Object Still Life - cross hatching

This time the objects were treated to a cross hatching technique. I think the most successful parts of the drawing are where I have followed the shape of the object with the line.

More Life Drawing 21/10/2014

I wanted to incorporate what I'd learnt today in some further studies, with a different model. The method I used here wasn't strictly cross hatching, but I've used what I learnt earlier to inform my drawing.

standing poses, 5 mins each

5 mins

20 min sketch

Life Drawing 21/10/14

3 mins warmup sketch

The focus of today's life drawing was on crosshatching to achieve an effect of shadow rather than filling the area smoothly. The method requires a lot of control and produces a study that looks controlled and delicate (in my case), but it has also taught me a lot and I'm looking forward to using it more.

seated with branch, 20+ mins

40 min study, progress sketch

40 minute reclining study

Object Still Life - smooth shading

approx. 2-3 hrs

This took a lot longer than expected and demanded a lot of control. This exercise has definitely shown me that I have a lot of room for improvement in drawing realistically! But I think I have learnt a lot about reflections - it is only looking at it now that I can see which reflection relates to other objects in the collection, and it's interesting to see the extent to which they interact with each other.

Life Drawing Sketches 14/10/14

Below are some sketches that really pushed me: the first two had to be drawn very quickly as the model held the pose for just a few seconds so that I hardly had time to look at the paper. I quite like the results, which flow and move more than a studied piece.

"indian dance" - 5 second poses

movement - 10 second poses

 Here, the model started on one side of the stepladder and transitioned to the other in four, 5 minute poses. I tried to distinguish each pose with a different pressure of line, but I think if I were to do it again the pose in the foreground would have the heavier line and get progressively lighter, not the other way around.

up and down a step ladder - 5 mins each pose

Life Drawing 14/10/14

roughly 45 minute study in pencil.

Object Still Life - Line drawing

approx. 30 minute study

The first study of grouped objects, a line sketch with minimal shading

Life Drawing 9/10/14

3x 5 minute poses

30 minute seated study

During this first session, the focus was on creating steady, firm lines that most accurately expressed the model's shape. It was necessary to observe the model very closely in order to reduce the number of needless lines.