Wow! Months fly by when you’re super busy with teaching and school work. Here is a quick recap of the artwork that I’ve done with the Life Drawing Class at Towson University. Most of these drawings took 2-5 hours to complete :
I’m learning a lot about life drawing and human anatomy. Some of the main concepts I am exploring in my work are:
- Proportions
- Muscular Anatomy
- Skeletal Anatomy
- Value / Shading / Form / Light Source
- Vine vs. Compressed charcoal
- Poses and foreshortening
- Rendering fabric and clothing
- Cross-contour lines to create volume
- Movement in life drawing
- Background-figure relationship; sense of space
- Emotionality / Tone of medium, pose, and composition
I’m also working on a Google Slides / Unit Plan so I can teach this with my high school students (using clothed models of course). It’s still in progress, but you can view the presentation and make a copy here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1381jg8qNDOkfJhOHjmXPrEn2eoHFtPLy7pzzkcRckwg/edit?usp=sharing
Let me know what you think about my drawings and/or unit plan! Happy drawing 😀
MONICA HEISER 