Life Drawing (second session)

In this life drawing session i aimed to be more expressive, and so used different materials and techniques in order to do this. I experimented with ink, water, bleach, and charcoal, using techniques such as stippling and scumbling.

Here i used charcoal and a sharpened wooden end of a paintbrush dipped in ink to show the tones and contrast within the form.
(20 mins)

                                                                                                I had roughly 1 minute 30s to record each pose, and so chose to use charcoal as this was a quick way of drawing what i could see. I aimed to capture the shape of the basic form and feel i have been successful with this through my use of lines

   


ink and water drawing, i used the water to show tone and left the highlighted areas untouched to capture the contrast

                                                                                                  This quick drawing was done in charcoal, i aimed to show the shapes of the muscles using tone and lines. I feel this has worked particularly well on the left bicep

I had a minute to record each pose as the life model went from standing to the floor, and then back to standing. I wanted to capture the basic shapes and each pose as a fixed stage in the process of his movement.
If i were to do this again i would have overlapped the drawings more to make the piece more dynamic

                                                                                                               Here i used the bleeding 

                                             technique with ink and water. I applied a wash to the areas that i                      wanted to bleed, and then started to draw the form in ink.I like the dark, enigmatic               effect this has on the drawing, and the contrast between areas of tone and highlight accentuates this. I feel this is successful as an expressive piece of work for these reasons

I like how the bleeding here makes the drawing more dynamic and dark, and the ink lines layered over this add to the sense of movement. Fast, heavy music was playing while i drew this, and so this influenced the pace of my movements and weight of the lines

 i drew this figure out quickly with water, and then added the ink to ensure it only bled in the shape of the figure. i feel my use of techniques successfully portrayed this pose, as the pose was quite delicate and so i used thinner lines and less dark areas of tone. Soft music was also playing while i drew this, further influencing me to portray the softness of the pose.

   



In this quick drawing i used stippling and scumbling for the areas of tone. I aimed to show the delicate outline of the  form through use of thin, descriptive lines

                                                                                                      charcoal, ink and water were used                                                                                         here to show 3 different angles on one pose