Motion Studies
Skipped talking about this last week, since I didn’t feel there was enough to say after just one session. Essentially our Motion Studies lectures are when the computers hide away and the A2 sketch pads come out. In our first session (last week) we drew quick sketches of a man-size skeleton mannequin and also some quick studies of each other too. I was a bit disappointed with my drawings to say the least, so those will not appear on here.
This weeks session [session 2] had a completely different atmosphere. There was a naked man. Life drawing was something that I had not done before and I learnt that when drawing the naked man, you draw fast. You sketch like there is no tomorrow. I couldn’t understand why after posing naked for hours, you would then hide behind the movable white board to put your socks and shoes back on, but there you go. Whilst we were drawing him, our lecturer Kathy would ask him to change pose every minute or so for the first half of the session, then for the latter half they were extended to about 10 to 15 minutes. We were asked if there was any requests for specific poses, but I didn’t see anyone jump to suggest any. Strange.
A few samples of what I churned out during the session can be seen below.
Before next session we have to check Google Images for muscle groups (front and back) and draw them. Not sure what sketch pad to use yet. A4, A3 or A2 (don’t think I’ll do A2, can’t say I fancy sitting at my desk drawing images off the screen with one) are the possibilities. It’ll depends on the quality of the image I refer to, I guess.
I know your thinking ‘but where is the motion?’, well I don’t know, you will just have to wait and see.
Royzy
October 18th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Well churned out sketches Roy, I have done some life studies and they were bad, very bad. I think the movement is detectable in picture 1 and 3 they are both quite obviously line dancing, so well done in conveying that, but number 2 would seem to be motionless, unless of course he is tapping his fingers to the music.
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October 18th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
There was no music, and I couldn’t see him hiding an iPod on himself. Silent disco.
I messed up the top 1, his upper back looks like it could of been his front. As I drew his hair, I was thinking ‘hmmm, looks like a hair covered face, not the back of a hairy head’. And I think I broke his thumb.
Did you find the life drawing beneficial to your later work? In some of my favourites you have done, the anatomy is spot on.
October 18th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
I benifitted tremendously from life classes, I think they are essential in understanding our anatomy, think every one should have a go at some point in their lives. I don’t think you messed up on any of these, this is pretty impressive for a first time. I cannot stress how bad my first drawings were.
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October 19th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
We are required to do as much anatomical drawing as possible between sessions, so I’ll be on Deviantart collecting resources for sure.
October 23rd, 2008 at 10:51 am
This is looking good so far and it will a great resource in the future. Try and be a bit less decriptive..eg you tend to describe everyday and what you did. I’d rather see you ask yourself questions, so for example upload some work and ask what you would do to make it better the next time, what went well and what didn’t go so well…that way you will naturally start to evaluate your work.
October 23rd, 2008 at 9:02 pm
I feel a bit unloved… did you copy and paste that Andy? I will try and ask myself some questions and analyse my work more thoroughly.
October 25th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
You are loved…
Julie and I both liked your drawings and your narrative – particularly the questioning of sense/ sensibility of the ‘changing routine’ which made me smile.
October 26th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
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