Exercise (3) Stance. Project (3) Form.

At the Royal drawing school, Saturday life drawing classes again.

1 minute sketches with whiteboard marker.

1 minute conté sketches.

1 minute. Fineliner.

1 minute. Fineliner and watercolour.

1 minute. Fineliner.

1 minute drawings with brush and watercolour.

2 minute. fountain pen and watercolour.

2 minute. fountain pen and watercolour. 

3 minute. fountain pen and watercolour.

3 minute. fountain pen and watercolour.

3 minute.  Fineliner and watercolour.

4 minute

3 minute drawing with watercolour.

5 minute. Fineliner and watercolour. 

5 minute. Fineliner and watercolour.

3 minute. Whiteboard marker. 

2 minute. Fineliner and watercolour.

5 minute. Black conté stick.

5 minute. Blue watercolour pencil. 

I really like doing quick gesture drawings, lots of fun.

 I found that often if the shoulder and hip lines are straight and horizontal the weight is on both legs,

 but when the shoulders and hips access are at an angle the line of balance is on one leg....I find this is a good way of finding out were the weight is, quickly when I first look at a pose.

I also look and try to gauge if the model could lift a leg with out falling, determining which leg is necessary to the model to stay upright.

I thought this exercise very helpful.