Final ReviewThoughts

This semester in Life drawing I feel I have improved my drawing ability greatly. When I started I was relying solely on the outlines of objects and concentrating on what I thought I saw. This class has taught me to draw more based on shapes and to look for anatomical marks that will really help with location and proportion.

I also started this class with very broad lines, that was essentially one continuous line. I have worked past that and developed a more sketcherly quality. Varying line thickness and even not worrying about defining a whole shape with a prominent line.

On a similar note, my original thoughts about the human figure was to draw things fluent, smooth, and organic since thats what your eyes see. When in contrast, one should draw things with sharper angles and not be afraid to use corners. This will in turn give your drawings a more life like feeling as apposed to the soft organic drawings.

When incorporating those two elements into my drawings I was able to produce drawings like the last two in the previous blog post; the human back view and the eye sockets.

The manikan helped a great deal. Before the class I had a general idea of the muscle locations, or at least the large bodies of muscles. Working with the manikan however help me realize how the muscles attach at the joints, which has always been in question for me. With particualr focus on the knee, ankle and hips. As well as the elbow wrist and shoulder. I never really understood how the arms and legs attached to the body, but now I have a better idea.

In all I think I will be taking alot out of this class and I hope I can carry it over into my other works.