Georg Kolbe (1877 – 1947) was a German painter and sculptor. I saw one of his drawings in the textbook on drawing the human figure by Gottfried Bammes which I studied for the research point on structure. I was impressed by the energy and lightness of these drawings. Reading the Wikipedia article on Kolbe, I […]
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Check and log: Gesture
How well have you managed to capture the poses? What could be improved? Overall I’m satisfied with how I captured the poses. Sometimes there are slight errors of proportion but they don’t seem to disturb understanding of the pose. The main step forward to make would be to draw other people. I made an attempt […]
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Gesture
Exercise: stance I wasn’t really sure what is meant by the word stance. It seems to have been something that I had tried to get right in my figure drawing so far, without knowing that this was it. I enjoyed this exercise. I began to feel a bit limited by using only myself as a […]
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Check and log: Form
Were you able to maintain a focus on proportion at the same time as creating a sense of weight and three-dimensional form? I think proportions are mostly ok, just sometimes I seem to overemphasize the upper part of the body. Sense of weight also looks ok. To me the figures appear centred. Three-dimensionality is less […]
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Form
This project comprised two exercises, which I completed in a sequence during several days. Exercise: Essential shapes I made several drawings for this exercise. The first three were in charcoal on brown A3 sized paper. Then I continued with a 2B pencil for four more drawings in my A4 sketchbook. I stayed with myself as […]
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Check and log: Proportions
Have you managed to make a complete statement in this time? What were your main problems? I was surprised myself, but in this figure drawing project it was for about the first time that I felt ok with instructions and the task at hand. I felt I was able to draw what was required to […]
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Proportions
I have no model available so decided to draw myself, using a mirror. Luckily the wardrobe in my study has large mirror doors so I can see myself full length or seated without having to take uncomfortable positions. First step: Two 5-minute drawings. I chose my A4 smooth paper sketchbook for this task, and 2B […]
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Reflections at the end of part III
I completed assignment 3 with the A3 drawing of the view, but I did not perceive that drawing as a finished work or as the endpoint in a series. It rather felt like “another unfinished, moderately successful attempt”. I like about the drawing that it maintained some of the freshness of the early sketches. Areas […]
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Developing Assignment 3: View out of the window
Initially I thought about drawing the view out of my terrace door, but there’s only a single plant there and I interpret the instructions that there should be some more natural things included, more than just one medium-sized potted plant. Indeed the view out of the window in my office seems to include everything we […]
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Research point: John Constable, Fir Trees
Constable was a master of observation of the natural world. Look at the character and variety in the trees he has captured in this drawing. This was not explicitly stated as a research task, but since I felt so stuck with my own attempts at drawing trees that I found it might be a good […]
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