Week 11: Figure. Muscular structure

The three sketches of this week’s session were done in pencil and represent an attempt at understanding more of the depiction of the human body, purpose which cannot be followed if one does not endeavor on drawing human musculature, which gives the shape of the body.
Therefore, the first sketch is a less than dynamic one, showing the human figure in a rested, standing pose, the bones and muscles are simplistically depicted through the use of lines and simple shading. Overall the drawing is faithful to its original figure, although the head could be leveled up to the same amount of shading as the rest of the body.

The second sketch strives to depict more muscle and bone shapes on the torso and arms of the figure and does not fail short while also remaining true to the correct shading and lines of the neck. The image below shows a small definition of the foot and leg but enough to give the illusion of three dimension.

The third sketch should portray the bending of the model, matter which is achieved with the help of the lines of the neck and the differences in size of the legs, one of which curls and heads forward or with the help of the horizontal lines of the body which gradually fall on the left side of the shifting body. All in all, I believe all sketches truthfully show the changes of human shape in varied poses and supposed motion.