Weight Figure Series on You Tube

Here is a link to a you tube video showing the weight drawing series. A big thanks to Lea Anderson who created the video for me. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KG0CWItIPY

Weight Figure Series on You Tube

Here is a link to a you tube video showing the weight drawing series. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KG0CWItIPY

Drawing 1 Complete

Here is the drawing as it looked in June 2009. The dark values are in place, but no highlights. Also, the figure's hair was short. The face has a lot of problems.


The image above is how the drawing looks in June 2010. I changed the face a lot. Adding the pony tail, shortening the face, enlarging the eye area, etc.

This is the final full drawing. Her feet are all in shadow. I am trying to finish the series this summer so I can begin getting ready for the exhibit in December.

Drawing 1 Getting close to complete

It had been a long time since I'd seen this drawing. This is the first in the series that I began last June. I can only hang so many drawings of this size in my studio at one time. I planned to just add the highlights, but I revisited several parts of the drawing and made major changes. I added more hair in the form of a pony tail. The model actually has a pony tail. I added the highlights, trying to stay minimal. Then, I redrew the eye area and made changes to the facial shadows.
I am more satisfied with the drawing now.

Rock Texture

In this session at my studio I concentrated on the rock value and texture. I added highlights as well as dark values. I wanted the dark values on the bottom of the rock to be similar to the dark values in the figure's hair. My aim is to lead the eye from the rock to the figure. I tried to simplify the values, but add complexity to the rock shapes and texture. So I incorporated many more small rock shapes.

Drawing Six Highlights Continued

After the initial blocking of the highlight, I began to erase and blend. I shaped the highlight areas and subtracted white charcoal from some of the edges. Then I used a blending stump to blend the white charcoal into the gray paper. I am happy with the highlight areas on the legs, not so much with the back. I will have to work on that area further. Maybe more shadows are needed in the back. We'll see.

Back in the Studio Again

I am back in the studio again! Between final exams, portfolio review, and then the start of the new quarter I did'ot get to my studio very much. That's life! I have started working on this standing figure putting in the highlights. This image shows the first step where I blocked in the large shapes. I have done very little blending at this point. Also, the highlights are extending into some areas where I do not want them.