Class Assignment
This week we had our first figure drawing and we had a male model.
Our first task was to try to draw the model by ourselves from what we see first. As I have not tried figure drawing prior to this and I had a hard time trying to draw without any guidelines. I started by drawing the shape of his head to his body then to his head. By this method, I had a hard time trying to get the correct proportions of his body.
1st attempt in figure drawing
After that we learn some guidelines on how to draw the body.
1st: draw the line of action (how the body curves)
2nd: draw a line to indicate the angle of how the shoulder tilts
3rd: structure of the top of the body in a rectangular shape and the hip in a trapezium shape if the model is directly facing us but a circle if we’re facing the side of the model.
4th: if the body is tilted, the structure of the shoulders and hip should converge
4th: draw the bone shape of the arms and legs
Our next task was to draw the figure following the guidelines taught and from there we add on the shape of the body. After the guidelines, I am able to get the body shape out better but I still had difficulty getting my proportions right where sometimes the body will be longer or vice versa.
 1st & 2nd attempt |
 3rd & 4th attempt |
5th attempt
As kept trying to draw the figure perfectly, we were made to do blind drawing which was taught during the first lesson. This is to make us focus on the outline of the body shape instead of the details of the body as we kept trying to draw the details of the model’s body even before completing the outline.
Blind Drawing
After that we start to use charcoal to draw the figure. As our arms are still very rigid, we were told to use a stick with a charcoal taped on it like what we did during our first lesson. This is to make us move our arms in a bigger movement while we draw so that we can draw the curves of the body better. However we are told to draw using small strokes where the lines are short. I think through this method, I learnt how to draw the curves of the body better. However I always spend too much time thinking of how to start drawing, I was unable to utilise the time fully thus all the half drawn figures.
 1st & 2nd attempt |
 3rd attempt |
 4th attempt |
 5th attempt |
We then move on to just the charcoal without the stick.
 1st attempt |
 2nd attempt |
 3rd attempt |
 4th attempt with pencil |
After the charcoal drawing, we end off with skeleton drawing using pencil with a time limit of 1 minute for each pose.
1 min skeleton drawing
Homework Assignment
Our assignment for this week was to draw a few figures at a location, with a sketch of the location.
 McDonalds |
 Shopping Mall Rooftop |
I drew the MacDonalds that is selling ice cream and drinks as I always buy ice cream from there in the past after school with my friends. We would then head up to the rooftop of the shopping mall to hang out, and that is the second location that I drew.
As we have to sketch the location, I was able to practice my perspective drawing that was taught in week 3 which I still have some trouble getting the angles right.
The difficulties that I faced while drawing these locations was that the people were wearing clothes this time and I had a hard time trying to follow the guidelines. It was hard for me to see the line of action as I drew the line of action according to the shape of the model’s spine in class, however I am unable to locate the people’s spine with their clothes on. I also had a hard time trying to locate their hip as their pants are covering, and it is hard to find the hip bone with clothes on.
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