Exercise (2) Essential Elements. Project (3) Form.

These drawings are of family members, 

most of them weren't actually sitting for me, but were reading, working or watching television, in a reasonably still attitude. 

Therefore, some of the poses may seem a bit boring, 

but I do like sketching people when they are not posing for me, you get a much more natural stance, sometimes, I feel, when a posture is adopted to be drawn, it can look stiff and lifeless.

I ended up doing more then six.

1

Whiteboard marker and white conté, on a purple support.

Quite like this drawing, 

though the feet become indistinct and you can't see what is happening with his right arm.

2

Fountain pen and a red-ish brown chalk pencil.

I think it has to be explained that this model is my seven year old sister, and not a grown-up with a very big head.

This looked much better before I put the shading on with the pencil, as a line pen drawing.

The neck doesn't work (I think it is too thin) but there is a bit of a sense of weight to the figure, which I like.

3

A soft, dark brown drawing pencil.

The leg going underneath the other just doesn't appear to be correct. Other than that I like this sketch, the head in profile is pleasing.   

4

Fountain pen.

5

A soft, dark brown drawing pencil.

The angle of the head and shoulders are good not so sure about the crossed leg....all my models seem to be sitting with their legs crossed and it always befuddles me, but I mustn't ask them not to, I think it important to keep trying.

6

Fountain pen and a soft, dark brown drawing pencil.

My sister again, sitting in the car.

Even though one of her legs was obscured, I always make a point of loosely sketching in the whole figure, this gives me a better understanding of what is going on. 

 7

Pencil and white conté on a mauve-ish paper.

8

Fountain pen.

This is my favourite of all the drawings on this exercise,

I am afraid that it might be just because I enjoyed drawing it, I really like the look of pen and ink. 

Fountain pen is very similar to a dip in pen, just without the fear of a drip.

The pose is a nice one and I think I managed to get the sense of weight on the elbow.

I am pleased with how I succeeded in creating the downwards profile with so few marks.

 I think, with pen and ink a minimalist approach is often more affective.  

I think the figure looks fairly believable in the space.

The think that really annoys me, is the way I muck-up the table leg...its so wonky.