Lifedrawing

Here is some work from my first two sessions of life drawing that I attended. The images below were from relatively short studies (around 10-15 mins each) that focused on rendering the light and leaving the midtone of the paper for the main skin tones of the model.

I incorporated some graphite into one of the studies to allow for darker tones and some minor contrast around areas of intense light. I found these studies quite difficult, as it forces you to look for the plains of flesh that are brighter and render the body "backwards" instead of the usual rendering of shadow and detail.

These were my first set of sketches from the life model. We were given various amounts of time than decreased after every 4 we completed. For the last 4 I had only 30 seconds each. For my first time in life drawing, I don't think I did too bad, although my studies are a little large. I also need to work on stopping going over my lines repeatedly.

These sketches are from my second life drawing session and I feel like I have improved already in comparison to the previous weeks work. The inclusion of minor shading within the sketch really allows the drawing to pop out and look much more 3D than a standard sketch. I'm really enjoying life drawing so far, I can't wait for my next sessions and to see how far I can get.