Monday, November 28, 2011

Week 12: Figure. Posture and pose


These three human body sketches were made with the help of the examples of Die Gestalt Des Menschen by Gottfried Bammes, and represent a study of posture and pose.
All of the three drawings show human gesture that emphasizes their lifelines feel. The lack of shading does not affect much in the case of the first two women models, since their pose is relaxed and therefore the muscles are stretched to portray that exact feel. On the other hand, the third sketch shows some cloth that would fit around the arm and elbow area of the man figure, sitting on a horse, also gesturing but more significantly, contracting the muscles of the back and legs to keep balance while horseback riding. The muscles are more proeminent and visuallly significant and thus, convey the human figure accuratelly in such an instance. On the down side, there are small particularities such as the hand holding the stick or the leg which could have gone beyond the sketching part, as well as a sense of a random style of shading which could have extended further on to the entire body to create unity.

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