Week 1!

This week in life drawing we studied shells and did two different types of drawings of them. The first drawing we did was a blind contour drawing in which we could not look at the drawing while creating it. This drawing was particularly challenging for me because I was very tempted to look at the drawing and correct the mistakes. My group members said that my lines had varying weight and had a good use of thickness and thinness. They also said that the use of layers was beneficial and mentioned that while some lines were carefully considered, some needed to be slowed down.

The other shell drawing that we did was the continuous contour drawing in which we could not lift the pencil off of the page.  With this drawing it was a relief to be able to look at the paper, however it was also challenging because I constantly had the urge to lift my conte pencil off of the paper. Not being able to do this produced an interesting result. It was also difficult because I was unable to erase an mistakes that I made. 

My favorite part about these activities was looking at and discovering different things about my shell. Every time I looked at my shell I noticed something new. I enjoyed paying attention to the slightest details in color and texture. 

The class period on Thursday was very informative and interesting for me. I learned a lot about the spinal column and the different section in it. I also learned how to quickly draw the most important parts of a subject.