draw better

we have been learning about proportion in the last couple of classes, and placement on the page. hence why my figures have heads now. i still can’t do faces or hands but we haven’t worked on that in class yet so i haven’t focussed on them too much. the feet are quite nice.

some pics from the second class.

there is no worse feeling than practising something a lot and feeling like you are only going downhill – i think the people who are good at sport etc are those who are able to perfectly strike the balance between trying too hard and not trying enough. when you really want to improve it is easy to concentrate on the minutiae at the expense of the whole. so in some sense i like my work from the first class better, but the stuff from the second class is probably more refined.

ps. sorry the left hand image is a bit out of focus

pps. are these pictures classed as adult content?

i started my life drawing class yesterday and it was great fun. i don’t think i improved much but i definitely learnt some good techniques. i really need to get myself some charcoal. anyway some of my attempts are above – feedback welcome!