Life Drawings

Life Drawing

Drawing from a skeleton

21/10/14

Using the research I did on artists who used contour within their work, I have attempted, as instructed, to channel one of the artists work. Once again we were using charcoal, which isn't my strongest media, and were creating the image using contour, which was a lot harder than I thought. 

Once we had finished the charcoal, we then had five minutes to add white paint to highlight the drawing while being as expressive as possible, to the point where the drawing had completely changed. We switched between the paint and the charcoal as we worked. 

After this we were then asked to walk around the room to evaluate one or more of the other drawings. 

I chose this drawing as it clearly shows the highlights and the tone within the skeleton the person was observing. the paint has also been added in a relatively expressive manner, yet they have managed to obtain the drawings shape and keep the image from becoming something completely indistinguishable.

Next we moved on to black paper and were asked to start 'backwards' by adding the highlights first, without adding any tone. We did this twice, each time with a different set-up and a time limit of five minutes to put in as much detail as possible without rushing.

I feel that the second painting is a lot stronger than the first, as I had then had time to come to grips with the media and the way in which it was being applied. The first painting, while relatively distinguishable, had been lost as I added highlights.

Lastly, the final drawing was to be composed using both charcoal and paint, with addition to using chalk as well. It was a new set-up and was to be done so that any highlights were obvious e as well as any tone.

Continuing with the theme of being expressive, I applied the paint quickly, went over it with the whita chalk and added charcoal where any tone was. The end result, I feel, was strong and showed how quick I was applying the different media. 

Out of all pieces made I feel that the highlights only drawing was the most fun to do and was also some of the strongest pieces created within the session.