Life Drawing Sessions

The above three are from my first Life Drawing session, taking 15, 30, and 55 minutes respectively. In the second sketch, Will advised us to use cleaner, more confident lines to define the figure.

In the second session, we focused on drawing the figure and its main features quickly, and so each of the above sketches were done in under 2 minutes, before moving on to the 60, 45, 30 and 20 second sketches below.

 

Then, we worked on mid-tone paper, and using white chalk, drew the light, instead of drawing the shadow as you would on white paper. In the final piece, we also used graphite sticks to draw the darkest shadows and add more depth.

As part of one of Lothar's sessions, we went to the Castle Museum and were asked to draw something from the natural history section. I chose this lion, and tried to focus on the shape of the mouth and accurately drawing the textures of the fur.

Afterwards, we then drew non-animals, and so I decided to try and capture how the light fell on different plants and a stone.

Environment Studies

For the second part of BA1, we need to produce two finished pieces, in full colour. Similarly to the last project, we develop our ideas through the stages of lineart, value studies, and colour studies, before starting the final pieces.

Lineart Pieces

 

Value Studies

 

Colour Studies

 

Research: Edo-Japan Environments

Image research for my environment studies.