Oct 29
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- Sketchbook Work – figure proportions. Graphite.
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- Sketchbook Work – head/face proportions. Graphite.
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- Sketchbook Work – proportions. Graphite.
Oct 30 (Homework for Nov 2)
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- Hand proportions sketchbook page. Graphite.
Oct 31 (Homework for Nov 2 – planar self portrait)
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- Drawing the self portrait in graphite.
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- Adding the planes to the self portrait. Graphite.
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- Painting each section. Graphite and acrylic paint.
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- Painting each section. Graphite and acrylic paint.
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- Painting. Acrylic paint.
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- Painting – workspace. Acrylic paint.
Final planar self portrait painting. Acrylic paint.
Nov 4 (Homework for Nov 5)
Figure sketchbook spread. Graphite.
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- Digitizing the planar self portrait in colour.
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- Digitizing the planar self portrait in greyscale.
Nov 5 (first in-class figure model session)
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- 1 minute (sharpie).
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- 1 minute (sharpie).
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- Blind contour and 2 minute (sharpie).
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- 30 seconds (sharpie).
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- 10 minutes (charcoal – vine and some compressed).
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- 20 minutes (charcoal – vine and some compressed).
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- 20 minutes (charcoal – vine and some compressed).
Nov 9
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- 2 minutes. (acrylic paint)
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- 1 minute. (acrylic paint)
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- 30 seconds. (acrylic paint)
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- 10 minutes each. (acrylic paint)
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- 15-20 minutes. (acrylic paint)
Nov 8 & 11 (Homework for Nov 12)
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- Original risograph print.
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- Risograph print embellished with pen.
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- Risograph print embellished with watercolour.
Nov 12
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- 2 minutes. (acrylic paint)
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- 1 minute. (acrylic paint)
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- 30 seconds. (acrylic paint)
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- 15 minutes each. (acrylic paint)
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- 15 minutes. (acrylic paint)
Nov 15 (Homework due Nov 16)
Spread 1. West Village, Friends Apartment Building, The Donut Project. Graphite.
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- West Village streets. Graphite.
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- Friends Apartment Building. Graphite.
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- The Donut Project. Graphite.
Spread 2. Washington Square Park, The Grey Dog, Union Square Park. Graphite.
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- Washington Square Park. Graphite.
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- The Grey Dog. Graphite.
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- Union Square Park. Graphite.
Nov 16
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- 30 seconds. (acrylic paint)
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- 40 minutes. (acrylic paint)
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- 40 minutes. (acrylic paint)
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- 40 minutes each. (acrylic paint)
Nov 19 (start of 2 class session painting)
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- Gesture painting (acrylic paint) 30 seconds each
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- Start of 2 class session figure painting (acrylic paint)
End of session 1, 2 class session figure painting. (acrylic paint)
Nov 26 (final figure painting session)
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- Gesture paintings, 30 seconds each. (acrylic paint)
Final two class session figure painting. (acrylic paint)
This unit was overall quite difficult for me because I haven’t spent much time drawing or painting the figure. I was not very confident in my drawing or especially painting skills and was quite nervous. When we started, I could understand the proportions but it is hard to remember them all when creating the figure, especially in different poses. I enjoyed learning how to draw hands because it was something I couldn’t quite get before. However, I found it harder to draw them when I was creating the two page spread about the hidden city. That assignment was quite difficult for me because I wanted to capture people in these spaces but often times they were moving or walking by so I had to either take a photo or try my best to remember. My favourite assignment from this unit was the risograph prints because I learned how to use the risograph machine and create three pieces that I was very proud of. I spent 2 hours at the risograph printer because I was having trouble aligning the orange but in the end I’m really happy with how it turned out. Even though the orange is still slightly unaligned, I think it shows the viewer how the separate colours were printed separately and makes the prints look more special. I can see by looking back at my first figure painting session until my last that I improved greatly over the few sessions we had. It took me a while but I started being able to make longer brush strokes and paint figures that looked more similar to the model. For example, looking at my paintings from November 9th, you can see the short brush strokes and it looks disjointed and messy. However, when you look at my painting from from November 26, you can see longer strokes. The blue down the woman’s back is all one stroke. This also shows greatly in my gesture paintings from each session. I am surprised to see the difference from the gesture paintings from our first session to our last. Once again, the paintings from the first session are disjointed which I think is partially because I needed to use more water and partially because it took me longer to get to the place I did. I am very proud of my progress and think my painting and figure skills have both improved greatly through this unit.
