Last Ever Uni Drawing Session with Martyn!

Today saw our last ever drawing session in uni, after almost two years of them! 

As is was the last session we were left to experiment ourselves. Again, I found it a little tricky to get started this week so I started adding colour rather early on in the session. I started by running it down the page, in the way that i had previously. I rather liked the results of this but felt I could push the colour further.

I started to brush drier paint on in a bolder way. This created stronger lines and a brighter, bolder feel than my previous method.

I found I was focussing too much on the facial features and that this was holding me back when it came to drawing the rest of the model. As a result I clipped the face and tail from a dog in a newspaper and stuck them onto one. This added a playful element to it and allowed me to focus more on drawing the rest of it.
 
 Having stuck the dog's face on, it was suggested that I fins a face in the newspaper and Julie then poses to fit with that. This is how I went about the two images below, which were my final ones of the session.

The captions were added at the end, with the intention of making them light-hearted and fun. I really enjoyed this approach and felt it was particularly successful; something I will experiment with and develop further in the future. 

Bringing Props into Drawing

Today's was the penultimate life drawing session of the year. There were several props around the room including a drum when we arrived. This allowed for a new range of poses. I experimented with adding inks and watercolour today. 

I think the colour really adds emotion to the pieces. I particularly like how the colour follows the line of the pen, outlining the drawing. This adds emphasis to the exterior pen line. 
The piece below is my last page from today. I think the juxtaposition of the larger drawing next to the smaller is very successful. Particularly with the different use of inks. The right gives off a calmer air that the left with connotes a more distressed subject.

Life Drawing Continued

Today we spent some more time developing our drawing skills through life drawing. Everyone contributed to a collection of clothing items for Julie to wear. I found it harder to get into the swing of it today, so experimented more with the technique of drawing the light and dark areas tried last week. The combination of this with some strips of coloured paper gave me some results I'm happy with; clearly perseverance is the key!

A Spot of Life Drawing

Today we had life drawing exploring light and dark. Just drawing the light or dark areas was a new method for me, however it was one I found rather enjoyable!