Week 9: Figure - Gravity and drapery

Week 8: Anatomy - refresher

Human anatomy can be captured on paper if proper knowledge is present.  Basic poses give additional information of the structure of the body in shape. As muscles are attached to the skeleton, they have their own position even not clearly visible in some cases. However Strong light helps to catch the shape of them.
On study pictures 2 and 3, the light comes from the right side of the model. This help for stronger and sharper outlines of deltoids, pectoralis major, biceps brachi. Rectus abdominis is split by Linea alba, which gives the double light effect on the second picture.
Tibialis anterior is highlighted by the projector . Its shape is expressed in darker colour by the reflected shadow cast over Gastrocnemius. That gives the base shape of the muscles in the lower part of the leg. Rectus pemoris in combination with  Tensor fasciale latae and Vastus lateralis create the main shape of the front upper part of the leg. The highlight lines are curved due to the nature of the muscles. The poses on both coloured picture prevent the illumination of the Clavicle.

Week 7: Transparent surfaces, refraction and distortion

On this picture, the vantage point is focused on the main body of the skeleton. As a simple 2 dimensional plane nature of the mixed media is utilized as main colour for the mid-tones.
The vanishing points are far tot he right and left in the composition. The horizon line is slightly above the foil sheets. That gives deeper distortion in the reflection of the skeleton.

The bended reflective surfaces distort the shape of the object in a way that is unrecognizable. In addition, the light adds in giving sharper contrast in the tonal values. The emitted shadow is highly dispersed in the reflection of the glossy surface. This leads tot he strange shaped refraction of the study item.

To balance the white chalk which dominate on the picture, two black chairs are added as raw and unpolished background. That does not take away the main focus of the skeleton and it's shadows and reflection. The angle of the background lines leads the eye from left to right and back in implied curved line that starts from the white top-right reflection and finishes with the second black chair.

Known mistake is the representation of the mismatched right hand. It is drawn slightly right of its original position.