Week 3

This week we drew the skull from 3 different angles - side, back, and front. Overall I'm happy with how everything turned out. The critique helped tremendously and I feel better prepared for the next drawings.

The First Drawing - Side

I started out drawing from the side. I feel like I got the proportions correct except for the top of the skull. During the critique someone said the top (round) part of the skull is about 2/3 of the entire skull. After they said that I looked at my first drawing and realized my proportions were way off. Other than that, I think the face part - including the jaw, nose, eyes, etc looked pretty good.

The Second Drawing - Back

Although everyone said this was the toughest side, I feel like it was easiest for me. This drawing took about 2 hours, so it did take a lot of work, but overall I'm very happy with it. Going back to the top proportions, I think this one is fairly accurate.

The Third Drawing - Front

The final drawing turned out fairly well. I felt like I rushed this drawing. The facial proportions feel pretty good but I think the top of the skull is still too small. I like the line weight and really tried to give depth through the lines.

Overall the drawings turned out, but there is a lot of work yet to do. I also didn't really shade the drawings at all, but rather used line weight to give it space. After our discussion on drawing in general I think I'll be better prepared for the next drawings

Week 2 - Skulls

This week we started out by drawing skulls. I never drew a skull before, so I was kind of excited to be doing so. My first attempt was pretty good. I got the creative drawing juices flowing again and everything came back to me quickly.

I am more successful at drawing objects that are right in front of me then I am at drawing fictional things or things only in my mind. I like drawing tangible things that are right there in front of me. In Presentation Techniques, we did a lot of "made up" environments that I couldn't really see or touch. Although that class went well, I struggled with creating made up places. I think I need to practice drawing things in my mind because having the ability to convert ideas to paper is very important. Back to skulls... I was excited to be drawing them since they were sitting right in front of me. I could go up and get a closer look and even pick them up if needed.

My second skull wasn't so great, but my third and fourth were very good. By the third drawing I started getting a feeling for the skull. I started learning where each bone was, how it looked, what it attached to, etc.

Day two of drawing went well too. We did longer drawings then day one, and each drawing was more detailed than the previous. I tried to use good line quality to show depth and space. I feel like the drawings should have started off lighter and gotten darker and bolder as I went.

Intro - Week 1

I'm a multimedia student at UW-Stout. I am taking Life Drawing II because LD1 was a great class for me and I learned a lot. Although I feel a little rusty right now, my life drawing skills improved so much since the first day of class last year. We used many different methods that at first seemed odd but as you go on you realize how they benefit you. I enjoyed that process and had fun progressing as the semester went on. I look forward to doing the same once again.

My three main interests in multimedia are video, graphics, & web design. Combining video and graphics into websites is what I love doing. I hate coding websites but enjoy designing them.

Check out my two websites:

LPmultimedia.com

LPmotocross.com