Hi again! For week 10, we were to draw our models who had look of distress in them. An opportunity to experiment with charcoal. I feel that charcoal adds a very bold touch to a drawing. And definitely not easy for someone like me who lacks confidence. I like to work with pencil because it has a softer touch. But at the same time, the effects of charcoal is really pretty!

So basically, we had two sessions of 30 minutes to sketch our model. The first session was to draw more of their poses, but because they carried a look of distraught on their face, the very first thing that came to my mind was the squiggle lines which represents how distraught is to me. So I used that as an outline of the female model (the shadow figure). I initially wanted to make it seem like the feelings have overcame her.

Then I proceeded on to draw the male. The reason for the squiggle lines that are only around his chest and head was because emotions are overwhelmed in him, and those squiggle lines represents the amount of heartache and psychologically affected he feels.

Adding them up, the female is no longer just the female overcame by her own feelings, but her, being the cause of the male’s distraught.

And because I was done with my first drawing, I made another one. This time trying something else. I feel that moon and darkness never fails to depict loneliness. 

And we ended the class with 2 more drawings. The one on the right was the first we did. And the one on the left, we were told to make them look elegant. When I hear the word elegance, I would think “on point”. Thus, the pointy toes and hand.

See you again! 🙂