This past week in Life Drawing I we did a few exercises to get back into the swing of drawing. On Tuesday, 9-14 we did blind contour drawings of the seashells we were given by our instructor. I found this to be rather frustrating at first, but, after looking at what everyone comes up with, really enjoyed going through the exercise. When we looked at the drawings as a class, I thought some of the drawings were excellent despite being sloppy. My drawing vaguely resembled a seashell, and I can see that I need to work on my lines; they all tend to be the same thickness. My classmates suggested that I slow down while drawing and vary my line weight more. If I start altering my line weights I think it will help my drawings along quite a bit.
On Thursday 9-16 we drew from the skeleton mannequins in class. We studied the curves of the spinal column and how individual vertebrae align along the spine. We learned the names of the curves: cervical being the curve of the neck, thoracic being the long curve of the back, lumbar the lower back, and sacral, the curve of our tailbone. During class we did a handful of short drawings from various angles of the mannequins, all the while making the spine, pelvis and ribcage our primary focus. I can really see how studying the human form piece by piece will make our overall understanding of the form better. We also learned how to use specific parts of the human form as points of reference. I can see from my drawings that it will take some work for me to fully understand the human form and how the different parts of the body flow into the others.
I'm looking forward to drawing from a model and putting what we learned to use.
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