My Course Project: Drawing the Human Figure in Motion
Mi Proyecto del curso: Dibujo de la figura humana en movimiento
by Llanos Part Jornet @llanospj72
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Greetings @shane_wolf and forum,
I loved the course, so much. I enjoyed the units twice, the first time to read since I don't speak English, and the second time to look over them! You're a great artist and teacher; you explain concepts so well and pay attention to every detail. I have nothing but words of gratitude!
I've always loved the human body; it's my favorite subject.
I've especially enjoyed taking quick notes with ballpoint pens, and I've incorporated it into my notebook. It's funny how the pen allows me to play better with anatomy and have fun.
I worked with photographs from a book I bought in a Paris bookstore by photographer Robert Dehesdin. He plays with the models and captures the essence of movement.
I also used images from the online website Croquis Café, which proposes poses with models varying in time, and I chose this one after studying several others.
I'm aware that in my final work I need to incorporate the line; it didn't want to come out... oddly enough, in my notes, it comes out relatively easily. The image I chose also needs more tension and movement... it's very static.
I haven't used Canson paper for a while, and I've enjoyed getting back to working on it. Now my idea is to experiment with color and incorporate pastels or oil colors.
I'm also going to look for models, even if it means starting with my children and continuing to practice.
Thank you so much again for your classes and your work!
Sincerely, Llanos
Saludos @shane_wolf y foro,
Me ha encantado el curso, muchísimo. He disfrutado de las unidades dos veces, la primera para leer ya que no hablo inglés y la segunda para mirar! Eres un gran artista y docente, explicas muy bien los conceptos y mimas cada detalle a la perfección, no tengo más que palabras de agradecimiento!
Desde siempre me ha gustado mucho el cuerpo humano, es mi temática favorita.
Especialmente me ha gustado realizar apuntes rápidos con bolígrafos y es una práctica que he incorporado en mi cuaderno de apuntes, es curioso como el boli me permite jugar mejor con la anatomía y divertirme.
He trabajado fotografías de un libro que compré en una librería de Paris del fotógrafo Robert Dehesdin, juega con las modelos y captura la esencia del movimiento.
También he usado imágenes de la web online Croquis Café, propone poses con modelos variando el tiempo y elegí esta después de haber estudiado varias.
Soy consciente que en mi trabajo final me falta incorporar la línia, esta no ha querido salir... curiosamente en los apuntes me sale con relativa facilidad, también a la imagen que he escogido le falta más tensión y movimiento... está muy estática.
El papel Canson hacía tiempo que no lo usaba, y me ha gustado retomar el trabajo en él, ahora mi idea es experimentar con el color y incorporar pastel o barras grasas.
También voy a buscar modelos, aunque sea empezar con mis hijos y seguir practicando.
Mil gracias de nuevo por tus clases y por tu trabajo!
Atentamente, Llanos
8 comments
A fantastic job, congratulations !!!
Thank you very much Sergio !!! @sergiosuner
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Congratulations on your work.
I loved.
Congratulations!!!
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Hello Llanos,
Thank you so much for posting your work and also for your nice thoughts and comments about the course. I am very happy you enjoyed it so much and were able to watch it several times. I share your opinion that the human body is the best subject!
Nice job on your drawing! Your value range looks good, as do her proportions. That was a lot of drawing to do in the 4-hour time frame, so very good (a head, one hand, and 2 feet… those are areas that always take some time)!
Your overall reading and interpreting of her forms also looks good. It appears from the drawings you posted that you’re using a mostly empirical approach to your work. That is also how I was formally trained: perfect our eyes and visual memory and that will take us pretty far. However, in my opinion and experience, that is only half of the story.
Given your level of drawing ability, I would highly recommend studying artistic anatomy more in depth so as to be able to REALLY get in to the real character of her forms.
My critique here will be mostly oriented towards anatomical information that once you understand what to look for and why, your drawing gets even more solid. Without that knowledge, even our best observations will ultimately be inadequate to really seize the entirety of a figure, and particularly when we work only from the live model that is constantly in some form of motion.
I’ll begin with the hand and feet because anatomically speaking, they are quite complex and also very difficult to do well when we are only relying upon observation. Because the bones are very superficial in both parts, we need to really understand and then identify those bone structures: how the carpals articulate with the radius and ulna and thus solidify the wrist, and how the talus articulates with the tibia and fibula to solidify the ankle. When we know these structures, not only can we place them, but we can then attach everything else correctly, most notably the strong tendons of the fingers and toes.
Though I never work from photos for many reasons, when I look at your photo reference these areas of the figure are simply too vague to really understand unless we know them anatomically, and this ambiguity shows in your drawing.
The same can be said of her forearm and lower leg (two elements of the human figure that have a lot in common!). Observationally the forms in your drawing turn well: they’re cylindrical and they have some smaller forms within them. Anatomically speaking however, they are incorrect: the extensors and suppinators of her forearm each have an origin and insertion (beginning and end point), and though most of them are not very visible in the photo, a couple are; and these are very important. The head of the ulna at the wrist is an essential landmark to lock in, too, and this is quite visible in the photo but not in your drawing.
In the lower leg the peroneus longus doesn’t quite line up correctly, nor do we see the strong lateral malleolus (ankle) that roots the lower leg to the foot. Personally I would have eliminated the cast shadow created by her hand and arm that covers the heel, ankle and rear part of the calf and rather allowed those strong anatomical landmarks of the lower leg stand out clearly.
To jump up the figure, the ear is another spot that doesn’t make sense anatomically. I see that the photo doesn’t do it justice either, which is again more reason to “know” what your drawing more than “see” what you’re drawing (the 2 go hand in hand actually). When you understand the ear structures, then it won’t matter if hair covers it up partly or entirely: you will know it either way.
Well I hope that rambling can help somewhat, not only on this drawing but also for your own, personal work as well.
Congratulations on finishing the course!!
Your comment is a treasure @shane_wolf !
After rereading the comment several times and reviewing my project well, I see everything that is clearly mentioned and I have tried to modify and improve my drawing as much as possible.
I actually worked on the drawing for more than 8 hours and there was still a lot left to solve. I continue to study anatomy to improve my resources because I see that it is the key when photography, pose or lighting does not provide adequate information, as you well say ...
Thank you so much for your comment and involvement in it, it is easy to congratulate on a job without going deep into its guts and assessing its parts and set.
You also learn from the comments you make to colleagues, all of them engaged and analytical!
Congratulations again, for your talent as an artist and teacher !!!
Congratulations Domestika for letting us learn from such good teachers!
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