Week 8 - Anatomy & Muscle Movement

There are three poses in this sketch and shows the muscle movement in human anatomy. Each pose took around 15 minutes each. It starts from the right to the left and you can easily see the small subtle movement in the body in terms of the muscle and posture. However, the foreshortening in the shoulder and arm look ok. Although it could be a little more clearer. Maybe if there was some evident spinal shades, them maybe it could look more muscular and could see the indenting of the back as it looks rather plain. But in terms of posture this is a great piece. Although the hand could do with more work as it looks quite abnormal and it could also be the fact the hand is too lower down from the stomach as it looks like his hand is connected to his arms at his thighs. A little high and a little more diagonal towards shoulder could make it look more better.

Week 7 - Posture, Balance & Weight

This drawing above is really good, it has a good sense of depth and light. It shows the weight is being put on the stool, even though the stool is not really relevant in this sketch, but it has to be said that it is badly drawn. Moving on, The tonal values are great, it can be seen that it is very thought out as the muscles very visible and the shapes of the arms and legs look quite good. It can be seen most of the back and side part are the most lightest values because the source of light shining onto the model. and coming quite of a dark value as it gradually comes towards the stomach and groin area.

This is a fairly nice posture as the it can be seen the model is putting most of the weight on the left leg. The legs are drawn quite good in terms of shape and muscle tone. A nice foreshortening on the elbow there but could do with a little more work in terms of detail and shape. The fingers look rather "sausage-like" and could do with an improvement. however, the tonal values are quite good as the light source is mostly shone at the back of the anatomy and the the dark value on the front.

Week 6 - Basic Human Anatomy & Proportion

This sketch took about 40 minutes, using a 4B pencil. Good foreshortening on the arm as you can tell the arm is in front of the other and it looks smaller as it is further away and the proportion looks amazing the fact the body weight is pulled down by gravity and the curvy human tissue shows great depth and detail. The tonal values on the leg and body are nice and can easily been seen. However, the leg above looks quite thin or it could how it looks from the perspective point. It's quite hard to tell but a little more improvement on the leg could be done and the toes could be in more detail so u can see the foreshortening because without them small toes it would look like a flat side view foot.

Week 5 - Foreshortening & Complex Perspectives

There is good foreshortening in this angle, although it's not that complete. The detail could be a little more improved on and the there are no values visible on the skeleton. The chest of the skeleton looks rather small and slim and should look more robust. A lot more work is needed to put into this sketch.

This is really good sketch of the skeleton. A nice foreshortening on the arm that is pointing out although the hands could do with a bit more detail. The leg and foot has also a good foreshortening as the leg in the foreground is larger than the one in the background. Good detail on the ribs and also good in terms of size and shape. Head look right size for the body and over good piece.

Week 4 - Composition

This is a 15 minute drawing. This vantage point is good because of the the good composition, because it has an implied line going from the pepper through the rectangle object to the glass and lemon which is appealing to the eye. Also, there is a a good sense of light and dark value in this composition and also a sense of balance. Good detail has been put into this in terms of the highlights which are on the pepper and lemon as the light source is coming from the left.

It feels as though something is missing or maybe that it is too simple. Maybe a drapery would have helped with composition and complexion. The drawing is not complete because the rectangular object seems like it has been drawn from a different perspective. However, good tonal values and composition.

Week 3 - Light & Shade

Above, it can be seen; the source of light is casting from the far top right side which develops the shade in on front of the egg. The values of the dark and light shading are quite good and it can be seen that the light must be very far away for the shade to be much of a longer length. Although, the dark and light values are brilliant; somethings seems to be missing from the sketch, it could be the background is is not visible and that it would give much more of a lively look.

This is a 35 minute drawing of  a draped sheets drawn with 2B pencil which should have been done with a charcoal but charcoals make me cringe, literally. (hate the texture & noise of it). Anyway, the light source is shone from right and there are different values on the sheet. This drawing has a great sense of depth and for that reason it looks 3D on a 2D piece of paper. There are highlights on the drawing more on the right on where the light is shone and the mid tone towards the right side and the dark tone on the right and on the far right is the cast shadow.

Week 2 - Mass & Form

What you see here is a contour drawing; the composition of the objects is not that very pleasing as the vase is right in the middle of the composition. A better position could have been chosen rather than this dull, unappealing shown above, also the mouth of the jug on the left looks a bit like it has been looked at the wrong perspective. The difference between the two images are that the first one is only contour and second is with form.

The vase in the middle is the focal point clearly because it's right in the middle which should have been somewhere towards the left or the right however, the spherical object and jugs are the area of interests. What can also be seen is an implied line coming from the jug on the left, along the the spherical objects, just towards the small object on the right.

The outline is not that very great on the quadratic object and the spherical shapes are not that spherical. However, the shading looks quite OK.There's also a balance coming from the composition of these objects which is struck right from the middle of the drawing; as the vase and the glass objects are balancing each other out which should make it appealing to the eye. The values are not completed, the drapery that should have been there is not visible.