draw in the rib cage and spinal column. To me it seemed harder to as the time got longer. I focused more on getting it right. With less time it was more about placing it and getting the movement of it. Though working with the gesture drawings I still need work on line weight and contour drawing.