This week I really enjoyed doing the hour long pose. We have done short drawings all semester long so when it was time to do a longer pose at first I was feeling a little intimidated. An hour seems so long compared to what we normally do in class. Once I started drawing it ended up going by very fast however. It was nice to not feel rushed to draw the body parts as fast as I could. I feel more comfertable when I have time to really get every line right, or at least attempt to. It was also nice to have time to make mistakes and correct them by erasing. I felt like this drawing really helped me figure out a few things I have been geting worng. Like the space between the rib cage and the pelvick bone. I have been making it alot longer then it truly is in real life. I picture it being a long area but really there is not a big gap there. Also it was helpful to work on contoure lines a bit more. I have had a hard time figuring out conture lines. It seems as though they switch there direction on a givin body part.
 I also feel like my skeletal model is starting to come along now. I keep making my muscles a little too small, but bringing the models into class and having them checked over gives me a chance to fix my mistakes. Its tough to mentally see a three dimensional view of the muscles from looking at the book. I do think I am improving slowly though.

Hour Drawing

Hour Drawing