Week 14 (12/5/2010 - 12/11/2010)

   Wow, here we are- the second to last week of the whole semester. Man, this class went by fast! No time for good-byes yet, though. At the cost of a lot of good sleep (at least at night), I managed to get a number of things done this week, the coolest of which is Shell Drawing number 3! Woo hoo! Even as I write this I am reeling from another all-nighter, so how about we go ahead and wrap this thing up quick tonight, k?

   Ah, here we go- my favorite subject of drawing-study... hands. Annie and I were "modeling" for each other here, and as you can clearly see, I was paying full attention the whole time. This certainly isn't the worst set of hands I've ever drawn, I can tell you that right now, although, where hands are concerned, I doubt I will be satisfied for a very long time, regardless of how good they may end up. The sheet got flipped at some point, so you may have to do some rotation if you want to see each pose as it was originally drawn, since I know you won't be able to move any farther down this post without doing so...

   I walked into the classroom late this day and started hastily sketching out what everyone else was drawing- A SKULL!!! Because I went so fast, I distorted the upper jaw proportions a little bit and missed a number of other things as well, so I continued on another sheet...but didn't finish the other drawing, so here's what we have. At least you can tell its a skull, right? The cranium actually looks pretty good, in my opinion, even if it is probably the easiest part of the whole skull to draw. Definitely need to explore this a little more but some time later. Now, comes the post's coup de grâce...

   Yea! That's what I'm talking about! This one's arguably better than even the first shell drawing, although since this one comes with its own ink wash, it's not exactly a fair comparison. I did my best to avoid going the same old grid-style that I did with the other two, instead opting for contour lines that look like actual cracks in the shell's surface. The ink itself is a funny story- I went to the art store get supplies and picked up a bottle of brick red ink. When I opened the vial later, the color that you see above is what came out. Although mildly disappointed, I soldiered on through the drawing and am actually very pleased with the ending results. I managed to pretend that the outline on the round part of the shell is a contour, since it dips occasionally to make it look like the shell's layers. The new line style and the combination of black and green inks turned out great. Let's hope number 4 is just as good!