THE END OF A BEGINNING. T_T

I. MANNEQUINS

Building the clay mannequin was probably the most fun I've had on a drawing

class assignment. Yes, it was hard to find the time to just sit down and enjoy building

each of the body's muscle groups, while also learning a little bit along the way.  Although

I have been a little slow with my ability in seeing the muscles while drawing from a model

but I just need some more practice at it. I thought I would at least document some pictures

since I spend oodles of time trying to build each muscle to the best of my abilities.

II. Long Poses (post-Midterm)

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First, drawing #1.

These 2 long poses are really the only 2 full body drawings I had after Mid-term. The first drawing took about the entire length of class. (2.5 Hours) I think overall this was definitely

one of my best drawings, both proportionally and in accordance with line variation and atmospheric perspective. This is suggested by both the hard outline along the pelvic crest to suggest a closer object to the viewer. The softer lines where the ribcage is resting on the floor plane, along with the lighter lines suggesting the objects being further away.

Next is drawing #2

This drawing was a little more difficult, I thought, because of the awkward slouch in the figure, which really tends to distort everything else. It took me the longest time just to get the rib cage and shoulders into the drawing as best I could. In my other drawings, I noticed I tend to draw the legs both in different sizes, but this drawing is a little more correct proportion-wise. If you take a closer look at the obliques and rectus abs of the figure, you can see the lines of striation in the abdominal muscles. Although these were not quite visible on this model, I was able to draw some of them in with help from the teacher. =)

On a small side note, I really like how the background works with the figure ground relationship, the model is neither floating or completely planted to the ground. It looks as though she is sitting inside a pocket/dent in the paper. Though unintentional I thought this was a pretty cool effect.

(this is part one of a 2 part final post)