Life Drawing

 

Final Charcoal piece with additional newsprint

On the 3rd week of the first stage of FAD, we had a weeks worth of life drawing where we were taught how to scale the body so the proportions are correct (without a ruler for guidence), how to add tone to a drawing or how to express shadows or exaggerate the line weight to show a stronger form.



On the first day we were introduced to our model for the morning and we were shown how to proportion the body by using the 'how many heads into their overall height' method by using the pencil as a measuring tool. The picture above was completed in the morning of the first day and the figure below was in the afternoon session.



After we had completed a couple of other sketches of the model in various poses so we could get a feel of how to draw the figure in proportion every time, we moved onto some more dynamic sketches with the model in less conventional positions.

After we had finished the line drawings, we moved onto adding tone to the image to start building up the picture. Over all this had to be the part I most enjoyed as it was surprisingly difficult to leave a picture as just a line drawing. Previously to doing this week of life drawing, I hadn't considered it to be something I would enjoy as I hadn't ever done it previously, yet after completing the experience I did learn a lot about how to draw the human body properly and how tone should be added.

 



Female model drawn in charcoal on A1 cartridge paper

 

Final piece drawn in the week in charcoal on sugar paper