Life Drawing I: Week One: Reflection

DRAWING
This first past week of Life Drawing I feel; went pretty well and was very refreshing. The aspect of this course that already I am enjoying the most is the structure of the class and how it is broken up. At times three hour courses can get to be a lot to handle by the last hour or so, with more then one set of eyes watching the clock. Because Amy has set up this course in intervals ranging from 30 seconds and up it really makes the time just fly by. In a good way of course. With these intervals I feel that my work is able to more easily change from drawing to drawing and I am able to look back even just five minutes before and see how I was able to change my drawings around and tweek them a bit for the better.

I also liked that Amy really has just let us go and do our best for the time being. I feel like its really been giving me the chance to shake off some rust and get back into the swing of things. By doing this I feel that once we begin to have more forward instruction that I will be able to look at and relate my current drawings to the new instruction and be able to more easily see where I need to, and how to improve.

I have also this week, gained a greater appreciation for the differences between the male and female forms. Our two models have very different builds simply because one is female and one is male. These differences can be seen not only in their physical builds, curves, etc., but also quite drastically in the poses they chose and how they hold and morph their bodies into these positions. By giving us the chance to view and draw two different models I feel that it will more greatly enhance my drawing skills.

As of current I feel like the thing that I am struggling the most with is my lack of knowledge about the human body and how to take proportions into correct consideration. I feel that the area of the body I am struggling with the most is the proportion of the shoulders and arms to the rest of the body. At times I've noticed my arms are way too long and at other times they're too short. That goes the same for the shoulders at times they seem to broad and at others they seem too narrow.

I tend to be much more of a visual learner then a verbal/auditory learner, so I greatly appreciated watching Amy drawing as well. I feel that I learn the most from watching other people do something, especially in drawing, rather then them telling me what or how to do it. From watching Amy draw I was able to grasp a better understanding of how the chest of the body lays in accordance with the rest of the body. As well as how light touches and sketches can really help you to find the line your looking for while trying to portray the human body.