In-Class Sketches

For this post we were told to upload our sketches from the last few classes and briefly talk about each one. The first sketch is of the construction going on across the parking lot. Although obviously not finished, I have to admit I'm much more happy with this sketch then I was at first while drawing it. Perspective is one of my biggest issues with drawing and it comes out easily when drawing houses or anything for that matter. It's not horrible for a free-hand though.


The next set of sketches is from our last class. We had to bring in a toy and draw it in different positions. One thing I can state by experiencing and looking at these drawings is that I am very rusty. I know perspective and anatomy are hard to draw, but after not drawing for quite some time I can see how much slower I've become in comparison to my life drawings of last year.

The first sketch below is actually one of my favourite of the sketches. Although not as loose as a gesture or quick sketch should be, I felt as though the movement of the figure and weight on the leg is being shown. I used quick line references to angle the hips, knees and spine.




This next one is slightly more of a gesture, but as you can see there are som perspective issues going on with the figure. In my opinion the torso is too large for the rest of the body.

I actually liked this sketch. I used the blue pencil to do the quick gesture and with the time we were given I began adding detail with a regular pencil. I felt this one portayed the angle and weight of the figure pretty well.


I had some problems with this sketch mainly because of the Chief's left leg. I couldn't get the proper positioning of the leg, so this clearly states that I am still having some observational issues. I tried using the techniques I've been taught to properly align and measure out the different sections of the body, but I am still learning.


The last drawing is our Orthographic sketch. I completely had trouble telling myself to not draw in detail for this. I was aware of what our teacher wanted, but the more I drew, the more I noticed I unknowingly kept adding detail. It's very wrong, but this will teach me for the future if I ever use the Orthographic method again.