The Structure of the human body

OCA Drawing Skills Level 1, Figure and the Head, Project 4, Exercise 1 This exercise required me to make a series of anatomy studies to explore the structures of the human body. I had to include all parts of the body, in different positions and make up a series of pages of these body parts.

Energy

OCA Drawing Skills Level 1, Figure and the Head, Project 3, Exercise 4 Following on from the previous exercise where I had to explore stance, this exercise asks me to explore energy in a figure. I had to choose poses where the figure was in movement or twisting the body etc. Then working on large

Stance

OCA Drawing Skills Level 1, Figure and the Head, Project 3, Exercise 3. This exercise required me to make a series of 2 minute (ish) gesture studies and to look for the line of balance or centre of gravity in the poses I draw. I made 10 sketches to explore this theme and selected a

Essential Elements

OCA Drawing Skills Level 1, Figure and the Head, Project 3, Exercise 2 This exercise required me to draw six different poses, with the light hitting the model from one side. I had to identify the lightest and darkest areas and draw the whole figure without too deep a focus on details. I have tried

Basic Shapes

OCA Drawing Skills Level, Figure and the Head, Project 3, Exercise 1 This exercise required me to arrange a model at a slight angle, in a chair and block in basic shapes and consider receding planes and any other twist to the torso etc. I drew a work colleague on our lunch break and he

Assignment Three: Expanse Feedback

Here is the feedback from my third assignment and some of my reflections. Despite some significant personal challenges, you have been able to explore the theme of Expanse effectively. The final assignment piece is a bold and confident study. What stands out, particularly in Part 3 is your research into the practice of other artists.

A Longer Study

OCA Drawing Skills Level 1, The Figure and the Head, Project 2, Exercise 2 This exercise required me to spend a little longer on a pose and to take up to an hour to create a piece. I had to mark out the upper and lower limits of the figure on the page to get

The Figure and the head Quick Studies

OCA Drawing Skills Level 1, The Figure and the Head, Project 2, Exercise 1 This exercise required me to make a series of quick figure studies. I had to create 5 drawings where I drew for just 2 minutes each and then a series where I drew for upto ten minutes. I used an A3

Emphasising form with cloth

OCA Drawing skills level 1, The Figure and the Head, Project 1, Exercise 2 In this exercise I have been asked to sketch a figure wearing a shawl, baggy jumper of soft dressing gown. I had to lightly indicate the face, hands and feet and observe how the fabric moulds and hangs on the figure.

Drawing Fabric using line and tone

OCA Drawing Skills Level 1, Project 1, Exercise 1 For this exercise I had to throw a piece of fabric over a chair and draw it using line in one image and using tone in another. I then had to draw different parts of the fabric in smaller studies. Funnily enough for my second assignment