Shell & Manikin

This week in Life Drawing 1 we had to do contour drawings of shells. The week started off with critiques of those drawings. It was nice to get into small groups and discuss them. Having individual attention was nice because I was a little lost when it came to which way the lines were supposed to go. It helped to see other students drawings of their shells also and see how they attempted it. I hope as the weeks go by we will be able to work on the shell drawings a little more. Mine didn't come out exactly how I would have liked it to so to be able to work with them more and see improvement would be nice! We also learned about the spine and the muscles this week. Taking notes on the different angles and the pulling and shortening and attaching of the muscles really helped me to understand more about the human form. I have not taken any human biology classes here at stout, the closest class I have taken would have to be Human Genetics which doesn't help much so it was nice to learn a lot and take a lot of notes about the muscles. When it came to working with the manikins it was a little hard at first. I worked on it with my roommate Sam, so that helped a lot! Using the books was easier than I thought it would be. It is nice to have something to look at while you're doing your own. I have provided a few pictures of my manikin thus far. I know there are things wrong with it, I had trouble figuring out how much clay to use and how big to make the muscles.

I'm excited to see what the next week of Life Drawing has to bring. I feel like I am getting back in the swing of things now and my drawings have been improving a little since day one. I am excited to see how much I learn and improve over the whole semester.