Quite a bit, but it's not settling on the grass at the moment.
So I booked up for a 10 week life drawing workshop. Started last week and discovered it was a proper taught one, harking back more to my Art Foundation and before days. I thought during it that actually this was exactly what I needed: a freshen up. My life drawings have not pleased me so much for a while so it's good to be getting ideas and techniques into my work again. Anyway, here's my stuff from the first two weeks. Taken photos as too big to scan.
So I booked up for a 10 week life drawing workshop. Started last week and discovered it was a proper taught one, harking back more to my Art Foundation and before days. I thought during it that actually this was exactly what I needed: a freshen up. My life drawings have not pleased me so much for a while so it's good to be getting ideas and techniques into my work again. Anyway, here's my stuff from the first two weeks. Taken photos as too big to scan.
Week One - Line:
Drawing with my left hand and then solely looking at the model, not the paper.
Using pen and pencil with both hands at the same time, aiming to make the closer [to me] a tad darker line.
Using two different pencils again, darker and the lighter line. The head went wrong here. The light pencil line for the leg was showing where it should have been going by actual distance and height between parts of the body.
Week Two - Tone:
Photographed not too clearly so some quick editing in Photoshop brought out the colour a bit better. Charcoal used only to show the darker tones of the body; not supposed to use lines.
Chalk is a lot of fun to work with - it really can give a pleasing effect. Chalk used to show the lighter parts of the body.
Chalk and charcoal used for light and dark.
I am also working on - and considering - other animation and illustration related things at the moment - maybe more on them soon.
The snow is beginning to settle more.
