[Term 1] Nude Figure Drawing
Starting the perspective lecture today! Here are some figure studies I've been doing over the last couple of days. I'm not satisfied with the proportion studies yet but I think I should start on perspective anyways to have more exercises to mix and match between.

04/26/21 Reflection

• I'm not interested in grid techniques and more fine-art approaches to measuring because I don't see myself using these techniques at all in the future. However, to reach the same level of accuracy, I have to be a lot more careful in placing the landmarks I learned in the proportions lecture (specifically the navel, shoulders, and hips).
• The general shapes in your proportion studies are almost always off; if something looks wrong in your drawing, it's will almost always be a general issue, not a detail.
• If you get nothing else correct, at least get the tilt of the limbs accurately.

Finally, I'm also attaching a portrait sketch/piece I've been working on the side. After trying to study art a number of times over the years, I've learned that it's EXTREMELY important to always be drawing for fun. Never forget why you started studying art in the first place!

Thank you so much for reading!
Michaela

I'm talking about the measuring techniques that Marc mentions. Essentially, you create a grid/mark up the reference and your own paper and then it's basically connect the dots until you have an accurate replica of the drawing (like the picture below).

Personally, I don't see myself using this technique at all because I'm more interested in drawing from imagination and therefore analyzing a reference as if it's in 3D space is more important to me (although proportions are still important). Hope this helped!

[Term 1] Nude Figure Drawing, Perspective 1

I officially finished watching through all of the Term 1 lectures!! I wasn't able to do as much studying these last couple of days because of homework, but it's nice to see some improvements in my proportions (the ones that aren't foreshortened, at any rate lol).

4/30/21 Reflection

• Get the line of action right!!!!!!
• Improved a lot more in getting accurate tilts of each limb.
  • But now the limbs are a little too short!

I also got started on my 1-point perspective assignment! I love adding details to scenes but then I remember I have to finish them... :') But for now, I'm excited to get to cleaning this drawing up.

I learned a lot about keeping the scale consistent in the perspective lecture and had a lot of fun searching up medieval rooms and offices for reference. The concept is based off of an IP I've been thinking about for a while. Please look forward to the finished version, and thank you so much for reading!

Michaela

[Term 1] Perspective 1
Progress on my one-point perspective piece so far. I've been slacking on figure drawing and I honestly feel like I only know how to draw in perspective now because of it. Super happy with my progress so far and having more fun than I thought I would.

05/03/21 Reflection

• Getting a perspective drawing to look organic yet accurate involves alternating back and forth between the line tool and the pen. Too much of the line tool will stiffen it, and using the pen for everything will take waaaay too long.
• Staying zoomed out is helpful for managing detail concentration (a lesson I will forever relearn with every piece, haha).

Thank you so much for reading!

Wow, thank you so much for the detailed feedback and compliments! I'll definitely keep all this in mind as I'm going forward.

P.S. I just tried lightening the floorboards and it made a really nice difference! Thank you so much again ^^

It's been a week since I posted so I thought I might give an update. I had a lot of homework this week so I didn't really study much in terms of art. In my high school art class though, we're working on a packaging project (which I thought was the perfect opportunity to do fanart ). Here's a work-in-progress photo of what I've been working on all week!

This is one of the most detailed paintings I've ever done and I'm really pushing to reach a new level of finish I feel like I haven't achieved in a long time. We'll see how it turns out.

The next time I get to art studying, I think I'll start Term 2 and work on my Perspective 1 assignments at the same time. I'm not finding as much value in doing just the Nude Figure Drawing assignments anymore because I've done real-life figure drawing for the past three years. Excited to move on to anatomy!

Thanks for reading guys.

Thank you! The packaging project is usually supposed to be like box branding and more modern/sleek stuff, but I stretched the rules a bit haha. I figured that book covers are packaging too and squeezed in the chance to do some digital painting in class

[Term 1] Perspective 1
AHHHH I FINISHED MY ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE ASSIGNMENT!!

I learned so much doing this assignment, from workflow to design to having patience. So many hours of painstaking drawing and referencing later, this is definitely a piece that I'm proud of. Thank you guys for looking.

Michaela