With this life-drawing session, we were asked to bring in a selection of colours so we could use these to really show the emotion of each pose. I used two sets of colour for both warmth and cold; using a blue and purple to display any serious and somewhat sinister pose and utilising a red and orange to display more energetic and friendly poses. As the media i use was simple chalk, it made general shading and blending of colours far more effective and take very little to no time in comparison to work with pencils or paint.
The first selection of images we did were only quick drawings to show the movement between different similar poses, allowing us to practise general proportions within brief time periods such as the 5 minutes we had per pose with this selection. I found that it was easier to get the correct proportions if i started by sketching a rough outline in orange and then i decided to draw over with required details with the heavier red chalk. Due to time restrains i did not get enough time to add any real shading but due to the colours used; the poses look fairly calming and friendly.
The second set of drawings followed the same principles but with a rather strange and Halloween related twist. As we entered the room, we saw Gordon posing with a horse mask alongside two fairly lengthy knives. It was fairly difficult to take these poses seriously but with the same time restrictions as earlier, i tried to draw the fairly strange poses to the best of my ability. I generally start with the head proportions and then build down with the bone structure but due to the horse mask, this was not really possible.
The first few images were slightly out shape but as it continued, i managed to get my head round it and the drawings began to take shape. Using the cold purple and blue colours, i drew the poses using the same techniques as previously used and arrived at a product i was relatively happy with. Explaining these drawings to other members of the public makes for fairly interesting conversation.
After the quick, 5 minute warmups, it was time for the longer, more detailed sketch. Using all the techniques i had used throughout the session, i then had to draw gordon using all four colours, alongside a charcoal pencil for added details. Aposed to starting with the chalk for the outline, i used the charcoal pencil to draw the rough outline before switching to colour. The charcoal pencil felt extremely rough though and repeatedly ripped the page as i attempted to sketch out the rough details, making the face look incredibly ugly if not somewhat disfigured.
The colour itself is where the image began to shine though as i tried to use the colour birghtness levels to show both warmth, light and shadows, using th blue for the condest, darkest parts, the red for areas of irritated skin, orange for areas where light directly shines on and a small blur of purple where the light and darkness levels meet.
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