Undecim

This week we focused on the shoulder blades, and the clavicle.  We looked at the various methods for drawing these components of the figure prior to drawing them from our model.   Working on several long drawings I continued to develop my understanding of scale, and form.   Professor Fichter looked over our manikins and made suggestions as to how to change or fix the problem areas.I had only four small changes to make, however the additional muscles that were assigned are numerous.  I am feeling a bit overwhelmed at the prospect of trying to finish these by the time classes end.

On Thursday we received an extra week to complete our shell drawings, which most of the students were relieved by however this only meant that I could keep working on the shells that I had already drawn, and that I would work on the manikin again. In working on my shell drawings, I felt that my initial shell drawing was stronger than when I began to add the ink. I found the ink to be problematic.  My shell drawings began to take on painterly qualities more than drawing qualities.  

Though this week was a bit of a struggle for me to maintain focus, I am genuinely looking forward to seeing how all of this knowledge of the figure can be applied into other areas of my art making processes.  I am and will continue to study the figure from anatomy books, and from my manikin.  Finally, it is helpful to look at how other students work, and to see how they resolve certain aspects of the figure.  I tend to struggle to slow down, and my line is generally heavy, therefore I continue to work to lighten my line, and produce a more fluid form, using ideas and processes of some of the other students.  I find that I enjoy lines that have different weight, and width.  This variation brings more life to the drawing, and makes even the contour drawings more life like.