More Portrait studies

Here are some more portrait studies I have been doing to keep my hand in and study the features and anatomy of portraiture for unit 4 of my course.

Assignment 4 preliminary ideas

OCA Drawing Skills Level 1, Figure and the head, Assignment 4 For this assignment I need to draw two figure studies and a self portrait. One figure has to be seated and the other laying down. I have been thinking that I may explore these figure studies as male models. Up until now I have

Portrait from Memory or Imagination

OCA Drawing Skills Level 1, Figure and the Head, Project 6, Exercise 3 This exercise plays right into my wheelhouse and what I have been practicing lately. I have been undertaking a long series of portraits based on Instagram pages, or photos I have taken. I have tried to draw these fast and loose, but

Your Head

OCA Drawing Skills Level 1, Figure and the head. Project 6, Exercise 2 This exercise required a lot of reflection when making some self-portraits. I had to think about pose, tonal variation and placement of features to give a believable head. I considered the anatomy and features a lot and took a lot of time

Facial features

OCA Drawing Skills Level 1, Figure and the Head, project 6, Exercise 1 For this exercise I had to draw a selection of facial features and once I had done this I was to draw a portrait of a complete head. I had drawn some eyes and ears as part of a previous exercise which

Groups of Figures

OCA Drawing Skills Level 1, Figure and the head, Project 5, Exercise 2 This exercise required me to ‘people watch’ to understand human movement and interaction. I went to a Boot fair at the weekend and used this opportunity to make some quick studies. I had to draw very quickly to catch the essence of

Three figure drawings

OCA Drawing skills level 1, The Figure and the Head, Project 4, Exercise 2 This exercise has asked me to make three figure studies in standing, seated and lounging poses. I am to focus on basic structure, tone and shadow, foreshortening and parts of the body that we may not see. I’ve made an extensive

Portrait Studies

Similar to my previous post, where I have been trying to keep my hand in and maintain my art practice and build skills that would be beneficial to my OCA course, I have been undertaking a series of portrait studies in the past couple of weeks. I found a reference page on Instagram called Earthsworld

Just how big are paintings anyway?!

Last week I went to the National Gallery again. I wanted to explore the impressionists a little more, as well as going to see some paintings I liked again and see some others I missed from my previous visit. I always find it a strange experience standing in front of a Van Gogh painting such

Trying to keep my ‘hand’ in (and a foot too)

After a previous learning log post, where I discussed my father becoming ill during this course and having to start long term care for him, a lot has happened. My father has improved a little, gotten much worse and slipped into a coma and ended up in ICU where we had to go and say