Compare and Contrast

     As I said in class, I am vary impressed with how much all of you have improved your drawing skills over the course of 5 weeks. Below you will find a set of drawings from done by your classmates (all who attended last class, that is). The drawing on the left is from day 1, the drawing on the right is from day 5. There are some great things happening: 

     More consideration of how the full figure will fit on the page

     Great improvement in figure proportion 

     Much better sense of rhythm, gesture, and the oppositional balance of the 3 major masses 

     And most striking and impressive of all:

     On day 1 most of us approached drawing the figure with contour, with a focus on depicting surface anatomy with wavy lines that didn't give a good sense of balance or form. 

     By day 5 we all are using anatomical details to indicate where masses interlock and overlap one another, thereby creating what appears to be a complex form unified by balance, rhythm and gesture. 

     Now, instead of using contour to outline the masses of the figure,  you are using the interlocking and overlapping masses to create the countours of the body. 

     You are no longer copying surface details- you are now constructing the illusion of form from the inside out. And it is all based on your conceptualization of form. 

Take a look:

Amanda 

Milena 

Hannah

Vicki

Jahaira

Mel

Taylor

Molly

Lucretia

Eric 

Matt 

Chelsea 

     WOW. Many of our first figure drawings were tipping over or doing a bad impression of David Blaine levitating. You are now  creating the illustion of form with solidity and weight. Your study of Bridgeman, your work from other classes, and your individual drawings in your bottomless sketchbooks is really paying off. KEEP IT UP!