Actual Models

This week we got to work with an actual model.  This was slightly terrifying and not weird at all.  That was something I was very worried about.  I knew I could handle it but I noticed when you start drawing, your focusing on the forms of the body and the curves and not so much the fact that the model was nude.  I think the way the drawing times were set up were good too.  The thirty seconds were nothing but after doing a couple of those and then working up the time and then back down was a nice way to keep the three hours short.  I think my favorite drawings came from the ten minute poses.

I have not yet started on the construction of the muscles but I am worried about the three-dimensionality of the whole project.  I seem to have trouble at looking at things in a 3D way but I am hoping that at least I will make a clean manikin.  I want each muscle to be well formed and accurate so I think this project is going to be the most challenging for me.  I think that I am up to that challenge though. 

I am looking forward to learning more parts of the body.  I think the ribcage is next.  I think that the lessons about the skeleton will really help my drawings.  I am especially excited for gesture drawings becoming second nature.  I won’t need to worry about whether I am using correct proportions or if I am using my arm to draw instead of my wrist, it will all come naturally.  This class is just so different from anything I have ever done and I know that it will be frustrating at times but I also know that I will come away with something that I can be truly proud of.