DRAWING THE FIGURE

Overall I think the class was great. I love drawing. When the class first started I thought that I would learn to draw the figure and it would be great but would probably not influence the work I produce after the class. I realize that it has had an impact. I think its exciting to look at the way I normally would draw and to be able to utilize an entirely new visual vocabulary in the same drawings. I'm not sure if the way my drawings look is very noticeable but I approach drawing differently. I can see progress in the development of the model drawings. The line weight used is much more diverse and the contour lines seem much more intentional. Perspective and proportion have also become much more believable. I think the gesture drawing has become worse. Along with being distracted with the complicated form of various body parts I think it also may have been effected by the lack of consistent models to draw from. I really enjoy building the manikin and drawing the skeleton. I think that understanding the skeletal system has been more beneficial in understanding how to draw the human form than understanding the musculature system.