Now that I have hands and feet slightly under my belt, this week’s life drawing assignment was to draw seven heads.
The last time I drew my head was in my junior year of high school, four years ago. Let’s compare it with this week’s first attempt of seven, shall we?
The scan quality is better, but so are the directional lines. I think the new one turned out a little too soft, though; the face lacks some underlying structure. So, I commandeered the head of the skeleton in the library for a few hours of skull studies.
Can you look at them without thinking of Halloween? It was hard for me at first; I was actually more nervous about drawing the skull than I was about the nude model! But with time and practice, I can start to see the skull as a beautiful part of us that God designed.
When I drew myself again, I tried to visualize the structure of the skull underneath my skin. The result turned out more architectural and accurate, I think!
To be honest, I’ve never liked the view of my face from the side. But as I drew, I began to notice flowing parallel lines and a number of proportional shapes and lines… I’ve decided that God did a great job of designing me after all.
Head number 6: Thanks Kelly, for posing for me… the first and only person I trusted to do it!
(She’s much, much prettier in real life.)
And… I did myself one last time.
According to some people, this looks like me in fifteen years… do you agree?
15 years sounds about right, but I don’t recognize your lips! Did you do some botox?? 🙂