Week Eleven

For this sketch I was concentrating on capturing the weight within the pose. The model is leaning onto the table putting all of his weight onto his arms and his right leg. I have shown this by drawing the arms close into the body and straight with slightly raised shoulders. Also by straightening the right leg and bending the left. The head is tilted down and the figure is very streamline showing the tension going through the body as the weight is being placed on only some of it.

In this sketch I tried to represent the tension going through the body, and what the muscles would be doing. The model was slightly leaning forward and with his stomach pushed out and his arms and hands pointing back away from his bottom. I have shown the tension by using angular lines to form the arms and having them look like they are pushing the body out. As the legs are leaning forward you can see the muscles relaxing and on the arms you can see them contracting as they are bending.

This is a 13 minute sketch of the lower part of the leg highlighting where the muscles are. I have used shading to show where the harder and softer parts of the muscles are. You can also see where the harder bits are on the feet, for example, the ball of the foot and it's heel. I have shown how the lower part of the leg has a bigger muscle than the bit around the knee. You can see that the knee is rounded and the leg is slightly bent. The proportions and the angle of the foot are correct although I would have liked to redo the toes, as I struggled over them. The model was fairly slim highlighting his bones more, the curved line near the foot shows the marking of the bone.