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1st half Fall Semester 2010
1st half Fall Semester 2010
Reflection
When entering this class this fall I had some previous experience in drawing models in my drawing one class. They were a few brief sessions but it was enough to give me a lingering interest. I was quite happy to be enrolled in a class focusing solely on drawing from models as that was one thing I always had trouble with.The amount of short timed gesture drawings at first seemed kind of pointless but as the semester progressed I started to see their usefulness in my longer drawings. The repetition really started to help with setting up initial proportions, and over the course of the semester less and less corrections were necessary. The adding of contour lines in combination with the long timed drawings helped me to see planes and depth to my drawings. The sketchy feel I have to my like work has been nice in that it lends to the lifelike feel but also has created problems with the drawing having many erase marks due to multiple lines.
Expectations
I know we haven't gotten to the extremities of the human body yet, but those are what I would like to work the most on. I realize that if the torso isn't correctly mapped out the rest will look off as well. Faces, hands and feet have always given me problems so I'd like to work on them some more. Also I would like to work on developing my atmospheric effects as well. They would help add depth as well create more perspective. For the long poses I would like to be able to draw better from the harder angles. I have had quite a few problems when faced with a subject that is angled out towards the viewer. Overall I just hope I can improve enough to the point where excessive erasing isn't necessary and I can build more confidence in my line work.
My flickr portfolio is at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zwettlerd
