Life Drawing April

This life drawing session focused on drawing loosely and drawing like an animator and not an illustrator. Some drawings worked and some didn't but i learned a lot during this session. I started to draw and not to worry about the outcome to much.

Marwell Zoo

The trip to Marwell zoo was quite a productive one. The main focus of the trip was to study the animals and get down as much information as possible in regards to what they do and how they move. The brief was not to copy the animals and their detail because the internet can be used for that. I took with me an abundance of different materials and tried to find out which were best used for which animal.

Layout practice

I spent Friday evening Baby-sitting so this was the perfect opportunity to do some work to pass the time. Luckily i was really into this drawing so time went very quickly.

London day out

Gesture Drawings

My Easter Holidays has now come to a close. I would have upload my work as i did them but i forgot to take my camera home. I purchased the animation book drawn to life and  was really motivated to get back to work and try out what i read. These are my gesture drawings of my dogs where i drew the verb and not the noun.

Last day of term

It's the last life drawing session before Easter. The poses were mostly 3 minute poses so I used charcoal to block in the basic shape and then carve the shape out with a pencil. I'm working quite expressively of late. I've discovered if you spend to much time on a drawing it loses its life, and become stiff and flat. Luckily theses quick poses didn't allow me to fiddle or tweak.

V&A Trip

I focused my time on my day out to London on the vast collection of sculptures they have. I used a graphite stick for all my drawings there and an A5 sketchbook with soft paper. In hindsight I wish I had some brush pen and inks and some normal paper as I would have liked to work quicker, more expressively and try out new techniques.