LD: Post 1

Tuesday 9/14/10

I need to actually take a picture of my shell drawings still, they'll be in there by Monday for sure.. But I like that we started off with the shell. Using the blind contour, I really paid attention to it's form and texture rather than focusing too hard on proportion and losing all the other details about the actual structure. With the b

lind contour I hated not being able to look at my paper and obSESS over details like size, proportions, and just overall accuracy--making it look perfect. However, with the continuous line drawing I was much more excited to do that

after the blind drawing because I assumed my drawing would be much better, the time wouldn't seem so long and the experience would be overall good.

.....it wasn't.

I like my blind contour SO much better than my continuous contour drawing. In terms of accuracy and staying true to the form of the shell, my blind drawing was much better. I looked at my paper a lot more than I did with the blind--obviously.

I also like my shell a lot... wish it had some more color though, ha.

Thursday 9/16

I was nervous. I brought my shell in hope that we would have just one more...just one more day of drawing shells. I personally wasn't sure how comfortable I was drawing a nude model.

Thank goodness for the gesture drawings because they went by so quickly I didn't have time to think about the possible awkwardness I was dreading :) Major plus.
In terms of actual drawings, which is what this is SUPPOSED to be about, I didn't realize exactly how fast 30 seconds goes by. In drawing I and II the objects we gestured so to speak were not only inanimate but bowls and boxes and simplistic. Gestures with a living model was difficult because I tr

ied to add much more detail than a gesture should have. After doing more and more of the

m, I started drawing without thinking about them too much, blocking off the body into sections so that the model toes, feet, and hands etc., weren't getting chopped off.

I'm actually really excited for this class now, before I was anxious, nervous and almost like a fish out of water dealing with a nude model, it might not be mature of me but it's the truth!
I'm very excited to learn even more techniques to successfully drawing, the arm/shoulder drawing is going to be tricky....but I'm confident that over time with practice it won't feel so foreign. I did noticed-especially with the continuous contour drawing that I was able to make curves a lot more easily when my arm was fully extended in comparison to being tensed up and close to my paper, my arm didn't move as freely and it felt jammed and static.