I did the exercise of drawing  figures wearing cloth. One of the challenges of the Assignment 4 is that  you depend so much on the time and schedule  of your models  and I am not sure whether I will find a nude one. Thus first of all I had to define who would be a best model in terms of her/his availability and flexibility to adapt to my schedule, which is very busy too. The best models in this sense appear to be my children, so I started to make drawings of their images, catching  certain moments being with them  in the house or outside. Below I post my drawings.

Drawing people was very challenging and even daunting, because it is obviously more difficult comparing to drawing trees or branches. So before I came  up with any drawing I watched some tutorials in YouTube checking several art channels of certain artists which upload good and comprehensive videos about drawing technique, including figure Drawing. I particularly liked  a channel “Draw with Jazza” and “Brushes and Bunnies”. They do a very good job explaining drawing technique and give useful tips how to improve your daily sketching.

Sketch “In the Zoo”. I found this moment as a good one to do this exercise because both models were wearing a baggy   winter cloth and we have found an interesting pose. I made  a general  sketch on site, it took about 15 minutes and worked on shades and lines and wrinkles of the cloth after at home,  using a photo. By this time I was more confident, because that was not my very first sketch of figure drawing as those which are below.

 

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Sketch “Happy moment with a hot dog”. I did this sketch at home. My model is A 16 years  old girl. She was wearing a pale coloured baggy hoodie and her legs were bare, so it was a little bit of human anatomy to draw.

Sketch “Nicky is reading a book”. My model here is a 7 years old girl. This is a  very first sketch. I am not happy with a face. I concentrated on  drwaing a pose and overall proportions of the body.

 

Sketch “ Nicky is doing her homework”. Same model seating on a  low soft coushion at the low coffee table.

Janibek is watching TV