midterm

I think that the most helpful thing that I have learned in life drawing so far has been proportions. The short drawings of the simple drawings of just the spine and the ribcage have seemed to helped me the most.

I think that my biggest weakness in this class is drawing to dark. I've always had a heavy hand, and its hard to go back and adjust the form when the drawing gets all messy. I also think that maniken is another weakness. I'n not very patient with perfecting the muscles. I would like to spend more time on the maniken second semester so that i can really understand the movement and placement of the muscles.

drawings here.

regular study and blind contour

Walker visit

This painting is by John Currin. It is called Park City Grill. He painted in 2000. The piece is oil paint on 38"x30" canvas.

I think that this piece is awesome. It was in the chairs and binoculars show/room. I have seen John Currin's work before, so it was exciting for me to see one of his pieces in the Walker (even if i did have to look at it through the binoculars). I was attracted to his painting, being a painter myself, for obvious reasons. His paintings are so smooth and realistically painted. His proportions are exaggerated which reminds me of old pieces in the past that distorted the human figure.

Channeled Whelk Shell

Busycotpus canaliculatus

The Whelk shell has grooves between the coils of the top of the shell. It is very round and can grow up to 12 inches in length. They are pear shaped (fat at the top and pointy at the bottom). This shell houses hermit crabs when its empty.

http://oceanica.cofc.edu/shellguide/shells/channelwhelk.htm

whoopsi.

I am terrible at remembering to update this blog. I'm going to get better though. I'm setting up ways to remember, that will hopefully work.

Life drawing is a lot of fun so far. I really like looking at the forms and really getting a chance to practice. I enjoy how much time we spend on correcting the proportions of the body. One thing that I am really struggling with is how to draw lightly. I think drawing with soft charcoal is partly to blame, so I am going to try a different tool. Also, line variation is hard to achieve with soft charcoal. Hopefully changing the drawing tool will help.