Faces from Karl's Class

A couple faces fleshed out from imagination, based on the diagrams we're learning:

The model was a no-show, so we drew each other!

Taking Cues from Glen Vilppu

Tuesday morning's Anatomy class was going horribly...I kept fighting my tools to try to get a drawing that I could stand looking at. I got frustrated, and then I remembered what Will said about learning to draw...if you want to draw like the masters, then watch HOW they draw...how they hold a pencil, what kinds of lines they make, how they choose to capture the light, etc.

So after making a TON of awful drawings, which I won't post (heehee), I stood behind Glen for half an hour and just watched how he held his pencil, what kinds of lines he made, etc.

After being thoroughly inspired, I sat back down and captured the last pose of the day, which turned out looking, in a classmate's words, "Very Vilppu". Will gives good advice.

Here's the final:

Here's the other drawings of the day that are worth posting--a quick sketch and a face done from imagination based on what I've learned in both Karl and Glen's classes so far.

Doctor Who?

So I've been watching Doctor Who with my good friend Haley, who's a longtime fan. She decided I needed to get addicted to it, and thus we started the process. I really like the show so far...so intense!

Anyways, we were both in Karl's class today, and after doing a generic head template based on the demo, I shaded it and it just happened to turn out looking a LOT like Christopher Eccleston--the guy who plays the main character...

ANYways, I also did some more life drawing... :D Enjoy!

Heads and Hands with Karl Gnass

These are 5 minute poses from Karl Gnass's "Heads, Hands, and Feet" drawing class at the Guild. It's been really good so far.

In these ones we were studying specific expressions:

8-Minute Head Studies

Today in class the model didn't show, so we started drawing each other's heads. Heh heh!
Anyways, these were 8-minute poses, too fast for my taste (obviously)! I would get into the groove, start to find a real resemblance, and then the pose would end...alas.
I'll just have to get faster.

Jasmine saw these and said, "Either everyone in your class is good-looking or you draw people good-looking." Lol I suppose they're just all good-looking?

Hands and Feet

Some old stuff, but I think it should be up here. Hand and foot studies done in graphite. Durh...

Microsoft liked the hands so much, now they're up on their walls!