Life Drawing (WARNING: The following post contains Nudity)

As with the last project, this project also involved life drawing classes, which gave me a chance to see if my observational skills had improved over the year.  Most of these sessions where a mixture of quick 5 minute drawing's and a 45 minute drawing.  Lets see how I got on, shall we:

These two where done on my first week back, they where done with chalk, the main object was to focus on drawing the highlight's of the body rather than the body itself.

Unfortunately when because I was ill I misheard and drew the first one with body lines, however the second one I did in highlights, both took 30 minutes, so this was a chance to see how quick I could draw an entire body shape with detail.

 These next sixteen mini drawing's where done in the second week, each one taking around five minutes to create, this was different facial expressions at different angles.  This was a good for me because it shows how fast I can work with a timer, areas that I could improve upon are finishing the face before moving on to the shadows and highlights.

The next drawing where done in separate lessons, the first one was actually the first life drawing I did when term started, each hand was given 5 minutes to create.  I am awful at drawing hands and feet, so this was great practise for me to see how quickly I can draw a hand, my favourites are no. 3 and 5.  The second drawing was my final life drawing before submission, this was unlike any of the previous lessons, I was given 3 hours to draw my model, this was the first time ever that I'd draw a person this long. Areas I could have improved on was the right leg, and the stool, getting the anatomy of his head to match the body was the hardest part of the piece.

This is my favourite piece altogether, because I tried to really work on the face as much as possible, the time limit was 45 minutes.  I prefer working with shading pencils because of my traditional background, so I didn't have to step outside my comfort zone.  I really tried to get as many facial details in as possible but I could have done better with the nose.  Things I could improve upon, if I had more time I would have been able to finish the arms, I also feel as though the hair could have some more work to it.  But other than that I am happy with what I produced.

Overall, I feel as though my drawing skills have improved, though I do need to be able to draw quicker to get basic anatomy and then add detail to it.  I also feel as though I could work with more chalk and other drawing material other than pencil, but nevertheless I am happy with my results.