Heads

This is an assignment I did for my Art 212 (Drawing I) class. I have it every Friday from 10-3. It's a really long class, but we get a lot of work done. For this assignment, the Erased Head portrait, we had to create a monochromatic portrait of a classmate using nupastels. The drawing focuses on subjective drawing with mass, perception of light and shadow shapes, and light logic. The paper is Strathmore, and is 18"x24".

Here is what I accomplished after the first portion of class:

blue format & outlines of Charity's face

Then after lunch, I came back, added to the drawing with my darker nupastel, and erased into the drawing to create the highlights.

Completed Erased Head - Charity
2/11/11

I wish the quality of the pictures was better.

Last week we did a drawing of the head of David. The aim of the assignment is similar to that of the Erased Head portrait. We concentrated on light and shadow shapes. This drawing is also on Strathmore and the format is 9"x11". The medium is graphite.

Head of David
2/4/11

With the head of David, I definitely feel I need to go back and eliminate lines, but it is on its way. The proportions look correct, but the overall drawing just needs a bit of touching up. I'm quickly learning about drawing faces and I'm loving it. After finishing the Erased Head drawing I wanted to go home and draw huge portraits of my friends. I just love the zone I get into when I'm drawing. It's a total shift to the artsy side of my brain.