CROSS CONTOUR drawing

Here is my process to my Cross Contour process. I began with setting up and spreading out in the kitchen. I found my scale to be extremely hard. I have always struggled with large proportions. I do think that I was able to achieve a good size, yet something that must be improved on is my LINES! This is something I know is a struggle for me. I have noticed that its something that possessed all the better drawings I see in class when we share, and I NEED to learn how to take time and honestly think very hard about the lines I put down.

I am fairly glad with the way things look but as always Amy keeps reminding us that even the best artists can improve and usually always put a "wrong" mark down. I know this needs improvement and I am interested in maybe reaching out and going to a tuesday free life drawing class. I think that the extra time will allow me to play around with other ideas and and methods i have and also of course give me practice. 

Getting set up to draw. 

First few lines put down. Again, I know I have heavy mark making. 

I like how this ended up. I didn't want to over work it (I have a tendency to do so.) I'm fairly happy with this. Although i know this needs improvements, but i do like that i did not over work it. If Im prone to anything it would be adding too many more harsh lines. I know that maybe my long axis needs to be fixed. but I will see about how my review goes. What i am most interested in, is the India Ink. I saw a few in the halls in the spring and I can not wait to see how mine will turn out. Until then i need as much practice as i can get to make sure that i can produce something that reflects how genuine interest in this class. 

WEEK 5

Hello to all!


Wow this week was an interesting one. Class was cancelled both days! Tuesday the classroom was too warm for the whole class to be drawing in. I liked the idea to get more of muscles to sculpt and have the rest of the class time to go get that finished. We had Annie and Matt come over and it was a lot of fun to work with other class mates. Each assignment with the clay I am starting to become more confident. Or maybe it's because I am working with class mates to figure it out. It is comforting to know that I'm not the only one gets a little confused.


We do have the contour drawing with our shells that are due on Tuesday, sadly I have not started that. I am interested to start. I am excited about the subject, I think that the shell is really pretty. I just know that it's going to take a lot of time, and this semester is picking up very fast.


Thursday, was a hectic day! Fire drills were going off everywhere in Applied Arts. When they were finally over the class hung out in the room for quite some time before we all realized that Amy had called in sick that morning! Haha, it was kind of funny, and the chance that the whole week of class was cancelled was kind of a nice break. I am looking forward to having it this week. As much mental work it is to stay so focused, when I was out of class I realized how long it is that we are actually drawing. That time is really long, and It did make me appreciate the time I have during the week to have 6 hours of practice.

This would be me, kind of intimidated by the skeleton

Julia, Annie, and myself having a clay party! Much more fun with other =) 

WEEK 4

OOPS!  


I forgot my password to my gmail. I almost started to panic. 


During life drawing this week, Thursday's class probably was the most significant for me. Amy had us extend our drawing utensils so were were forced to draw lightly and slowly. This has been an issue that I have struggled with pretty much since I was little. I love to mark make, and draw hard. Plus I also have discovered I draw pretty fast. This was so much help for me. I finally started to get the hang of it by the end of class, and it kept my attention span. I notice myself keeping a short attention span during this class, which is very unusual. I'm very interested in improving, and if I start to keep in mind that I need to slow down, and LIGHTLY draw, I'll be better at observing what is in front of me. 


We also got our first project to draw (as pretty as we can) a cross contour drawing of out shells. 
I love my shell because the shape of it is so beautiful. The contrast between the rough, and smooth curves of it will be fun for this assignment. We are also told that this piece should be done within 5 to 6 hrs. With my new found mental-notes from Thursday, I think this will be a great start to try to practice and exercise this idea. 


Lots to do! and it's fun that the ball of the class started to roll, and we are into the actual meat of the class. I'm looking forward to a week of hopefully, lighter drawings, slower speed, and practice. I know I have not put many pictures up on my blog yet. Sadly I can't find my Camera charger.. It's very annoying but I've decided I need to go to the Resource Center and rent one out. I hope to have some pictures to share with you later this week! I'm finally starting to produce some forms that I would like to share, until then.. 


Take care everyone and happy drawing! 

This is one of my first gesture drawings that I was practicing in class. I think I was fairly successful at showing that she was bending over her knees with her back to me. 

trying hard to find the pubis bone

WEEK 3

Getting the assignment to construct the spinal column with the clay and models was a tough assignment! I didn't know how to go about doing this, and if there was a right way to go about doing it.  Once getting settled in class, and observing everyone else's clay models I knew I wasn't the only one who felt less than confident in my assignment. Amy did a mini lecture about what are some helpful tips we can use for the next time around. I feel less anxious about the next clay assignment with them in the back of my mind. 


When thinking about human figure drawing, I never expected the body to be drawn from the inside out. It is so much fun and different than other drawing, where you think about compositions, perspective, color and positive and negative space. Personally its showing me a new appreciation for animation, and character drawings. Being able to have your own style of drawing people is something that I would like to be able to do someday. 


On Thursday we got a large lecture about the rib cage, and its relation to the spinal column and the torso. It was a long and complicated lecture but Amy did a good job making going slow and explaining it in an easy to follow way. We also practiced with the live model doing gesture drawings.


I find myself getting mentally tired out by the end of class, and even a little before it. I hope that I'm able to over come that, because I understand that practice is the only thing that will help me get better, and more focused with the position in front of me. 


I hope that next week well be filled with lots of drawing. With all the new information I'm gaining from each class I'm excited to apply more of it to my drawings. I'm looking forward to producing a well proportioned gesture drawing, that has my own since of style in it.