Human Form

Initial Explorations

Some questions…

1. to what extent figure drawings can be abstracted to focus on motion?
2. how do I apply what I learned from the previous unit to accentuate gestures?

February 17, 2021 — Wed

session 1. friends posing short movements in front of me (1)

session 2. zoom call with elise and riya

session 3. friends posing short movements in front of me (2)

February 22, 2021 — Mon

- Discussion on Catherine & Anthony’s work

- In class drawing session

class notes_2/22

Ana & Bryce (prismastick)

Anthony (prismatic, marker)

Anthony & Bryce (prismastick)

photo of athletes and models (nylon pen, prismastick, marker)

March 1, 2021 — Mon

Proportions

pencil & red colored pencil (side / front)

March 3, 2021 — Wed

Exercising human figures

Cubic composition

wall sit

After doing some explorations of wall sit, I wanted to explore an action that is more dynamic and requires more movement of the body, so I decided to work with hurdles!

hurdles (back angles)

March 8, 2021 — Mon

I divided the action to three different steps — before, during, and after jumping over the hurdle. From my previous meeting with Matt, I learned that I should try to make the connections of the joints more accurate, and make them. more smooth.

I decided to focus on the middle part of the hurdling because it’s most dynamic. Because the action is so dynamic and the limbs are so widespread, drawing from a front and back view can limit the communication of the action. While sticking to more of a side view, I decided to explore the height o the viewpoint.

during hurdle_composition

March 10, 2021 — Wed

head explorations