The Expressive Figure Assignment
Concept: Lost Edges and Turning Plane
Materials:
Technique One
- Vine or Willow Jumbo Charcoal
- 90 lb drawing paper 12" x 19" or similar
- Faber-Castell Kneaded Eraser"
Starting with Vine or Willow Charcoal, lightly draw a gestural mannikin of the pose with the emphasis on proportions and action.
With the template of the manniken as a guide, scribble a dense tangle of lines to describe the mass of the figure, gradually decreasing the pressure and density as you move out to the edges.
To explore the lost edges, draw another figure with a gestural manniken very lightly to function as a template as described before. This time create a contour line that describes the edges of the figure. Then, using an eraser or simply by smudging, calibrate edges to be either lost or found, based on if that form turns toward you or away.
For a couples/Shunga exercise, draw two figures together, either with arms wrapped around each other or touching., with specual emphasis on how the figures arma/limbs are decribing the occupancy of space of the other.
Draw at least three poses using either technique - more if you feel so inclined.
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