Dead-line

While looking at various artists' websites today, I came upon this illustration by Bruna Gonzalez.  It seemed fitting because so many deadlines are coming up for projects, papers, and tests.  This past week especially, I have found myself feeling rather like a dead line.

Life drawing class was cancelled this week on Tuesday.  On thursday in class, we experimented with using ink.  We started out by drawing a small contour drawing of our shell. Then we discussed what the goals of the shell drawings are and how the ink would be used. Applying the ink was almost scary to me. Ink doesn't erase!  That for me is intimidating. It's difficult to experiment and discover if you are afraid of making mistakes, so, I was glad that we practiced on a small drawing that we didn't spend much time on. I was still nervous about it and I think it shows in my drawing. I will definitely be practicing more before I do the bigger version so that I am more comfortable taking risks with the ink. I think that after I understand more about how the ink works, I will really enjoy working with it. I love the way that it shows movement and how it can be used to enhance an organic shape.  This is what I came up with in class:

Also this week, I worked more on my manikin. I redid the abs and the  maximus/minimus.  I think that I am starting to get a little bit more used to the way that the clay works. I still need to redo the thigh muscles and the spinal erectors, but, I think it is starting to look a lot better.  It is still very frustrating trying to get the muscles to look right together when its difficult to visualize, but, I'm getting better at it.