Exercise Two

On two seperate sheets of parer draw the following pictures:

1. A ball crashed through a window and rips through a newspaper that a person sitting in a room is reading. Show the persons reaction... (actually not i re-read it, i think i drew the sinario slightly too early..

2.   Someone slips and grabs at a table clothe to try and stop themselves falling whilst a second person tries to catch the vase that is on the table from falling.

Life Drawing 29/10/12

I cant believe how quickly the life drawing classes have gone, i have enjoyed them immensely and i am actually rather sad that they are stopping for now. However, i am looking forward to the acting classes! I do feel like i have improved, especially with my technique, i feel like i am watching the model more and i am starting to draw what i see, rather then what my brain thinks looks right. I am more confident with my line work and i actually feel more confident about my capabilities. Initially i was use sure whether i could capture a persons face free hand, but i now feel that i can draw what ever i like if i put time in and concentrate. I have picked up good habits like holding a pencil at arms length and measuring the model, the angles of the body and the limbs etc. I have also now realized that the human body had subtle curves, that unless you look properly, you can easily miss. For example, the arm, people may think its quite like a cylinder with a join. but if you study the arm, there are dips and curves in the outline, they maybe subtle but they are there.
Overal i really enjoyed the life drawing classes, i found them to be challenging and rewarding, and i can not wait to jump into the next bundle of life drawing classes.

On the second part of the life drawing class we were given a sheet of paper and we had to draw the following:

1. A person running
2. A speeding car
3. A newspaper being blown in the wind
4. A person slipping on ice
5. A feather falling.

Initially i was a little concerned, as i didnt think i would be able to portray these things, my falling feather is a bit naff but i am quite pleased with everything else, but after thinking about my drawings, if i was to draw them again i would change the wheels on the car to a slanted oval shape to make it look as if it was going faster, and i would have thought about the framing of the drawings. So for instance, i would put my running man towards the right hand side of the page to make it look like he was running further and faster.

Life Drawing 22/10/12

Life Drawing 15/10/12

WRITING TO BE COMPLETED TOMORROW

Life Drawing 8/10/12

This week was a lovely change as we got to draw a male model, we completed various tasks similar to the weeks before hand. Firstly starting with quick 5 minute drawings or quick poses, and then doing a half hour study and so on. It is actually really interesting to compare both of the models physique. It is interesting how both of the models are more rounder around their midriff and have longer legs. I must say though, i enjoy drawings the female model over the male model, i think women are more voluptuous and curvaceous then men, they have more 'lumps and bumps' and it makes them for me slightly more interesting to draw.

Study of dancing man. 8/10/12

 In our life drawing class we were split into two groups. Group one would go down stairs for the first part of the lesson and concentrate on drawing a famous man dancing, it is rather embarrassing that i cannot remember his name really. Ron put on the movie and he paused on a certain performance so we could see the way the gentleman's body moved, where it twisted, the angles of the feet, shoulders and arms. I started off by drawing some really quick vague lines across the page so i could try and get the same proportions. I actually think the top line of the drawings above is quite successful, from studying at Farnham i feel like i have picked up so much, and before i honestly would not have thought that when people walk they walk with arks like a ball bounces. I actually got the arch for the head on the top row which i'm really happy with. The actor was spinning around and ended up pointing his left hand the air. I actually found it really interesting, when you watch a film sequence, you don't realise all of the angles and constant changes, it really opened up my eyes. Personally i think that i would prefer to animate animals so maybe it would be a good idea to record some natural history television programmes and some wild life documentary's and do the same task we did today in detail. This is something i could do for research when starting any animation!

Pencil figurative drawing.

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The drawing about is my favourite drawing of the figurative drawings i did. I think its mainly down to the angle of the model, the way her leg bends around and her feet curves over the arm of the chair. For me it is quite a vulnerable pose, but you could argue that her legs look relaxed by the way they rest on the sofa, however they contrast with her hunched shoulders. So it is a interesting pose for me, and it was hard to get the perspective right and make it look like her shoulders and head were further away then her hip and feet. I wanted to do more life drawing as i was inspired by our life drawing classes. I used 2B, 5B and 6B to create all of the drawings on the page.