Blog #4

I enjoyed the field trip to the Walker Art Museum. I have been to this museum countless times, but I never went inside the greenhouse. Inside there I found the Standing Glass Fish constructed by Frank Gehry in 1986. This piece was humongous. It is by far my favorite piece at the Walker. (other than the cherry and the spoon which is under construction at the moment) The glass structure is above a black pool of water surrounded by large palm trees. The reflections of the mirrors on the fish really complete this piece.

Blog #3

This class has been a really fun learning experience. Starting out in the class my drawings were decent. We moved from short gesture drawings to long drawings. We usually begin class with gesture drawings ranging from 30 seconds to 5 minutes. As time is stretched we made the lines closest to us darker and drew more accurate detail. The photo with multiple gestures on it is an example of how we progressed. The longest one we did this semester was 2 hours. I enjoyed having quite a bit of time to work on a drawing, however, I didn’t like the fact that we took a break every 20 minutes. This drawing is the figure of the male that is shaded in.


So far I enjoy the manikin very much. I like working 3-D. Tonight before I wrote this I spent about 2 hours perfecting each muscle. I smoothed out each edge. I really like this project because it helps us understand the model more when we draw. My knowledge of the figure has grown so much since we began this manikin. I now know when I’m drawing where to follow the curves of the body. We also learned how to draw the bones of the body. These were really helpful with our gesture drawings. They become the basic structure when we are drawing.

Blog #2

I think I have learned a lot so far in this class. Today we did a hour long sketch, so far this is the longest we have spent on a drawing so far. I didn't really like the angle I was looking from when we began. I wish I would of moved, but I'll just have to make sure that next time I move. I actually started this drawing 3 different times. I couldn't get the scale to work on my page, either it was too big or too small. I don't know if I'm completely satisfied with how it turned out. I think something that I really need to work on is my line weights. I tend to draw really dark initially and I think my lines end up blending together.

Blog #1

We began class doing 30 second gesture drawings. At first I was really nervous because I didn't know what to expect. But as class went on I realized that I was only drawing a still-life and not to worry anymore. As I sketched everything seemed to flow and got easier. My hand/body seemed to remember to draw again after not doing it for so long. The use of conte for the first time was interesting. I like how we learned to sharpen our tools, it was very nice to have smooth crisp lines.

This is a 5 minute sketch we did in class. As the drawings got longer more detail was added. We began darkening the lines of the body that were closest to us and fading the parts that were farther away. It was also nice having more time so we could concentrate on the perspective.

I really enjoyed the contour line drawing. I love long drawings and being able to add detail. I am a detail freak! Anything that can be added that I see will be there. But anyways, the lines on this drawing are about half a inch apart following every curve of the models body. I chose to draw the rib cage and the hip region.