Figure drawing from a model
2mo
Ray
This is a figure drawing from life. Spent around 4 hours on it. This was kind of a hard pose to draw but I think it's important to try and draw different positions of a human figure. It's also very huge. We draw in class on life-size papers so that the figure is around the same/similiar size as the paper. The biggest problem for me and my classmates is to fit the whole figure into that huge paper. Do you have any tips for this?? It's charcoal by the way.
I would also be very happy if someone here has some tips on how to actually START drawing the figure on huge formats. The beginning of a huge drawing is always the hardest not only for me.
Ray, usually the best approach is to try capture the gesture, the overall placement and essence.. enough that a person could see the gesture you have, and strike the same pose... In as few lines as you can (so easy to alter).. some research on gesture should get you plenty more on this, and practising just repeating the initial gesture can be useful .. as otherwise you don't get enough practice (with it being the first 5-10 minutes of each 4 hour drawing).
Nice work 👍
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2mo
The best way to get good at anything is to do it over and over again, consistently. Lots of starts. With proportion being your focus, I would skip the long poses with the rendering, and focus only on the layins. Even if the model is holding a long pose, move your seat, sketch as much as you need to get the layin, and then move to another position.
You should practice this on smaller, cheaper paper, because you'll be doing a lot of quick drawings. Cultivate an understanding of the proportions of the human body through practice, then you can translate that to a larger scale.
This is a lovely life drawing and it fits the paper well. Her face is so expressive.
The proportions on this drawing is pretty nice. The one way to start the drawing is to mark the top and bottom, and then measure the width with your charcoal pencil. I hope this helps :)
