For this exercise I used pencil; I like pencil and thought for a longer study it would be best as could help with more detail. I don’t feel I’ve used pencil very much in this course.
My model sat in a comfortable position watching television, we agreed this would be easiest to hold for such a long period, although again breaks were given.
I first tried to place the outer most parts of his main features as suggested to get sense of the scale of the image. I then worked from left to right gradually adding more detail once I was happy with positioning. I did make a few mistakes but corrected these as I went along. Again I had the sketchbook resting on a board on my lap, but this time I made sure to lift the board as I progressed over the page to check scale and review intermittently, as it was a longer study I had time to do this. I ensured I also added background to place the sitter in context so as not sitting in mid air. I was generally happy with the outcome, felt it went well on the whole. Looking at it now (day after) I see that the right foot is out of proportion, I had some difficulty with this whilst drawing but thought I’d corrected it.
Deborah McAulay 