Cross Contour Skull Drawings

The Skull is a very challenging and complex object to draw. I try to have patience when performing any cross contour drawing let alone drawing a skull. Posted is my first of three skull drawings. I am looking forward to the self portrait we have to do for our final, I really want to nail this last project, so I will defiantly be putting in the hours.

Last Manikin Muscle Set

It feels good to finish the manikin, overall I enjoyed building up the different muscle structures to gain a better understanding of the form of the body. It was nice to work not only in the 2d but in 3d as well. It helps with the cross contour drawings when drawing from the models.

Ink Wash Shell Drawing II

The Second Shell drawing I very much enjoyed doing, It turned out much better than the first ink wash drawing of the shell mainly because of the different view, I was able to get more information and depth with the new arrangement. I also experimented with different colored inks and was more aggressive with the ink using more layers than the first ink wash drawing. Cross Contour Drawing is very challenging for me and I felt that I was successful in this last shell drawing.

Manikin Update

I ran into less problems working on the arm and shoulder muscles. I am getting use to working with the atlases and I find it easier to reference without the other muscles shown on the page I am working from. That was one of the first problems I ran into when working with the Manikin. I find the work relaxing and enjoy it, even though I would rather draw from the models.

Ink Wash Shell Drawing I

I enjoyed doing the first ink wash drawing, I put my time into the contour drawing and used black ink and water colors to bring forward and push back certain areas. I rather enjoy using ink and water color. For the next drawing I'm going to position the shell so it isn't as foreshortened and spend more time with more sittings on the ink wash to really make it pop. In class this is the first drawing from the model focusing on the shoulders and arms and I enjoyed bringing the upper body into the mix.

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Life Drawing I

Jacob Sandstrom








Built the thigh muscles on manikin, I found it to be more challenging than building the spinal erectors. I also posted images of the first two cross contour drawings of the shell. I need to slow down and be patient when creating Cross Contour drawings they are more complicated than I expected, I believe I finally found an appreciation for them after all. I just enjoy doing value drawings so much that it was hard for me to get into the contour drawings but I look forward to doing my next one. I threw the last image of the cat costume in just for shits and giggles, it was a project for my sculpture class.