Life Drawing Update.

Today in Life Drawing we did something very different to how we usually work. We started doing 5 minute drawings, which meant we had no time to properly structure of measure out our drawings. The style was much more open and playful, and we could be more free with the lines. Also, we experimented with overlapping our figures to create more depth/action to the drawings. The difficulty was she was stood in difficult positions, so getting the proportions right was even harder! Looking at my drawings later on, I am please with how some have turned out considering the small time frame. I also think on some pieces the overlap looks great and adds something new, however on some of my drawings it can look a little messy!

In this piece I tried to contrast softer lines with thicker dark shadows. I think I went a little overboard with the thick lines and didn't shade the rest of the drawing enough.

I like the overlap of this one, but the proportions aren't quite right.

I wanted to contrast larger drawings with smaller ones, but I think the scale difference is too much here.

I think this is my favourite outcome from the day, the proportions aren't too far off and the slight overlap makes the whole image more interesting, but not overpowering.

This was the only piece where I did a fair amount of overlap. I like how it looks, but again getting the proportions right was hard!

Overall I really enjoyed this task, we haven't worked this fast or in such a free way before, so it was something new. It was challenging at times but I'm surprised and pleased that a few of my drawings came out quite well! It was a nice change in technique that I'd love to try again.