Final!

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Long Poses
Gestures


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This has been a definitely different semester than last when I took life drawing.  I feel that this semester was a lot more relaxed and that I produced better work than before.  It was really nice to have options in class and decide what I wanted to work on while still working with the class; this is also the reason i have more photos than required in my sets. This semester I wanted to focus more on portraiture since we didn’t get a chance to do that in our life drawing class last semester.  I was a little nervous to work on portraits since I literally knew nothing about them and didn’t know any of the landmarks of the face.  I worked independently while the rest of the class was doing long drawings and feel that I did a few good drawings a nice example of this would be long pose 13. The eyes in this portrait were a little difficult since they were closed, I was also looking down at the model which was a weird angle to be at, but overall I was fairly happy with the outcome of it since I didn't have much direction with it.  During the last week or so of the semester Amy went over the parts of the face, which helped put everything together and the different structures made more sense. I feel that the best portrait I did was long pose 21.  I feel that there is a close likeness to the model and that I did well using contour lines to show the different parts of the face; I especially like how I handled the nose. Compared to last semester this class went a lot smoother, mainly because it was a refresher course. I'm really anxious to use the knowledge I've gained in other mediums.  I'll be going to London this summer and will be studying painting and drawing and am hoping to use the figure in a lot of my work.  I'm hoping that my understanding of the body and ability to sketch it quickly (thank goodness for all those gestures!) will help me realistically portray people.  I still feel like I have a lot of work to do and a lot I need to continue practicing, but overall I'm happy with my progress.  I think some of my strengths are drawing with my whole shoulder and trying to show movement within the figure. I think that my hair in my self portrait is a good example of this. Some of my weaknesses are drawing too quickly and trying to overcome what my mind is telling me and just to draw what I see.  It has been a great semester; I've learned so much this year! It's been a great experience, thanks Amy!

ridiculousness.... if thats a word..

Eitherway, it's the only word that I can come up with to describe my schedule lately.  I have been cramming stuff in left and right, the true definition of "multi-tasking" comes out in me when I'm stressed and have a million things to do.  Lately I've been working on a huge case study for a psychological research method's class i'm taking for grad school credits. It's kicking my butt, I wont lie.  It's of course right after life drawing so I always feel like I'm rushing out of class to book it up to Harvey on time.  Regardless, I'm very close to finishing my study, had a brief presentation on results today and then a full presentation of the study on Tuesday.  I can only imagine what my facial expressions must look like while I stand up there and talk about a study I really didn't like.  I'm so glad we're going over parts of the face in class, I thinking it's the most interesting thing we've learned thus far.  You can read people so well just from their facial expressions alone.  My ultimate goal when drawing the models is to get a close resemblance.  The first portrait I did of our male model is probably my favorite so far, I feel that it's pretty accurate and at least somewhat recognizable.  I had a little bit of a harder time with the female model because I was at a weird perspective and her head kept moving.  I had the most issues with the nose and just couldn't seem to get it right. Overall I'm happy with the line quality and how the hair turned out.  Today we did a full body drawing and once again I was at a weird angle, but it was a good challenge for me. I was a little bit unfocused because I was nervous about presenting my study results, but I think it turned out alright in general.