Model Drawing 2, Week 12

TWENTY 1-minute gestures to warm up:

We then went into THREE 3-minute arm studies, followed by THREE 3-minute leg studies (in wedges for the first 2, last one with flat shoes).  Some people put the arm and leg studies onto the same figure, although that isn't necessary.

I also quickly went over flat feet/shoes for those few students who are doing menswear for their projects.

In flat shoes, the legs take on a new gestural relationship with the feet.  I drew a tiny lower leg in heels in the top right corner to show the difference between legs with heels and legs with flats.

Student work of the "Three-arm/Three-leg" exercise:

We then drew THREE 10-minute figures with ONE LAYER OF CLOTHES ie: tank top with shorts, shirt with pedal pushers, etc.  The third figure had flat shoes.

Over these three figures we drew 3 different coats/sweaters/jackets on tracing paper, much like last week.  3 minutes per coat.

Student work:

Before lunch we had time for one last "quick" figure:  ONE 5-minute fully clothed figure study:
student work:

After lunch we completed THREE 20-MINUTE FIGURES, with the first 3 minutes reserved for the gesture drawing (clothed figure without jacket/coat).

The figure on the right represents this exercise.  So the pose breaks down into a 3-minute gesture drawing with no jacket, 17 minutes for the rendering of the figure with the jacket.

We ended with TWO 10-minute figures, fully clothed.  (The figures on the left)