Life Drawing- Lines of action and force (Week 2)

This week in life drawing I wasn’t able to attend, but had gathered my own drawings of models that would express lines of action and force. I had checked on blackboard for the life drawings in class which I missed and understood that our lesson this week was drawing our models within action and how their body would translate that through the lines of their body and the force which they are putting into the action that they are showing.

I had went onto YouTube and searched examples of live models I could use that were modelling the topic which I was drawing and who gave me the most variation in pose and action. I was surprised to find out YouTube was really helpful in giving a wide variety of professional models to work from and there was even a few channels that had live life models sessions every Friday. This would be beneficial for those artists who would like to incorporate life drawing into their work or who are just looking to practice drawing moving models or form.

I’m aware that having a in depth life drawing class which you are part of is a lot more beneficial that having a YouTube video showing a drawing session of a life model, however due to being unwell and a busy schedule I thought I had made the best out of a compromising situation and was able to show the effort I am willing to apply in order to keep up to date in my university course.

The first life drawing model I had chosen to do was of a female model, who was showing the action of a still and relaxed standing pose. This was a easy pose to find and draw within the drawing session, as it was quite a simple pose and a pose many life models would begin with, for their students to relax into before drawing a moving image. I began with visualising the model and understanding the line of movement within their body and how it suits the action which they are doing. I drew the relaxed line of movement for the arms, legs, neck and torso of the model and then to show the parts of the body that would be moving. I drew circles to show the joints of the model, that would give me a accurate and easy start to my drawing.

The next action that was more intricate to draw, was the models showing a form of crouching pose. The line of movement was very freeing within this pose and was fitting to the action. The model is pushing her weight onto the front of her body and leaning forward and I was able to draw in a slight movement line and capture the movement of the models limbs. I struggled again with the depth of each limb and how to compares to the viewers angle and in comparison to the models body. These were just quick poses showing the difference in the body when moving and how the model would relax into the action with their body.

Another pose I had researched on YouTube, was again a similar pose to the first life drawing pose of relaxed standing, however incorporated more movement into the body. The model changed her body into a almost dancer pose, as she stood raising her arms above her head and posing out her leg. This line of movement was really pretty to draw as the action seemed very elegant. I drew this model again just minimal detail and focusing on the action which we were trying to show within our drawing.

In My last model I decided to change up what I had previously been drawing and decided to draw a person out of the television show ‘Goggle Box’, who was sitting which was another action which was shown within the life drawing class. The line of movements for this action was a lot more erratic as the model can be seen crossing his arms and also legs on a relaxed sitting and laying half down on a settee. I quickly drew the line of movement for the male model and then proceeded to draw the models arms, legs, head and even went into more detail for the models clothes, creases and facial features. I should have began my drawing of this action of a sitting down, relaxed model with possible a more defined line of action and joint movement, as when drawing the figure and the position of his legs in depth, compared to the rest of his body. I found drawing the proportions and depth of the body difficult and had a more trickier time completing the drawing,