Cafe Sketch In-class Gestures VI

Last Friday in my Cafe Sketch class we drew from a live model during our morning session.  There were some very interesting posses in terms of weight and stance.  We use bean shapes to help us interpret the movement of the torso.

 Later in the day we went to the North Market to draw and characterized the people there.

 

Gestures: #92

Cafe Sketch HW V

This week in cafe sketch we had to draw gestures from our favorite winter Olympics' sport.  I decided to draw snowboarding events.  I found this really fun and interesting since their feet are strapped parallel to each other and they must twist their bodies and use the weight of their torso to guide themselves along.

 

Gestures: #104

Cafe Sketch In-Class Gestures V

This Friday in my Cafe Sketch class we went to Chiller again to draw the ice skaters there.  We also drew during the free-skate hour that had many younger kids and more inexperienced skaters.  This time drawing the ice skaters was easier for me than last time, because I had a better idea how they moved.

Cafe Sketch HW Gestures IV

This week for homework in my cafe sketch class we had to draw gestures from our favorite style of dance using real life or a video source as reference.  I like a lot of different types of dance, but decided on drawing from the ballet Swan Lake.  I drew from the Kirov Ballet version that can be found here.  I took dance for a long time as a child (around 14 years) and, while I was never very good, my experience helps me draw the dancers easier, because I know in what ways they move.

 

Gestures: #52

Cafe Sketch In-Class Gestures IV

    This week, we had a life model in our morning class so we drew her with some props.  For some of the drawings we had 30 seconds while for others we had a minute or two.

 

In the afternoon we went to the BalletMet in Columbus and drew the dancers having a modern class.  Many thanks to the dancers and the BalletMet for letting us come in and draw them.

 

Gestures: #96

Cafe Sketch HW Gestures III

This week for homework in my cafe sketch class, we had to take 15 of our old life drawings and redraw them with cylinder and cube shapes. Then, we had to draw the same figure from the opposite point of view.  I found this exercise difficult, but rewarding.  Drawing a cube around the figure helped me to flip the drawings by giving me a depth of field to work within.

 

Gestures: #30

Cafe Sketch In-Class Gestures III

This week, we started our morning class by drawing figures from pixelovely.com.  We were to focus on creating gestures with cylinder and cube shapes that show dimension and perspective.

In the afternoon, we had a model with us and focused on the same drawing principles.  We started with two minute poses and then one minute poses.  I enjoy this method of drawing, because it is quick, but also gives a lot of information and enables  me to go back later and fill in missing information if necessary.

 

Gestures: #68