This study marks a change in pace, In a month I am going to be having a 3-day workshop at TSA called "Structural Bodies". The workshop will get people to use principles of perspective and rendering to describe bodies as 3-d volumes in space. I am starting to put myself into training on this, so a number of studies in the next while will emphasize structural aspects of body form.
It's always there when drawing people, but the aim here is to make those volumes extra-evident.
I had 2 hours of drawing time with T- on the Sunday afternoon at TSA. Afterwards I stayed on an extra hour to add in furniture & room information.
The study was done on 24 x 36 cartridge paper, using H and 2B pencils. The marks are complex enough that I've included a detail here.
This is a very cool style. It looks kind of like a CAD rendering. I like how there is background context, but it is lighter so as not to distract.
ReplyDeleteWow....that is a very different approach from how you normally work; more academic in style. Did you do a lot of measuring, or was it done freehand? Either way, amazing work. You've clearly shown a distinct awareness of form and structure, while at the same time grounding the figure in a well-composed environment.
ReplyDeleteNot too much measurement, but a fair bit of checking as to how parts aligned vertically & horizontaly with each other.
ReplyDeleteThe drawing began with a light contour drawing, followed by cross-sectional lines drawn through to better articulate the volumes responsible for the shapes and contours seen.
Kind of like reverse-engineered autocad, in a way