Dec 7, 2022

Life drawing class this Wednesday was last one in term one. I don't think words can express enough how much I enjoy and dearly love these classes. I had a revelation, that these classes are truly me-time when I can relax and let my creativity flow.

This time I came ready to use ned media - pastel crayon and charcoal. I was a bit scared to draw with charcoal as I've never done it before, but I managed to surprise myself and create strokes and sketches I loved. I definitely plan to use accent colour + black combo again and again. When I reflect onto my sketches later, I find that I still struggle with proportion of models head. It's hit or miss, sometime it's the right size and half of the time it's smaller. I think 'life-hack' that I will use next time is to sketch full body first and only then play with the size of a head to determine the right one.

Reflection

I want to shortly reflect onto my progress this term - nine classes total. I learned how to create fluid figure, I've practised enough to determine proportions by just my eyes. I'm proud how I went from spending time on constructing figure from shapes and action line to being able sketch just simple silhouettes. I took risks and explored multiple medias therefore achieving different looks and feelings and it helped me to get even more confident in my abilities and skills.

recognizable portrait

great texture

favourite one