Hands

In one class we spent a whole day working on hands.  We learned the different parts of the hands and then had other classmates model for you.  I personally found that drawing hands are extremely difficult  I couldn't get the proportions right and got really frustrated, but hopefully if I keep practicing I will eventually find it easier to draw hands and have them look good!

Final Day of Class

On the final day of class it was way too cold in the classroom for her to pose nude so she posed with clothes on.  We also worked with drawing the model taking and putting on different pieces of clothing.  I really liked this activity because it was really interactive and a different way of drawing a human figure.  We then also did a long pose and I was really happy with how mine turned out.

Skulls

In class we worked on drawing skulls.  I actually really liked this activity because it was interesting learning about all the different parts in the skull and using that info to proportionally draw a correct skull.  The only problem I encountered during this activity was not making the skull way to long and not overextending the chin.

Open Draw

On December 7th I attended an open draw to make up for my attendance in the class.  I drew for three hours and worked more on not sketching or pressing so hard during getsture drawings.  I have a bad habit of sketching my long pose drawings instead of making solid lines to draw the figure and I'm really working on getting better at that.  It was also nice to have a different model to draw because we've had the same one all semester and it was a nice change of pace to have someone different.

Field Trip

On November 23 we went on a life drawing field trip to the Walker Museum and The Bell Natural History Museum in Minneapolis, MN.  The Walker was filled with amazing modern art and I really enjoyed the photography exhibit.  The guy who put on the exhibit was from Minnesota and captured people in their everyday life.  At the Bell Natural History Museum on the University of Minnesota Campus we got a chance to draw there.  We could draw anything from rocks, bones, or the stuffed animals on display.  I unfortunately didn't find the room upstairs with all the bones until we were about to leave so I didn't get to draw those, but I did draw a caribou.  I had a lot of fun and it was interesting to draw animals because during the class we only drew human figures.

Sick

I had missed class last Tuesday for surgery and we didn't have class on Thursday so I didn't do much last week for life drawing, but will catch up on drawing and sketching this week!! 

Reflection

     I am a Senior and I was soo nervous to be taking another drawing class since I haven't taken one since my sophomore year.  I didn't really know what to expect all I knew is that we would be drawing and focusing on the human form.  Just in the first week I was amazed on how much muscular and bone structures there are to know about to successfully draw the human figure.  We worked on simple gesture drawings and then slowly worked our way up to long poses and through the weeks noticed the progress I have made.  We also had to build muscles onto a maniken to fully understand each and every human muscle and how they are built on the human skeleton.  I find this actually super difficult and I have my skeleton done up to this point, but would love to re-do it before the final is done so I can get a better grade on it.  So far through this class I really enjoy it because I never thought I could successfully draw a human figure in proportion or decent looking, but I've proven myself wrong and quite happy about it! 
     In the second half of the class I am really looking forward to our field trip.   I also like I said before would like to re-do my skeleton and really use the different colors to show the depth of the muscles.  I also of course am excited to expand my knowledge of the human figure.  Spending even just more time drawing human forms will give me that much more practice and get me that much better! I want to also spend more time on longer poses with the model in different poses.  I am very excited for the second half of the semester of the class and to continue exploring and drawing the human form.