working with the figure process session 21

My favorite medium to work with was charcoal. It was easy to manipulate and to orient the lights and shadows of the human figure in a quick amount of time. Once I started twisting and turning the charcoal vine and compressed charcoal I was really starting to capture and define certain areas of the human form. Working with the pressure I applied from the charcoal to my newsprint also helped bring to life the longer poses. My proportions and how I observed the human form really evolved as I payed less attention to what I was drawing and more attention to where I was look; that is when I essentially saw major improvements.

When we went onto working with acrylic paint, I wasn’t as instantly comfortable in trying to capture the movements and positions of the figure model. I noticed that I was holding my brush too tightly and my form was too stiff to function. Once I loosened up and placed my hand towards the end of the brush, I started to see a major difference in the way my paint flowed and in the expression the model was emitting.

I find to today that I am still more comfortable with charcoal only because I feel that I have more control over the medium but I believe that with more practice and less overthinking of where I should place the paint, I will enjoy the process a little more.

session 1:

20 minute

 30 sec

 2 min

 1 min

 

Session 2

 

 10 min

 10 min

 40 min

 1 min

 30 sec

session 3 (absent)

–> open figure drawing session

session 4/5:

 30 sec

 2 x 40 min

 30 sec

 

 

 

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