This week in class, we explored various topics to hone our skills. I had not taken a drawing class for a year and felt very rusty, especially since our first in-class assignment required us to stand at easels, which is a new experience for me. However, the class started out quite fun.
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| Blind Contour |
It began with the observation of the shell. Each of us were given a shell to observe and then instructed to draw it, but without looking at our paper. Within a half hour time, I managed to draw 3 shells, using vine charcoal. The hardest part was not looking but still trying to imagine the shape of the shell on the paper. Although it took awhile, I did manage to get a simplistic rendering with thick and thin lines. When critiqued, my classmates said that I had a strong composition and good use of thick and thin lines that were drawn very slowly, but that I needed to push the dynamics of my thick and thin lines even further to make it more successful. We then studied the same shell with one continuos line, which captured the form better, but needs to have more simplistic lines that are more controlled.
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| Shell Contour Drawing |
Thursday’s class we started to observe and learn about the human skeleton, specifically the spinal column and it’s individual vertebra. Consisting of 5 segments, cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral and coccyx, each section has its own curve. Notably the c1 that is the bump at the back of the neck, and the sacral triangle that is fused together with the coccyx at the base of the spine. The lumbar will move when subject is doing motion, but only the atlas and the axis will support and move the head in different directions. The atlas will have a resting spot for the head to move up and down and the axis will allow it to move side to side. These elements are important to remember while observing the skeleton or subject for a support system to be believable. The optimal viewpoint is the 3/4
ths view where you can see both the side and the front.
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