For this exercise I was tasked to draw several quick studies of my model in a standing position. Again he found it challenging to pose for long periods so I just completed 4 poses. I had to keep in mind the line of balance or centre of gravity in each pose and whilst I did not draw this in, but found this quite easy to locate, in part because my model did not sway to far from a central stance.
I was quite pleased with each of my sketches as I felt I managed to capture the stance quite well and just with very brief lines. Each sketch took less than 2 minutes and was completed with coloured pencil on A3 paper. The only thing I did find, was that despite having what I considered to be a relatively large sheet, I never had enough room by the time I got to the feet. I always start with the head but it seems that from this point I am not good at judging the whole scale so do not have enough room left when I reach the feet, this is different with a longer study as I would usually map out the whole picture before continuing – it seems though with sketching I need to find a quick way to scale the whole image at the outset.
Deborah McAulay 