Life Drawing: Male 25/01/2012

Work: Kami

"Out of the trees wild people stepped forth, gods and goddesses of the wood; with them came Fauns and Satyrs and Dwarfs. Out of the river rose the river god with his

Naiad daughters."

(Lewis, C.S, 1990, pg171)

I decided to produce some of my own work based on the information I had gathered about the idea of Kami and spiritual beings in nature. Using my text, which is The Magicians Nephew by C.S.Lewis, I found a passage which described beings emerging from the forest linked with elements of the natural world (see above quote)

This first Kami is based on the Silver Birch tree. I decided that if there was to be a Kami who personified the beauty of this type of tree she should be an elegant female form to reflect the gracefulness of the Silver Birch.

This Kami was designed to hold control over Autumn. Her hair therefore is a tangle of beautiful golden leaves.

Both characters link with Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s development of the theory of Suspension of Disbelief, as both characters still take part of their form from the familiarity of everyday life- the female figure is clearly present in both characters.

The female figure I used for both images was drawn by myself as part of the life drawing classes I attend (which are turning out to be more and more useful).

Lewis, C.S (1990) The Magicians Nephew, Collins, UK

Life Drawing: Female 22/11/2011

“There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion”

Francis Bacon

I went to Life Drawing again this week. Its been a while and was a bit difficult to get back into the swing of it but it eventualy came back.

Ive been trying to add some kind of shading to my sketches to try and create a sense of 3D. Ive never been told how to sketch and its proving difficult- I find it hard to identify the dark and light shades (rediculus though that sounds)

Life Drawing: Male 01/11/11

“I chose faces and figures as my subject matter simply due to the fact that the human form is already beautiful art”

Frank Bruno

I think my drawings of the human form are improving nicely now but I still need to work on shading and final rendering techniques. In our tutorial class the other day we asked if we could have some extra classes on location drawing and architectural drawing as the majority of the things I will have to design in the future will be physical spaces and sets rather then people.

Life Drawing: Male 26/10/2011

“Practice by drawing things large, as if equal in representation and reality. In small drawings every large weakness is easily hidden; in the large, the smallest weakness is easily seen.”

Leon Battista Alberti

Life Drawing: Male 18/10/2011

“Draw as much and as often as you can. When drawing lies fallow, the skill diminishes.”
Gene Black

Life Drawing: Female 12/10/2011

"It is through drawing that masters are first revealed; through drawing that they live and prove their value, whatever variations they may impose on their talent."

Gerard Bauer

When I was younger I used to copy characters from one of my video games so from a young age I was used to drawing the female figure- as a result I found the female life drawing session much easier then the previous male one. I am much more familiar with the body shapes and curves of the female form.

This first warm up sketch is a little inaccurate but i think it is an improvement on the male form i drew at the first drawing class.

The last four images I think are some of the best I have drawn. Because I already had a basic knowledge of drawing the female figure i found the session much more enjoyable.

Life Drawing: Male 11/10/2011

"Do not fail, as you go on, to draw something every day, for no matter how little it is, it will be well worthwhile, and it will do you a

world of good."

Cennini

To help improve my drawing ability I’ve joined a life drawing class at uni. The idea behind it is that you learn to look, and then draw what you see rather than drawing what you think you see.

The first few minutes felt very weird. I was sat in a room with 20 other students all drawing a naked person. Not something I had done before. But after a while it didn’t feel so weird and I almost forgot that there was a naked person there because I was concentrating so hard on my drawing.

My first couple sketches were quite poor. They were not very accurate and the proportions were a bit out, but the idea was just to get warmed up and focused.

The next few images were longer 20minute poses and this time we had to focus on accuracy but measuring the model with you pencil at arm’s length.

My sketches greatly improved with this new measuring technique and I am actually quite proud of how some of them turned out.