Model Drawing 3, week 10

Warm-ups.  This time we started with Seven 3-minute poses:

Note:  Flat shoes the whole class, including warm-ups.

I immediately went into flat feet demos.  I like to use a triangle to lay in flat feet, and build my shapes from that.

We then completed One 20-minute drawing, followed by Three 15-minute drawings.

Student work:

 The above page is a great example of a finished page from class.

Also, you have the option of flipping the paper vertically to draw big.  The measurement system is a bit tricky here so you need to watch that.  The measurements should be:  3 heads from the top of the head to the waistline; 3 heads from the waist to the knee; 3 heads from the knee to the ankle/bottom of the foot.  If you've got heels on the figure it can turn into a 9.5 head figure.  There is approximately one head length from the waist to the crotch line.

Model Drawing 3, Week 9

 We began by warming up with Twenty 1-minute poses.

 Back view demos followed by Two 10-minute back views.  Note the clean shadow shapes you can achieve for flesh tones using markers.

 Head demos.  Always work big to small,  and pay attention to the simple shapes you construct.  Following the demo we did One 20-minute figure.

Large shapes also work for hands and feet.  These are all the photos from week 9, but there were no absences so if you're missing work, ask someone from class what other drawings we did. 

Model Drawing 3, week 7

Ten 2-minute warm-ups.

Followed by Twenty minute poses for the rest of class:

Model Drawing 3, Week 6

Shape warm-ups:

Three 3-minute pastel shape drawings with no lay-in; followed by three 4-minute silhouette/contour drawing with quick gesture laid in lightly.  Shoulder and hip angles help.

After the silhouette drawings, we completed three 7-minute head studies.

We then went straight into problem solving.  Fabric trains.  The model turned 360 degrees on the platform and we completed three 5-minute train studies.

Pull study and mini-lecture.

Handling multiple layers of transparency with markers.  Figure first, then 1st layer of transparent fabric, then details of the fabric, then 2nd layer of transparency, etc.  Two 5-minute studies of model in lace pants, long robe, and bikini top.  We created a train/puddle with the robe.  Multiple transparencies also work with colored pencils.

We ended the day with three 5-minute head studies as requested by the class.