Final Reflection

In life drawing I feel that I have learned a lot and refreshed some skills that I have not worked with in a while. Drawing overall, has been somewhat of a challenge for me in the past, but I rather enjoy sketching. I feel that I sometimes lose interest in strictly drawing. However, life drawing has captured my interest in drawing again and I think it has a lot to do with the process in which we develop a structure in life drawing. An understanding must come before an accurately drawn representation of form. At the start of this semester I set out to improve my general drawing abilities, become more sensitive with line, and understand contour better. Through this semester I feel that I've successfully accomplished each one of these goals. I am incorporating the drawing techniques that I've learned in life drawing and utilizing them within ID work. This is exciting when fine art can be met with design, even if it is only in the process.

I am mostly proud of the work that I've done in life drawing. Like with any studio course, there were some struggles, but I felt that each time we drew I learned something. I do think that any art or design student can benefit from learning how to draw structurally. If nothing else, you do gain a far better understanding of the human form. I've learned some things in the class and I've definitely made improvements in my own style and ability. Even since mid-term, I've improved with my line placement and weight. These improvements are beginning to show in my sketching ideation for my Industrial Design degree as well, which is, again, very exciting!

Here is a link to my final flickr photostream.

Skulls man

Drawing skulls is kind of an epic experience. I do think that these things are pretty challenging to draw. This is the first skull drawing I did. It is the side profile and I think fairly successful. Either way, I think skulls are a pretty good thing to draw in order to understand the facial structures of drawings. I think my line sensitivity is improving and I am more aware of my line placement. So overall, a good week in life drawing.

Progress

So this is my second shell ink wash and I feel that it was a definite improvement. The paper makes quite a difference and I learned a thing or two from the second shell drawing that I inked. So, overall, a definite improvement in my mind. I was able to achieve a better level of contrast throughout the drawing and didn't completely wash out the contours that I had drawn in charcoal. In fact, I felt that the contour drawing itself was the best shell drawing so far. So with this drawing I am pretty excited. I feel a lot better about ink wash after messing around with it a bit too.