Weekly Post (November 22 - 28)

This week we were introduced to the eyes and the nose and then the next class meeting was during Thanksgiving Break  

What I did well at this week:  

This week was mainly lecture.  I think that I took good notes on the nose and eyes.  I feel that I understood the eyes more so than the nose. 
 

What needs improvement:  

This week there wasn't much drawing that we did throughout the class but I feel that nose is very hard for me to draw and I am excited to learn the structure more and improve throughout my drawings.  I think like many things this will take more  observation and practice.  

 My future Goal:  

I want to observe more eyes and noses; also I want to practice drawing the noses to really start to understand the structure.  

Weekly Post (November 15 - 21) Pictures

Weekly Post (November 15-21)

This week we had a field trip to the Mall of America Bodies exhibit and The Minnesota Art Museum.  The Bodies’ exhibit fascinated me.  I learned a lot about the bone and muscle structures.  We were introduced to the skulls.  I was very excited to start to learn the proportions of the head, since I always felt that was my weakest point as an artist.   

 What I did well at this week:  

I feel that during the field trip I did well drawing with a pencil again.  At first I found it hard to draw with a mechanical pencil again because I have become so accustomed to charcoal and pens. 

 What needs improvement:    

I feel that this week I should draw more of the form rather than adding shadows.  I think that I should instead draw cross‐contour lines to add more form.     
 

Weekly Post (Novmeber 8-14) Pictures

Weekly Post (November 8-14)

 This week in class we worked on the feet and the hands. I was surprised that the hands and feet are very similar in their structure.  Also the foot is very hard to learn to draw when it is in a sideways position for me.  I think that I just need more practice learning the structure.  I am very excited to learn how to draw the hands because I felt that they are a struggle for me to draw clearly and accurately.   

What I did well this week:  

This week I feel that I did well seeing the object in space then drawing it accurately.    

What needs improvement:   

I feel that my lines aren't as lively as they could be.  I am really struggling with this aspect of Life Drawing.  I think that I am going to look up examples of drawings with nice mark making to discover some new techniques I can try.  

 My future Goal:  

Is to just try different things and enjoy all the things that I discover during this experiment stage.  For example, I want to try different ways of holding the conte pencil, or slow vs. rapid hand movements.  

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.