Blogging Experience

This is the first time I had ever heard of Blogging, and I was scared. I am not one with the computer so creating my own "website" or personal page was something that made me quite nervous. At first really procrastinated with starting this blog once i got going i started to find problems that frustrated me with the process. But after I got my feet wet everything seemed to be coming together. I started experimenting with taking images with my camera as well as with photo booth, and found pros and cons for each. I found with editing many times the blogger site is "unwilling" to accept photos and i just had to come back at a later time. I also played around with the layout and the general look of my blog, and I really started enjoying cataloging my work. When i go in to edit my work i often get frustrated because it feels like what ever i want to change; I just cant do it. its probably more so a miss function with my computer skills than with the program itself, but having no lesions, no in put, or suggestions as to go about creating this website makes things difficult.
Along with the muscle and drawing posts required for this class I also started to post work from my past and other classes. I would have to conclude that this experience overall has been frightening at first, but rewarding in the end. I enjoy the fact that if i continue posting my projects i will become more familar with the blogging process as well as have a permanent record of my work thus far.

I Dream of Genie Vase

45 min. Female Nude

20 min. Male Nude

35 min. Female Nude

30 min. Female Nude

25 min. Male Nude

Quick Gesture Drawings

flexor digitorum longus tibialis posterior flexor hallucis longus popliteus soleus gastrocnemius

extensor digitorum longus (long extensor of the toes)
extensor hallucis longus (long extensor of the big toe)
peroneus tertius (consider this part of the extensor digitorum longus, as its fifth tendon.)

peroneal brevis (left)
peroneal longus (right)

Abstrack in ink

Sketch of Skull

So far in this class we have done a lot of research in relation to the body. We started with simple sketches concentrating on the axis lines of the body. This was a very important lesion for me because before I always concentrated on the out side edge of a figure. We then continued on with learning the bend of the skeletal system, the spinal column, the rib cage, and the hips. For several class periods we concentrated on drawing and understanding who these main points on the body work together.
While we have been working on all of these figure drawings we have also been building the muscle system on our manikins. Building the muscles that make up the 'bulk" of the body has probably been the most effective learning device so far. When i work on building the muscles I concentrate on where the muscles connect and the function of them. Relating this muscle work to human figure drawing has been very effective.
Now when i look at the human figure i see whats on the inside that makes up this form. I concentrate on capturing the accurate shape by focusing on the curve of the spinal column, the direction of the rips and hips, and most of all the shadows the curves throw on the body itself.
This class has been extremely rewarding thus far. I never thought i would be able to capture an accurate representation of the body, but with these steps we have gone through, it makes it a lot easier to see.
Throughout the remainder of this class (the next five-six weeks) I hope to finishs building the muscles on our manikins as well as be able to complete some longer pose drawings. It is very rewarding to have a drawing that you are proud of.

copper rings

Forged Hair Sticks (copper)