Assignment 2

This is my shell drawing for the week.  I feel that it greatly improved from my last attempt.  One thing that I am going to try to work on is choosing a better angle.  In this I had a diagonal axis limiting the foreshortening throughout the picture.  Next time I will make sure to pick a better angle.  Also I feel that I could improve the part where the shell becomes concave.  It gets a little flat throughout that area also.  But overall I am happy at the improvement that I made

Weekly Reflection (week Nov 1 through Nov7)

These two drawings were over an hour long.  But throughout this week I felt that I struggled more with drawing.  I found it harder to keep light lines, and see the shape.  

In addition, I think that I might be having allergic reactions to the charcoal dust at some points during class.  Because after the class my eyes are often very sore.  For some reason this was especially true for this week.  But I feel that I should be doing better with my drawings I can't figure out how to make more livelier marks.  I think that I might need to concentrate this week on holding the tool differently.  I think that I should also have my manikin out when I draw to help me remember the muscle groups I think that would help.  

Things I felt I did well on:

This week I think that I did well understanding the angle of the body.  Especially, when there was foreshortening.  For example on this one I struggled with the angle and the foreshortening of the foot for a while then Josh was able to help me understand the form more so I could draw it correctly.

Things I feel I need to improve upon:

I really need to figure out how to make more lively mark marking.  I felt that I really struggled with that this week.  

Goal for next Week:

My Goal is to try out different holding positions with the charcoal tool to see if that helps improve the marks.  I am also going to try different materials like pencils vs stick conte.