I found this section of visual language very difficult and is definitely something I need to look into in the future to improve my drawing skills in this area. There were 4 sections to this task which my group and I tried to do in one long session which I think was a bit of a mistake as fatigue impacted our drawing a bit.
the first task was drawing ten second poses of someone walking. I thought this was incredibly
hard 10 seconds is a very short amount of time to get down the form of someone so there is little time to think about what you're doing. I first started out using brush pens which worked quite well for this task as I needed something that worked fast. I used indian ink with a brush and water for one of them but it was hard to use in such a short space of time so the outcome was not very successful.
The second study task we had to do was
similar to the first however it was drawing a squash and stretch motion. I found this task easier than the first but I think that was down to the fact I was using A2 paper instead of sketchbook. I probably should have done the first task on larger paper as I might have come out with better results. I used a different medium for each of the different drawings I felt the two above were more successful. I like using a brush pen as it allowed me to capture the overall shapes made in singular smooth motions however the line creates was very uniform so weight had little indication.
The next set of drawing was longer poses (10mins) where the person had to pull or push something. The key to this task was getting across the weight and force of the person/action. I felt the top one was one of the most successful as it shows the force being exerted and does look like someone is pulling something however the medium choice doesn't fit very well it is too light something with broad strokes and darker would work better.
The bottom drawing was the least successful of mine. The person doesn't look grounded and looks like no force is being exerted. I do on the other hand think the media choice is better than the top pencil drawing.
The final task was some longer pose drawings. The objective was to try and capture the persons form to make the pose make sense. I found this task the most enjoyable, I'd done some life drawing previous to this but I found drawing a clothed model to be much harder than a naked one. The top image I had some perspective issues. I didn't notice until near the end of my drawing that the legs were far too long. I think more contrast between line sizes would have been beneficial as well to give me weight emphasis to the drawing. The bottom image was a more successful drawing in my opinion
as I feel i had capture the body shape better and the proportions where more accurate. I think some shading and darker pencil lines would have improved this drawing a lot.
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