Life Drawing week 3

I managed to get a few more poses down in the shorter, 3 minute gesture practices but definitely need to find a way to get through a whole pose much quicker.

A couple of very quick warm ups. The pose on the left is kind of a mess, but the pose on the right generally captured the proportions of the arm, torso and left leg

Trying to save on paper led to a pretty weird playing card effect. The pose at the top again just about caught the proportions.

A short standing pose that had some issues with the left leg (thigh too long) but showed some promise. The left arm is clunky and the right arm is just there to hold the space but could have been fixed.

A longer standing pose that worked fairly well, albeit very sketchy. The left arm was the first thing in so needs work at the transition between upper and lower arm, and the hand obviously ended up as just a sketched shape. But the muscle tension in the buttocks and legs shows the weight distribution quite well, and the back suggests the arc that the head thrown back would have finished. The back of the head is too high and too straight so doesn't quite capture the pose properly, I think this would have made a huge difference.

A longer seated pose, which caught some of the posture right. The left thigh is too thin, and the transition at the knee is awkward. Also the right arm is a little narrow. There's an issue of proportion where the left side of the chest slopes off at a sharper angle than the left shoulder, which means that the neck and head position would need amended. With a bit of work though this could have been fairly accurate.

The first short warm up pose with the other model. A lot would need fixing here, the left shoulder is too sharp and tall, and the left hip and leg are totally incorrect. But the line sweep from the right side of the chest through the knee was promising.

The longest pose of the evening, and the most finished. The left forearm should be a little longer, or more readily suggest that the foreshortening is a result of it being turn slightly towards the viewer. The left thigh is also turned towards us, which would have been better suggested if the left shin and foot were turned more towards us.The shin seems a little short; the ankle region truncated. The foot is too parallel, if it were turned flatter and angled slightly down if would help suggest the proper shin angle. The right foot is OK but perhaps could have been more rounded, i.e. the little toes dipping behind the top of the foot.