The contour drawings were the complete opposite. We were told not to worry about proportion and to draw slowly. I love drawing quickly, with big gestures and lots of movement. Within the time we were supposed to spend on one I found myself drawing several and ending up frustrated with the process. I will definitely have to work on that. Part way through the time I started thinking of the limb that I was drawing as a landscape of rolling hills, and imagining myself drawing the contour lines on a map. This made it a little easier but didn't really make for a particularly nice drawing.
The model is very good, she gave us some seriously challenging poses. I must admit I expected a less ideal physique, I suppose it's easier to teach with one. Anyway it sounds like the model from open drawing doesn't do as interesting poses so we are lucky.
I'm both looking forward to and dreading the clay skeletons. It will be very useful to know about the bone structure but it looks hard. I only have one basic tool so I hope it turns out ok.
This is a bunch of gestured I did before I started at Stout. They are done with vine and took 1 minute each. I thought they were pretty good then but I can see now that they need a little work. Oh well, hopefully I'll get that in this class.
I hope to get a couple of different things out of this class. I'd like to gain knowledge of the human form so that I can draw it without needing a model. I'd also like to improve my 'eye' and be able to draw from life with more accuracy. But what I want to improve the most is in composition and line sensibilities.
