This second week of life drawing has been quite inspiring. It had been awhile since I worked with charcoal or conte, so, as a graphic design major it felt really good to loosen my mind and my wrist and just draw. I am really excited for the opportunity to take this class, and am ready to soak it all up like a sponge . Drawing the human figure and studying our own anatomy is such an amazing thing; I feel there is so much to be grasped about the beauty of the human figure and how it has inspired so many of the classical artists in their work.
Seeing the human figure and drawing from nude is s a humbling experience, because,from the drawer's perspective, when drawing a nude model, you have to leave all worldly expectations and presumptions about "what is beautiful" behind, and look at the body as a glorious work of art within itself. Not many people have the opportunity, within a respectful atmosphere, to draw the human form in all its simplicity- it makes me feel somewhat connected to the great classical artists, knowing that I'm drawing the same way they did. Times change, technology advances, but our humanity is constant. You might look at great art from the 13th century or marvel at Michelangelos' "Creation of Adam", but he was inspired by the same human figure that I will be drawing from, every week, in our small little art room of 20 people. We still have ten toes and ten fingers, we still have interesting noses and ears. We still toil from labor and our feet become calloused with travel, we love from the same heart, and cradle with the same arms. Its like we're timeless gems that keep getting discovered over and over again,..each one is different, yet just as beautiful as the previous.
Seeing the human figure and drawing from nude is s a humbling experience, because,from the drawer's perspective, when drawing a nude model, you have to leave all worldly expectations and presumptions about "what is beautiful" behind, and look at the body as a glorious work of art within itself. Not many people have the opportunity, within a respectful atmosphere, to draw the human form in all its simplicity- it makes me feel somewhat connected to the great classical artists, knowing that I'm drawing the same way they did. Times change, technology advances, but our humanity is constant. You might look at great art from the 13th century or marvel at Michelangelos' "Creation of Adam", but he was inspired by the same human figure that I will be drawing from, every week, in our small little art room of 20 people. We still have ten toes and ten fingers, we still have interesting noses and ears. We still toil from labor and our feet become calloused with travel, we love from the same heart, and cradle with the same arms. Its like we're timeless gems that keep getting discovered over and over again,..each one is different, yet just as beautiful as the previous.
The first image is one of my 30sec. drawings from a model, and the second is an unfinished carving of a figure, slowly emerging out of stone. Its interesting to see how the human shape appears, whether you're adding or subtracting!
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