10 weeks last winter - LifeART

September 12th, 2009, 15:07

Hi, here are my drawings from a 10 week course I took at the local college last winter. Plus 1 drawing from the Spring term that was canceled. I've signed up for another 10 weeks starting soon, hope they don't cancel it.

My main goal was to get measuring and proportions right :)

All C&C welcome, thanks for looking.

Big Frog · September 12th, 2009, 18:27

Thank you for sharing! You have handled the foreshortening well :)

Mike · September 18th, 2009, 19:53

cpart,

Your work looks labored, static, and lifeless. Don't treat it so preciously. Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Draw faster, screw up, and fix your mistakes. That'll help put more energy into your art. Keep at it!

DaveBiss · September 19th, 2009, 14:06

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Originally Posted by Mike

cpart,

Your work looks labored, static, and lifeless. Don't treat it so preciously. Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Draw faster, screw up, and fix your mistakes. That'll help put more energy into your art. Keep at it!

Whilst I would broadly agree that most people's work benefits from the energy that comes from a quicker, freer drawing technique I don't agree that cpart's work is laboured and static. There is a wonderfully delicate quality to several of the drawings. I would pick out the 4th, 7th and 10th (1672,75 and 79) as excellent examples of careful, sensitive analysis. That said there are many other ways to approach life drawing and now, having sucessfully tackled the basics, cpart can feel free to explore a more energetic approach.
Dave.

Curvy · September 19th, 2009, 14:41

I have to agree with Dave on this, care and sensitivity is what I see.
I would be proud to be able to produce such work.

Mike, although I also love your work, I do feel you have been more than a little harsh on someome who has produced these images from a 10 week drawing course.

cpart - you keep at it - I think your work is great and shows a lot of promise.
As BF said you did really well on the foreshortening.
You have my vote!

bernard w · September 19th, 2009, 16:32

Cpart said in the original post that "My main aim was to get the measuring and proportions right". Looks like that goal was pretty much acheived.
Well done.

DennisS · September 19th, 2009, 20:13

I think there are two stages to life drawing for beginners, the first is to get all the proportions right and generally make it look like a person. The next stage is this elusive thing about "breathing lfe" into the drawing, so it doesn't look static and like a shop window dummy. Practice things like drawing with the hand you do not draw with usually, draw without looking at the paper, draw negative spaces. exercises . Pay attention to outlines ; vary the line depending on where you see a strong line or a weak line; draw from the centre outwards.All these will free you up and instill life into the drawing. Best of luck, and well done.

Big Frog · September 20th, 2009, 08:03

I say just keep at it! Keep focused on getting the proportions correct and over time you will be able to input life and character into the drawings to enhance your work.

BTW, this is the Gallery forum rather than the Critique Corner forum so I don't even know if you were looking for Comments and critisms? If so, I will move the thread...

Malcolm@Westby · September 21st, 2009, 18:30

I'd absolutely endorse Dennis's last post. I feel Mike was being a little harsh and could have offered some constructive criticism to temper his initial response!

September 21st, 2009, 19:24

Big Frog - Thanks for the welcome :) Oh, was just posting images, sorry about the C&C comment, habit form another forum :)

Mike - I hope one day that I do have the confidence to get more 'arty'. Thanks for commenting, I did ask :)

DaveBiss - Thank you, I really enjoy the life drawing, so I do hope I can continue to progress.

Curvy - Thank you, much appreciated.

bernard w - Cheers, hope I can continue to improve.

Dennis S. - Good advice, but I think I'll be at 'stage 1' for a while yet!

Malcolm@Westby - Thanks, much appreciated.

Mike · September 22nd, 2009, 16:40

Ah...so sorry. I didn't realize that crits are restricted to a specific section. I apologize for the faux pas, and most especially if I were too harsh. It was only my opinion, and I readily admit that I know very little on the topic. I always crave criticism on my own work, the harsher the better, as that is how I learn, and I don't always remember that not everybody has elephant skin. My comments were meant to be encouraging, rather than not.

Do keep it up!

Big Frog · September 22nd, 2009, 20:04

Hello cpart, I missed first time that you mentioned C&C (comments and critisms) in your first post and so I have now moved this thread accordingly

I'm not sure if Mike was being too harsh, or just brutally honest. Harsher than the norm on here, but it's good to get away from being all too nicey nicey which some other art forums can often be.

September 24th, 2009, 18:11

Mike, no problem :) Some times a kick up the backside makes us try harder :)

JaneFlux · October 12th, 2009, 22:54

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Originally Posted by cpart

Hi, here are my drawings from a 10 week course I took at the local college last winter. Plus 1 drawing from the Spring term that was canceled. I've signed up for another 10 weeks starting soon, hope they don't cancel it.

My main goal was to get measuring and proportions right :)

All C&C welcome, thanks for looking.

5th and 8th compositions - SUPER - indeed foreshortening lovely stuff. Admirable,its not easy is it....encouraging stuff to see. Thank you.,

October 17th, 2009, 19:31

JaneFlux -Thanks :)

Well here is the last 3 weeks drawings, week1 was not too good :(

JSMod · October 18th, 2009, 08:23

Wow! Your work is progressing from good to better. I'm looking forward to seeing the results of week 10 this time around.

bernard w · October 18th, 2009, 08:50

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing.

Third one is my favourite

simplyLeah · October 18th, 2009, 11:15

third one my fav too...but what do i know, im a model not an artist...id be proud to be drawn like that though.

Curvy · October 29th, 2009, 23:48

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Originally Posted by simplyLeah

third one my fav too...but what do i know, im a model not an artist...id be proud to be drawn like that though.

I can only echo Leah's comments!

bernard w · October 30th, 2009, 07:33

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Originally Posted by simplyLeah

third one my fav too...but what do i know, im a model not an artist...id be proud to be drawn like that though.

You don't have to be an artist to know what you like

I think it is good practice for models to look at artworks and get a feel for what they think looks good. It will help when getting in to poses themselves.

julie · October 30th, 2009, 07:44

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Originally Posted by bernard w

I think it is good practice for models to look at artworks and get a feel for what they think looks good. It will help when getting in to poses themselves.

Thanks for that advice bernard!

You're absolutely right, as a model it's very useful to see how a pose has worked, to use again, to adjust or to forget!