As we near the end of the semester the classes and weeks blur together. I don’t think this is a good sign. Maybe I’m getting old. I do remember that this week has been more sociable than most. We have been pairing up (or in my case clumping together with at least two others) and drawing each other. It has definitely given me a new appreciation for the models. I discovered that I could never do it. I don’t know why I thought I’d be able to sit still for that long... An absolutely impossible event.

Anyway, we didn’t have class on Monday due to Spring break. I am looking forward to the lecture on the structure of the skull. I hope it will help me improve on the structure of my skulls, they were looking either very squished or very stretched last week.

We also learnt eyes and nose time. Noses were difficult at first, at least until I started to think of them as a series of planes. It definitely helps, the only drawback is that then I make them a little over defined. 

Actually now that I look at this one again I think I need to work on noses. It looks a little wonky. 

Eyes weren’t too bad from the start. I don’t know how well I followed Amy’s way of drawing them but I like the way they turned out. Do you guys  think I need to improve on anything specifically?

Mouths and ears were harder. My ears looked like flat objects with patterns on them but Amy reminded me to use contour lines ( which I had been forgetting for no apparent reason) and they stated to look much better. Mouths were straight forward except I kept making them fuller than they need to be. Also I need to remember not to let the corners of the mouth meet.

I heard that the final project for this class will be a self portrait but I haven't decided if I'm happy about this or not yet. I have never drawn a realistic self portrait that I've been happy with. Not even close. It will definitely be a challenge.