Which drawing materials produced the best results? Why? For me, the 4B pencil and the coloured pencils worked best. I think this was because of their capacity to create subtle tonal nuances which seems to be important when drawing faces. Does your self portrait look like you? Show it to a couple of frinds […]
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Check and log: The moving figure
How well did you manage to create the sense of a fleeting moment rather than a pose? Maybe this is something that worked relatively well in my drawings, as I tend to have a non-perfectionist style and am impatient and prefer less to more. So in a way all my drawings have something unfinished in […]
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Check and log: The clothed figure
Did you find it easy to approach the figure as a whole or were you distracted by details of the sitter’s dress? I think I was at times too focused on details of the folds. But most of the figures work quite well as a whole. Still I think my folds do not really work, […]
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Check and log: Structure
How accurately did you depict the overall proportions of the figure? Proportions of standing and lying figure look ok. One of the sitting figures (sketch 2) is also ok, but the first sketch and the worked out drawing of the sitting figure are not accurate for proportion. The upper part of the body is too […]
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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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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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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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Check and log: Drawing trees
How many different tree types have you drawn? I drew three different tree types in individual sketches and studies, and around six different trees in the several trees drawings. What techniques did you use to distinguish each type? In the two individual tree sketches, I think it was the type of markmaking for the foliage […]
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Check and log: Townscapes
How did you use a limited colour palette to create a sense of depth? Overall, I think I did not create much sense of depth with my use of colour. Maybe a bit in that the central building has the most intense colouring, while the buildings behind appear more faded. I used the same brown […]
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Check and log: Perspective
What problems did you find in executing perspective drawings? I did not perceive the task as particularly problematic. Maybe this is because I have acquired some practice with perspective drawing earlier on, before the course. It’s mainly to find myself back into it. I do make technical errors but I think I can improve on […]
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