Thursday Night Drawing Group: my first thought when I saw the model was that she really couldn't be any more bony. I think I've actually rendered her with more substance than she actually had. I got to drawing group about a half hour late, which is fine, however, it takes me a while to set up and my goal is to get there before the group starts the next time I go, which will hopefully be next week.
Still, even with my late arrival, I found a perfect spot. Most everyone draws sitting at tables or drawing horses, but I always stand, and have to move a table or two to the side.
I have been choosing the more complicated vantage points where there is a lot of forshortening, and choose the view that is most interesting to me. I made several adjustments on the initial drawing before even starting to shade the three dimensional aspects. What was most interesting to me were the sketchy line renderings of the pillows along with the figure, oddly enough. I focused mainly on the form not attempting to complete the drawing and the portrait as I didn't have time really, and also the models face was so sharp and bony that I just wasn't receiving the right inspiration for finishing the portrait.
I did try to rough in some features, however, this didn't really work, so I erased out a lot of the vine charcoal which is apparent and made some lines around the skull and face indicating where the features would be.
In the end, I feel like I expounded a bit on a line drawing that took quite some time to solidify, and didn't get much shading accomplished. Then again, I think most of my drawings turn out this way. Nonetheless, I was happy to be present and always get so much out of going to drawing group.
third and final finished result (picture) to be the next post.
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