Wednesday 28 March 2012

Week 10: Classical architecture


This week we went to the Alhambra theatre in order to draw its classical interiors. The drawings above were all done in approximately 20 minutes each using pencil. The theatre boxes drawing has an interesting perspective, the same can be said of the ceiling one though the first example also shows a greater amount of detail. The statue drawing shows to some extent contrasting detail in all the soft lighting.
On the down side, the shading could be improved in all so as to show the presence of light falling on the surfaces and that way create more contrast.

Thursday 22 March 2012

Week 9: Modern architecture




This week's assignment was to draw contemporary interiors at the National Media Museum. The drawings above were done in 15 minutes each using graphic markers. As far as the good aspects are concerned, all of the drawings show some attempt at showing depth but when it comes to light hitting the surface, the strokes are not really enough to create the desired effect. More use of the graphic markers for the glass surfaces in the case of the first example and the last one would have also helped and in fact more gray layers applied to all of the drawings would have rendered a better realism effect.

Monday 12 March 2012

Week 8: Non-human anatomy

This week's session we went to Leeds City Museum in order to draw non-human anatomy. The animals in the two images are just two examples of taxidermy, placing them in context would have helped the overall realism of the drawings. The first pencil drawing, done in less than 30 minutes is of a bird, the anatomy is accurate, weight, movement and texture of the feathers are faithful to the real life model.

The second pencil drawing, done in less than 30 minutes is of a tiger. There's some foreshortening present, some shading mimicking the natural fur of the feline, though some lines should be less tough where there's more light. There's some attempt at drawing the musculature in order to portray the anatomy accurately.

 

Sunday 11 March 2012

Week 7: Balance & Weight & Dynamism

This week's session explored concepts such as balance, weight and gesture as well as foreshortening and oblique angles. The first image consists of four 1 minute pencil sketches, where one can see how weight is distributed in each different posture. The first two are dynamic poses with open forms, while the third is a static pose since the model is sitting in a relaxed manner. The fourth pose is also dynamic but seems to show more closed forms since the lines are pulling inward and the focus is inside.


The second 10 minute pencil drawing does not seem to be static since it requires the model to sit in an unstable pose, with tension in the arms as they are holding the weight of the upper body. The dynamic pose has closed forms in the lower body while the antithesis is happening in the upper one, creating tension.

The third 10 minute pencil drawing shows the model in a seemingly static pose as there is no tension in the body and the image is well balanced.

Thursday 1 March 2012

Week 6: Directed Study Week

This week consisted of drawing moving human beings. Thus, the below sketches were made in 10 seconds with the use of charcoal, two examples in two separate dates. There is a small improvement in gesture drawing which seems to describe each attempt.

Week 5: Figure Drawing - Anatomy refresher

This week's session was a reminder of our last module's figure drawings concepts, such as anatomy, proportion and posture. The first 2 minute drawing, done using graphite stick, is of a simple posture that aims to convey a small amount of anatomy details since the emphasis is on the relaxed pose.
The second 10 minute drawing done using graphite stick is of the model sitting in a relaxed pose, the altered posture changes the way muscles and bones protrude outside the skin, thus displaying more anatomy details. On the downside, there is some disproportion between the lower part of the body and the upper one.

Week 4: Still life - Foreshortening and Difficult perspectives

This is a 15 minute sketch of a skeleton using pencil. The image is supposed to portray the foreshortening principle but fails short in some respects because of the level of detail in the upper part. If it had reached a degree of completeness, the foreshortening would have been more obvious but nonetheless, the shrinking proportions of the spine as well as the smaller ones of the bones of the leg show the sense of depth required.