Facial Expression

 

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The first sketch was a quick 7 min sketch i tried to capture the essence of the expression as quick as I can. I focused on outlining main features of the facial expression that has changed drastically in comparison to a blank expression. I think that this drawing is sucessful in capturing the expression of my face. However it is unsucessful in capturing some of my features accurately, parts of the face such as the left eye being too slanted, and mouth, the tooth especially has too much highlight.

The second sketch 40 min, I struggled alot in trying to capture the my appearance whilst trying to maintain the expression in my face. I think this sketch was successful in showing the main features of the subject.  However i think it is unsuccessful in portraying areas such as the eye lids and the shading bleow the eye lids seem to lack alot of detail. The hair looks very distorted from the angle and the ear is too elevated in comparison to the rest of the facial features.

The third sketch is another 15 min, in this sketch I focused on highlighting the wrinkles, and dents that created the expression in the face. I think this sketch is very successful in capturing the expression of the face, although it is a simple sketch you can identify his expression through exaggeration of the wrinkles around the orbicularis oris and the arched expression around the eyes. However I think it is sucessful in drawing the head, it fails to establish a body for the subject giving it an appearance of a floaring head.

Life Drawing Facial anatomy

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The first sketch was a quick 15 min sketch of a statue from V&A .of a child. in this sketch I was able to successful illustrate the features of the subject. You can also tell the direction she is facing from the drawing, through the angle of the jaw, distance of the eyes to the nose, angle of the nose and the shading of the sketch.

The second sketch was a 30 min sketch of a man reading a book. In this sketch I think i was successful in portraying the subject. The facial features such as the cheeks, the nose , and eyes are were drawn accurately the wrinkles and shadows around these areas makes the image look realistic. However I think the sketch is unsuccessful in showing the wrinkles underneath the jaw they are too harsh and are exaggerated.

The third sketch was 40 min of a woman sleeping in the bus. In this sketch I was able to accurately draw the facial features of the woman. I think that I was successful in using subtle variation in tonal value to illustrate facial features. the subtle shadow around her cheeks and underneath her eyelids makes it look realistic. However I think the ears in the sketch was unsuccessful  although they are in the right position it only has vague signs of an ears anatomy, it lacks detail of areas such as the anthelix and the concha of the ear.

Life Drawing Colour Skin

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The first sketch done is pastel to give me the freedom to experiment and blend with colour. the first sketch was successful in showing the form of the subject through the way the colour forms around the subject. However the use of colour is too contrasting in some places, an example is the shadow on the leg seems has a very high  concentration of orange in relation to the rest of the body. Other parts lack the shadows, such as the breast it is unsuccessful in forming the shape of the breast through the use of the colours making it look flat.

The second sketch was more sucessful in the use of pastel, there is a clearer form on the subject, the choice of colour goes well to interpret the skin. the use of yellow and grey for the background seems to harmonise with the skin colour for further emphasis on the light and dark areas of the model's body. 

The third sketch is done in conte crayons, unlike the other two sketches it is inaccurate to the person's skin. I wanted to experiment on how the colours appears in relation to what colours are around them. Although it is in different colours I am still create values of light and dark in the subject making it still look like a face.  However I think it is unsuccessful in blending in the colours in some areas such as the nose, the guidelines of my pencil seems to exaggerate areas unintentionally, such as the nose.

Life Drawing Drapery

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In the first sketch was used with pencil in an attempt for a simplified illustration of cloth I tried to draw the basic in as quick as I can. It is clear that he has a cloth on top of him although very vague.However, the measurements were inaccurate, also the way the cloth interacted with certain objects such as the ball underneath his legs were peculiar and was hard to illustrate.

The second sketch was done with charcoal, for a better understanding of how tone variated in the cloth as it surrounded the body I thought charcoal would be the best medium. I think that it was sucessful in showing where the folds were in the blanket, however some of the folds seem to lack definition. making it look unrealistic. I also failed in placing the whole of my subject in the limitations of the paper making it harder to see which parts of the drapery was relaxed and where more of the tension exists. it is also unsuccessful in showing the material of the drapery.

The third sketch I felt that drawing with pencil was best in doing an unfamiliar subject. I used the cross hatches to illustrate the depth of the fold in my subject. I was also able to create the folds done specifically in the back and the arms seem to work very well in showing where the tension is in the cloth. Although lacking the detail of the material it is able to successfully show how the cloth is interacts with the subject.

Life Drawing

In this Sketch there is a clear  sense of posture and weight on the model. We can also see a good sense of anatomy in the sketch. There is also a forms of lighting and shadow on the model. Although incomplete we can clearly see the gesture.

This sketch is successful in capturing the form of the model, although the level of detail varies from one area of the model to another we can see a clear sense of the posture. There is a good use of foreshortening on the model's left arm although it is vague we can tell its position 

However I think the drawing is unsuccessful in the use of background, although there is a clear attempt to create focal points through the use of multiple horizontal lines, it seems to have been placed in the wrong areas.

Sky Scape

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The first sketch was an early in an attempt to understand how to draw the sky, the most obvious colours to illustrate the sky was blue and white. I started the scene having in mind that establishing a sense of distance with in the skyscape is crucial to make it look believable. In an attempt to do these I tried to reduce the size of the clouds as you move lower down on the image. However it was unsuccessful the clouds did reduce in size but the color of the pastel was mixing in too much as I try to be more specific. .There also seems to be an exaggeration in the number of clouds in the image.

The second sketch was done with the use of graphite and chalk.  to further understand the different values in the skyscape I used attempted to illustrate it in grey scale to see how the tone varies in the image as the conditions change. I also included a very low horizon line in the sketch to emphasize the sky.

After understanding a bit more how to construct a sky I went back pastel in an attempt to illustrate the sky with the use of colour. Doing this in a coloured paper helped me to establish the placements scene easier. The sketch is also successful in showing distance, unlike the first sketch I am able to establish a sense of distance through the variation of the skies' tone and size of clouds. There is also an impression of a horizon line in the image, it is not very clear. the sketch could have worked better if i were to place a small fraction of a landscape below the image to coincide with the sky scape.

Still Life 2

2 point perspective

accurate

a sense of foreshortening

lack of form

lacks detail

no shading