Thanks for all who came along to the first session. I'm really impressed with the quality of the drawings on display. The venue was fantastic. It was a perfect space for the drawing session. Thanks to Ben Pitt and Richard Slade helping me set up the class. And thanks to the model Andrew who did a fantastic job.
And here are the drawings.
A beautiful Drawing. Great job on a difficult pose. And a good likeness
lovely strong darks and confident lines
lovely strong structure on the torso.
very nice rubbed in tones
love the very confident shading.
great job on the torso and nice shading around the form to show foreshortening on the leg
shoulder area and ribcage is most successful on this
a really good likeness and a a good job on the strong foreshortening on the leg
lovely line work!
i took this home and darkened the shading. It was a great pose from the model front on.
Sunday, 3 April 2016
The Form Principle
The form principle applied to a human figure - drawing by henry yan
here are some definitions :
VALUE - the range of tones from dark to light in different levels
FORM SHADOW - the shadow area that is created when a form turns away from a light source. Form shadow has soft edges
CAST SHADOW - The shadow area on a form that is created when another form blocks the light path towards it. Cast shadows has sharp edges.
CORE SHADOW - The edge of the form shadow. It is the darkest part and has soft edges.
REFLECTED LIGHT - The area of the form shadow where light is reflected back from other surfaces
MIDTONE - The Transition area between light and dark values.
LIGHT AND HIGHLIGHT. - The light areas that are closest to the light source. The highlight is the lightest area we see
SHADOW PATTERN - the shapes or shapes created by the arrangement of shadows
Here is the same logic applied to a basic sphere. Understand the principles and start applying it to your figure drawings.
Image taken from James Gurney
If you would like more information on form the fantastic artist and blogger James Gurney has made chapters on the subject on his blog.
The class is hosted by local resident stephen molyneaux at lovesfarm house the first sunday of every month. This blog page can be used as a resource to supplement the class and for further reading for attendees to take their drawing further.
