Yesterday I had another session of life drawing. First we looked at some of Mik's own artwork and he explained to us useful ways of creating a brief in proportion line figure. We did this by using only small straight lines to create the outline of the figure, then not until after this applying curvy lines to create more of the figures shape. Another technique I found very effective was holding your pencil at arms length to find angles of the body and then interpret them on the paper. This is very useful as a rough guideline if applied quickly, however sometimes it is not always successful. I found that the longer you look and study what you're drawing as well as the figure, you start to notice mistakes of composition and proportion. We were told that we should not see this as a failure aspect but should see it as us getting better by looking deeper and further. I feel that this teaching of looking at angles in relationship to other angles really helps to create an accurate outline of the figure. Another method that I found useful was using the pencil to create lines in the air over the figure, in order to work out what parts of the body are in line with others. For example: the chin being in line with the right elbow and belly button. If this process is used then it is very useful when lining the body parts up in order to create a life drawing that looks accuratly placed.
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