Best Drawings from Week 14

Willow Charcoal

No model on Tuesday so we drew each other.  This was fun for me but poor Kevin!

Thursday was free choice of materials.  I chose conte because, for some reason unbeknownst to me, I draw better.

Best from Thursday

Best Drawings from Week 11

Conte week!  I was surprised how much I enjoyed this medium.  Layering the different colors to create value seemed easier to me than with charcoal.  I want to get more practice, so I will be using conte during student choice week.





Best of Week


Muscles 

Best Drawings from Week 13

Ink Marker

I was dreading this week but it was better than I had anticipated.  I think I am getting much better at proportions and values.  This drawing turned out to be fun and I didn't do too bad.

Best of Tuesday

Pretty good 



Ink and brush



Best for Thursday



Best Drawings from Week 12

Prismacolor pencils

I am finding that I really enjoy mediums where I can blend colors for value.  I am also finally improving proportions!  Now it is getting to be more fun to draw and I want to practice more.  A very very long time ago, this was the first medium I used and I just remembered this.



Best of Tuesday



Best of Thursday and Week

Best Drawings from Week 10

No model this week.  

Best Drawings from Week 9

Best from Tuesday



Best Drawings from Week 8

There were no drawings for Tuesday this week.

Best of Week

Best Drawings from Week 7

Best of Tuesday



Best of Thursday and of the week









Best Drawings from Week 6

We did not have any drawings from Tuesday this week.





Best from Thursday



Best Drawings of Week 5





I am forcing myself to draw heads, hands, and feet.  These are my best attempts so far...can't seem to get away from little head and hands syndrome.

Best of Tuesday and best of week even though she has a much better figure than this!





Best Thursday

Best Drawings from Week 4



Best for the week








If you can have a bad day drawing, this was it.  I just couldn't see it.





This was the most complete gesture drawing so far...finally some improvement!

Best Drawings from Week 3

Best:  In the Sofa Gallery with foil body parts



This was an improvement in my contour drawings




This was my last drawing of the day and I thought it would be an easy angle to draw.  Not!  This was very difficult.  What I did figure out was how to resolve the edge of the body without drawing a line.  Baby steps!



Best Drawings from Week 1 & 2








Best:  First Day



Best:  Week 2



Week 2

Day 1 January 25, 2011

Ready, Set, Draw!

I was really nervous about this class.  I've never thought drawing was my strong suit but I surprised myself by the end of class and there is plenty of time for improvement.  Definitely need to practice gesture.



I started with graphite and moved to charcoal and I liked charcoal much better.  It is easier to get a more expressive line. 



The last two are from a 5.5 x 8.5 sketch pad and I switched back to graphite.  I naturally draw large and the charcoal just wanted to draw off the page.  I found this very difficult to draw small.