GESTURES: 3

Gestures: 3 
charcoal on newsprint
32 x 24 "

GESTURES: TORSOS

Gestures: Torsos
charcoal on newsprint
32 x 24 "

PROPORTION STUDY [DON]

proportion study [Don]
charcoal, colored pencil on newsprint
31 x 24 "

JUTTING IN AND OUT STUDY OF RIBCAGE & BREASTS WITH NIPPLE DISCUSSION

jutting in and out study of ribcage & breasts with nipple discussion
charcoal on newsprint
32 x 24 "

FORESHORTENED SKELETAL STUDY

Foreshortened Skeletal Study
charcoal on newsprint
32 X 24 "

BOOB STUDY

Boob study
charcoal on newsprint
32 x 24 "

SKETCHBOOK 11/12 [GIRLS AT HALE LIBRARY, FROM LIFE]

Sketchbook 11/12 [Girls at Hale Library, from life]
pen on paper

9 x 12 "

Girls at Hale Library, from life
 
When they move, I generally start a new sketch. Drawing from potentially moving life forces me to draw faster because I never know when they will move. Even when people are asleep, they'll toss and turn some.

The paper (Strathmore Sketchbook) is first colored by using a mix of some cheapy gouache sometimes mixed with gesso. For these drawings, I used Pilot G-2 Gel pens.

Evidently, I have no clue what economy of lines means.

Sketchbook 11/16

ink with calligraphy brush

generally the 1st drawing is better than the 2nd - which is why I rarely do actual studies for paintings

this is what kept me from being on time to Fig Draw II

redrawing some notes from Michael Mentler sketchbook over some old sketches of some girl at the library

His sketchbook drawings are very cool & show the anatomy constructed up from the bones (from memory), which I had never seen before - constructed through anatomy and not just geometry. He does suffer from what the majority of Master Anatomists paintings suffer from - they lack emotion or creativity and are generally little more than refined drawings in color.

http://www.michaelmentler.com
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=72362

Eventually, I will know and understand all (most) of the anatomy he does. The way I use them, knowledge is basically being aware of info, while understanding means that you can do it as well or have personally experienced it. When you know more, it increases your potential to do (draw/paint) better and greater work, however greater potential/talent it's a double edge sword. I'll go into more depth some other time.