I have done life drawing once before however I found it quite challenging to say it was my first session because it was all about movement. The model was running around everywhere which I found hard to keep up. Therefore I was excited to get back into life drawing and having a relaxing session with a fresh start. Even thought the model called in sick, we still had fun with drawing each other and drawing lots of different body variations.
Firstly we began drawing Cecil the skeleton who was in fact a girl, I had quite a difficult angle to draw from as Cecil was very slim from the side. However I started with drawing a vague outline and the started to work on top of it with various different charcoals. Eventually I built up the rib cage and made sure I had a good range of tones to show every crevice of the skeleton.
Cecil the Skeleton
Drawing a skeleton was a good start as it allowed me to see how the human body was made up and I can apply this to the other of my life drawings. Next we had to draw various poses only using three lines, this was useful for animating because you need a basic outline in order to compose a realistic figure.
Three Lines Challenge
On some of them I added an extra line because I feel like it would make it easier to see what they are posing. This exercise will help me for when I draw a line of movement in animation then work up a the different sections for the body. Two volunteers were posing using each other to create dynamic shapes. I used similar lines from the previous exercise to help me to construct these shapes as well. They were really quick sketches but they were useful as I can see myself working into them and producing realistic art work.
Dynamic Quick Poses
Finally to finish we did some detailed life drawings which excites me the most as I really wanted to observe the model as close as possible so that it is really realistic. The first pose of the female student siting on the chair was really dynamic as I wanted to make her look as elegant as possible. I also used the charcoal in places necessary and try not to over use it. Secondly the male model did an heroic pose, I wanted to make his proportions as precise as possible. I could really see him as an animation character, I really enjoyed drawing that pose and could see me including it in my own animation work in the future.
Female Student Drawing
Male Student Drawing
