Our 2nd assignment this year for Art III was to draw a figure drawing to work on our line technique and our drawing from life abilities. One person from our class was selected as the model and we we allowed an hour to draw them. I eventually took mine home to finish. The first photo above is the before version of my drawing, and the 2nd photo is the after product.
In the first drawing, I tried to focus on making variegated lines and trying to capture the essence of the figure. I focused on the back, the details in the shirt, and the shading.
Part of this project was to give feedback to our fellow peers. My feedback included:
- good shading
- work on lines
-good lines
- more detail
-good detail
- Where is the back of the chair?
To fix the drawing, I added the back of the chair into the drawing. I fixed most of the lines (made them neater), and I cleaned up the shading. I fixed his back a bit and made the folds in the shirt more shaded and cleaner. I think that I improved this piece but it is not portfolio ready. In order to make it portfolio ready, I would have to re-draw the piece.
Honestly, I do not believe that this is one of my best pieces. I rushed and did not take it seriously because it is a task that we have been assigned before. I found it boring and mundane. In hindsight, I should have worked harder on it. I agree with that- however, I have never really been a fan of still lives. I would prefer to draw from a picture using a grid and to be able to alter it however I wish. Next time we are assigned this task, I will try to make it a more "portfolio" ready piece. Maybe...
And for my personal critique of this piece: the lines that are supposed to be folds in the shirt should be softer, and there should be more shading in this area. I was too linear- I should have softened up the lines a bit more in order to make areas look fuller (the back, the hair, the pants, etc.). I should have spent more time focusing on details and making this look like a professional piece.
In the first drawing, I tried to focus on making variegated lines and trying to capture the essence of the figure. I focused on the back, the details in the shirt, and the shading.
Part of this project was to give feedback to our fellow peers. My feedback included:
- good shading
- work on lines
-good lines
- more detail
-good detail
- Where is the back of the chair?
To fix the drawing, I added the back of the chair into the drawing. I fixed most of the lines (made them neater), and I cleaned up the shading. I fixed his back a bit and made the folds in the shirt more shaded and cleaner. I think that I improved this piece but it is not portfolio ready. In order to make it portfolio ready, I would have to re-draw the piece.
Honestly, I do not believe that this is one of my best pieces. I rushed and did not take it seriously because it is a task that we have been assigned before. I found it boring and mundane. In hindsight, I should have worked harder on it. I agree with that- however, I have never really been a fan of still lives. I would prefer to draw from a picture using a grid and to be able to alter it however I wish. Next time we are assigned this task, I will try to make it a more "portfolio" ready piece. Maybe...
And for my personal critique of this piece: the lines that are supposed to be folds in the shirt should be softer, and there should be more shading in this area. I was too linear- I should have softened up the lines a bit more in order to make areas look fuller (the back, the hair, the pants, etc.). I should have spent more time focusing on details and making this look like a professional piece.