TIMED FIGURE DRAWINGS

We were split up into different groups and each had to go to the center of the circle and pose for us to draw them. For group one we had to draw them as abstract line drawings. We had 5 minutes to sketch.

For the very last drawing, half of the room stood up and we had 3 minutes to draw everyone as contour drawings. It was hard because they all kept moving but this is about half of the group.

So we were told to choose three of our most successful sketches and post them on our blogs. These are the three that I think are the best so far...

This sketch, like all of the others, was done in graphite. I drew it at home looking at a picture from the Internet. It probably took about 20 minutes.

This sketch I also drew from a picture on the Internet. It took about 15 minutes.

This sketch took no time at all but I think it turned out pretty well. I think I just free handed it.

We also were told to look through 2 of our classmates' sketchbooks and pick our favorite sketches...

This one, done by Anuj, really struck me. His shading techniques make the leaf look weathered and it has a thickness to it. It's really well done.

This one was done by my fellow Anna. I like the way she varied her line thickness and shading to show the great texture of the twig.