Model Drawing 2, Week 11

Ten 2-minute gestures to warm up.

Followed by Three 7-minute head studies, ideally front, profile, 3/4 back.

We followed up our head studies with Three 8-minute figures in a bikini.  These same three figures were used in the clothed poses that followed.

Student work:

 Using tracing paper, we began clothing each individual figure, (meaning the model repeated her poses with garments on).  Each layer of clothing is placed on another individual sheet of tracing paper.  For example, if the model is wearing only a dress, then the dress is drawn on a singular sheet of tracing paper.  If she puts a coat or jacket on, the jacket is drawn on another sheet of tracing paper on top of the previous sheet with the dress on it, thereby forcing you to draw layers of clothing over one another.  This way you get a better idea of the ease of each garment as well as the building thicknesses of the fabrics.  As for shading, we are now shading in an idealized manner; instead of focusing solely on the shadow shapes we see, we are simplifying the shading to show the figure beneath the clothing, placing shading even if not actually present in what we're looking at.

Student work:

We are also considerably editing down the amount of folds we see.  Also, note that separates go on the same sheet of tracing paper, since they are the "first layer" of clothing on top of the bathing suit.  The jacket on top of the separates is literally another layer, so it goes on another sheet of tracing paper.  Garments such as a dress or a jacket should only take 3-minutes, while separates take 5-minutes.

My tracing paper dress over my bathing suit figure:

We then repeated this exercise for the last half of class, with only one difference, which will be explained shortly.

Student work:

 Once again, Three 8-minute figures.  The flats next to the figures will be explained shortly.
Student work:

Again, each garment should only take about 1-2 minutes to draw, these garments were a 5-minute pose.  As for the flats:  before drawing each jacket/coat on the model, we drew it first as a flat, taking about 3-minutes.  We can then learn how to anticipate what a coat/jacket will look like on the figure when thinking about flat designs.  This was done for all 3 coats/jackets.

Student work:

Shirt and pants.

Same shirt and pants, with jacket on top.  To end the session, we wrote down next to our drawings what we learned from this exercise.

One of the combinations of garments:  knee length sweatpants with a big-shaped sweater, and tight swimming suit beneath.  (Active wear with heels, apparently we're not using flats)