My name is Chelsey and I am a currently a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
I am working on my BFA with a dual-concentration in Graphic Design & Multimedia Design.
I'm currently enrolled in a Life Drawing Class which is how and why I am getting involved in blogging. I figured that this blog will help me post my art online in a safe and secure way. I can also use this blog space to be casual as well as professional in my art life. So far, my life drawing class has been a learning experience. I have taken two drawing classes before this one. However, the techniques that we will learn in Life Drawing seem different than my previous drawing classes. I have never been one to want to draw life, as in human life. I can draw pumpkins and vases and fabrics galore, but when it comes to muscles and body parts, I am a total beginner.
Today, we had our first three hour long session class and our first model. We had to start off with gesture drawings lasting from 30 seconds to about 3 minutes. It was difficult but enjoyable because it wasn't concentrating on detail, just overall relaxingly casual. After we did that, we started contour drawings. I chose the model's forearm and hand. I thought I did an alright job for a first time. The technique of contour is extremely difficult, considering it is drawing rings of an object ( a human model in this case ) and how you do this is to imagine there is a string that wraps around it. You imagine all these strings wrapped around this object and the result of drawing all these rings is that you get a sense of dimension. The rings give the object the look and almost feel of the object in its every plane, crevice, every texture of the certain object your are... contouring. Overall, it was a very good beginning to an interesting class.Until Next Week,
Chelsey
