Model Drawing 2, week 6

Gestures to begin, as usual:

We completed TWENTY 1-MINUTE gestures.
We then completed TWO 2-MINUTE BLIND CONTOUR drawings, immediately followed by TWO 2-MINUTE SIGHTED CONTOUR drawings.  We followed these drawings up with some head studies.

THREE 4-MINUTE HEAD STUDIES, followed by FOUR 3-MINUTE HAND STUDIES.  The goal was to complete at least one hand per 3 minutes, but some students were able to complete both hands in the allotted time.

Student work:

We then moved on to TWO 5-MINUTE WALKING POSES, as a quick refresher of what we did two weeks ago.

 Afterwards we moved into STRIPED DRESS STUDIES, completing THREE CAREFULLY DRAWN STUDIES.  Careful observation was critical for these figures.

From left to right: ONE 11-MINUTE STUDY, ONE 12-MINUTE STUDY, AND ONE 18-19 MINUTE STUDY.  We took turns draping the model, hence the random time lengths.

Our next study involved drawing the model in an UN-STRIPED DRESS, and adding the stripes to it after finishing the drawing.  This was a difficult exercise, if it seemed hard that's because it was!  And although it was a bit daunting, everyone still did well with it.

ONE 15-MINUTE drawing, stripes added afterwards.  Note:  SHADOW SHAPES ON THE DRESS!  We started lighting the longer poses, so that means rendering!  If you can get as far as lightly rendering the figure IN ADDITION to the garment by all means go for it, don't stop after you've rendered the garment.
OUR GOAL THIS TERM IS TO FINISH (AND BY FINISH I MEAN RENDER) A FIGURE WITH A NICE HEAD, HANDS, AND FEET IN 15-20 MINUTES!!

The last figures of the day were rendered on newsprint with black colored pencil and white pastel, creating a 3-value system for the garments:

 Note:  I was standing BEHIND THE LIGHT, so I didn't have as many strong shadow shapes as I would have liked, but I'm still paying careful attention to where they are.  I'm also following the same logic for the lightest lights (white pastel), only adding it where the light feels strongest on the garment, thereby using the paper itself as a midtone for the dress.

We then completed ONE 20-MINUTE RENDERING, and ONE 10-MINUTE STUDY.  We might have done one more pose, but I may have not written it down, so if you missed this class and want to make up the work for it, throw in an extra 20 minute rendering.

Student work: