The class was assigned to draw a full figure drawing of our partner with the use of pencil and charcoal. This was a challenge because I haven't drawn a full figure before, and we were to use details, especially in the clothing. Would I say this is a success? Not exactly, but this was great practice. I need to skill my portions and getting them right.
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A gesture drawing is a quick drawing that basically captures the necessary gestures in a subject. The class practiced this skill using charcoal and ink. I chose my worse drawing (top) and compared it to my best (bottom). I chose these to drawings, because it shows my progress with the control I have with the material that we use. To me, it was a challenge doing a quick sketch and having my arm loose without being sloppy. The top drawing, my worse drawing, was one of the first few I drew while getting the hang of gesture drawing. I soon was starting to get the jiff of it, with controlling my medium, and soon was developing drawings as the one shown in the bottom. Though is is not the best that I can do, it is one that is a great representation of my progress, and I hope to practice further with this technique.
To enhance the skills we already had, or to pick up and learn new ones, the class learned and improved on drawing facial features such as the eyes, the nose, and the lips. This was not challenge, since I already knew how to draw these features, but making the realistic is the key. The eyes, for me, is the biggest struggle, and I am highly impressed with how these turned out. With the help from my teacher, I learned the shape of the eyes, the detail in the pupils, and the short little wisps of the lashes to make them seem more human like then cartoonish. Same for the nose, which was also something that was a bit of a struggle, with the shading to make the shape of it, and the outlining of the nostrils. The lips weren't as hard, but in order for lips to look realistic, there's a lot of details to be added which did take a lot of time, but I learned improvingly from these practices.
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Author16, Junior @ Apex High School Archives
January 2016
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