ANIM1003

Week 1 HW:

Self-portrait completed after first lesson. I was quite happy with the outcome of this drawing, a definite improvement on what I produced in class - especially on the nose.

Week 2 HW:

Objects drawn using negative space. The Scissor were much more difficult and required some outlines. I was much more pleased with the outcome of the spatula, especially with the addition of the shadow.

Week 3 Class Proportion:

First attempts at drawing the proportions of a model, the proportions were somewhat successful. Although I wasn't happy with the legs or arms as they did not look natural.

Week 4 Class Foreshortening:

I found this very difficult and found that my proportions were way off on the first attempt. The last attempt showed much improvement and despite the large amount of trial and error (erasing), it's one of my favourite drawings i have produced.

Week 4 HW Hand drawings:

Drawing my hand holding various objects. The hands themselves turned out quite well, but if drawing again I would improve on the shading and add a lot more tone to it. Possibly using soft pastels to have the drawings stand out more.

Week 5 Subtractive tone:

These charcoal drawings focusing on the light and dark to produce a figure are my favourite. I enjoyed making them and was happy with the outcome. The exaggeration of the light and dark tones made for some interesting drawings and probably have the most character out of all my drawings thus-far.

Week 5 HW Subtractive Self-portrait:

I was not as happy with this drawing as I was with the work I produced in class. The self-portrait does have an interesting look. However, this was mainly due to a lack of skill with the medium. (The charcoal I used for this was not as comfortable to work with as that used in class.)

Week 6 Class Tone:

Using soft pastels to really bring out the tonal differences in light and dark areas made for an enjoyable experience. Definite improvement with each attempt and I thought I used a good array of colours that clashed and contrasted nicely.

Week 6 Cafe' Drawings:

These are some of the speed drawings I did while in a cafe' and a library. I found this extremely challenging as I often focus on detail rather than getting the main form and structure of the object first. The people that were sitting down definitely turned out better as their lack of movement gave me a bit more time to get the figure right. I think the speed drawing definitely helps with getting the right basic structure of the person, as can be seen by the quality of drawing in the last few compared to the first and second attempt.

Week 7 Working in Layers:

This was intended to be done in paint but I unfortunately didn't have access to my paint brushes. I instead used soft pastels and created what I think is my best work. I was really happy with the proportions, shading and use of colour in these drawings. I found the pose of the model extremely difficult in the first pose. The proportions and foreshortening came out quite well though.

Week 8 Museum drawings:

I enjoyed the change from drawing models and self-portraits to drawing objects in the museum. The drawings include both natural and man-made objects. The pistol which I drew shows a great amount of progression in terms of shading with a pen. Compared to the knife which is very flat, the pistol feels 3 dimensional and alive. The drawings of the blue ceramic pottery is my favourite out of these both fun to draw and the overall drawing I was pleased with.

Creating a collage out of different textures. Something new and enjoyable to do, I thought it came out relatively well. However, I would have liked to use a larger variety of textures next time.

I really enjoyed doing the tonal detail in this particular drawing however I need to work quicker as I had to rush the models shadow and didn't get to finish the legs in the allotted time.

Single line drawings, I did multiple of these and thought it was really useful for practicing keeping my eye on the model/subject and not the on the drawing.

Quick gestural sketches of the model in a decreasing amount of time. Surprisingly some of the quicker drawings came out better than the 10 minute drawing.

Difficult to begin with, especially as you can't do any detail. However, it is very helpful for practicing drawing the basic shape/structure of a subject in an extremely short amount of time.

Charcoal drawing of the model. I think that adding context to the image really helped out the composition. As I often just draw the subject and not the background. I had quite a bit of trouble with foreshortening especially with the one leg. However, eventually after multiple attempts I managed to get a relatively proportionate drawing.

If I had more time I would have liked to begin adding tonal detail to bring the model off the page.

Drawing movement. I found this to be the most frustrating exercise of the entire year as it was so difficult to quickly take small parts of the pose and draw multiple of these poses at once.

I think this is extremely good for gestural drawing and practicing using your 'minds eye' to capture snapshots of the model moving.

Another different technique of drawing the same pose from different parts of the room and overlapping them. I think that this was kind of successful, but I think I should have used a different mixture of mediums as the charcoal and ink drawings totally dominate the pencil drawing which can hardly be seen.

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