Week 3 : Frustration with measurements

 For the third week we were learning about correcting our mistakes, making sure our drawings were to scale and correct in composition.

This was a difficult session for me, not because I didn't understand what we were doing, or even that I couldn't see the model. It was because there were parts that even though I'd thought were correct were not of the right composition. Examples of these are where I've made some limbs longer or shorter than they should be. One way I started to take note of this though was with the space in between and making sure that the gaps lined up.

Another thing I found with this session was that even though I got annoyed with the fact that I didn't finish an image it started to make me think about how I lay out my work and images. Hopefully this continues to show in the future!

Week 2.5 - Negative Drawing

 Negative space drawings were a bit of a strange topic to come to grips with. Yes its almost exactly the same as normal line drawing but its an attempt to get the viewer to try and look at all the gaps and surroundings of the item instead of the actual item itself. For this project I created 4 simple images as a practice run and then tried to add shading to the 5th in an attempt to add more detail to the simple looking bin. If this has succeeded or not is another thing however I do think its made me look at the spacing between objects more closely.

Week 2 : The Nudity Begins

 The first of the life drawing sessions went quite well. I completed 7 drawings, using different media, different styles and then with different time scales too. The one I enjoyed the most though was my opposite hand drawing (large top left). Because its not my normal drawing hand it made me have to use my pencil in a different way which in turn has made a new style of sweeping lines for me.

Overall I'm feeling that the work and sessions are going well and that soon it will be showing more in the work I'm producing.

Week 1.5 : Time for a selfie

My first attempt of a self portrait didn't work as well as it could have done. One thing I'd noticed was that the lower cheek comes out too far on the right. This is a good example of me needing to learn how to layout the structure of the face better.

Over all though its not a bad starting point. In future ill be doing more of these so after a haircut we will have to see how it goes!