SB1: Line Drawn

We were given the task of drawing our subjects in just simple line, nothing too intense just capturing the basic elements.

I drew the same guy over 3 times, each time it became easier for me to forget about tone and to just focus on a silhouette. 

I used 3 different medias this time, I deliberately brought the charcoal to loosen up my work. 

 

I kept experimenting with medias and techniques such as not taking my pen off the page. 

It felt uncomfortable not shading or paying close attention to the face but more on the whole and I found it quite a difficult exercise.

I drew from pages in a haute couture book I found in the library that focused on punk clothing. 

It was hard for me to be excited about what I was drawing cause I really disliked all of the topics to choose from and I found haute couture was the only one where I felt I could improve on my human anatomy as well. It felt like it had more paths to go down if I needed too. 

My favourite media used in this exercise was ink, I found it flowed nicely and gave the picture a nicer edge.  I used tracing paper just to see what it would be like, I was going to keep overlaying it but after the first 2 I decided not too because it wasnt working like i thought it might. 

Overall I found the line task hard, not because it was hard to draw them but because it was hard not to focus on the details I wanted to focus on and to focus on a whole.