Drawing Pinocchio, Dirk and Mim (Again)
With the insight gained from my last Life Drawing class, I began drawing Pinocchio again. I was surprised to find that I was a good deal more confident in my drawings. I watched scenes from Pinocchio while drawing, and that also gave me a sense of how his body morphs for effect. I also resumed drawing Dirk the Daring, and again I think that some of my confusion with his body shape has waned, and I can draw him a bit more expressively.
While practicing for the next class, I think took Mike's advice well. He suggested that I draw Pinocchio as a rounded out human, and I think this tip gave me insight into how his skull and his arms work. His body isn't really a doll, it's more of a baby shape.
Mike's response was more negative than I expected. I didn't realise that I'd forgot to think about Madam Mim's hips and knees, so I lost a lot of the logic in my images. He agreed that Mim was more difficult, but I do feel like I need to refocus on my shapes, rather than the details.
In the above images, I think there is a bit more understanding of gestures, although there is still a long way to go. I think Mike's advice helped me a bit from last week, and his advice has really helped. I drew with a lot more focus on the action, and drew in the from later. I think this can be seen in the above Images.
When drawing Mim, however, I struggled. I couldn't get her face or head right, and I think it's because I get lost in the style of her form, and forget to focus on shapes. I lose the form and the structure behind her. While the Images look complete, the shapes don't really gel. The face isn't convincing either.
Mike's response was more negative than I expected. I didn't realise that I'd forgot to think about Madam Mim's hips and knees, so I lost a lot of the logic in my images. He agreed that Mim was more difficult, but I do feel like I need to refocus on my shapes, rather than the details.
In Class:
I feel like I've regressed a bit this week in terms of my ability to draw a character. It could be that Drawing Dirk was more difficult, or that my mind was preoccupied.
In the above images, I think there is a bit more understanding of gestures, although there is still a long way to go. I think Mike's advice helped me a bit from last week, and his advice has really helped. I drew with a lot more focus on the action, and drew in the from later. I think this can be seen in the above Images.
When drawing Mim, however, I struggled. I couldn't get her face or head right, and I think it's because I get lost in the style of her form, and forget to focus on shapes. I lose the form and the structure behind her. While the Images look complete, the shapes don't really gel. The face isn't convincing either.
Next week, I'll need to figure out how to design my own character, and that's something I think I'll struggle with even more.
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