I have been drawing since I was in school and have produced many observational drawings but I have never attended life drawing classes before. This format is very new and unusual to me, I was especially uncomfortable with 30 second poses as I have always spent a lot of time perfecting my drawings.
This week’s main teaching was about ‘the bean method’ of life drawing. I found this structure useful but also found myself getting confused when having to work out the angles in such a short time. I was also clearly drawing way too small on these pages.
These are the more successful drawings from the session. Again I found it difficult to leave the drawings like this when I wasn’t happy with them, but I also think this is the best kind of activity I can do to break out of my perfectionist mindset. I am very much trusting the process with this class and can’t wait to see how my work changes as I understand more about life drawing.