Figure Study No.11

Another drawing as a part of my ongoing series on Figure Study.

In graphite on a 11 by 14 inches Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper.

 

Standing Lady with back turned,Figure Study No.10

I drew this with white charcoal on a steel gray Canson Ca’grain paper. The white can be used on the highlights and lighter passages of the figure. The face has no resemblance with the model in the reference photo. The scale of the face was small that I found it difficult to measure the facial features from the reference photo. Since this is a study, I am not too concerned.

In white charcoal and pencil on a 11 by 14 inches Canson Ca’grain paper.

 

Seated Lady Figure Study, No.9

I drew this from a vintage image of the sixties.I am happy with how I drew the hair. This is also a good exercise on forshortening – something that all  figure drawers need to know.

Cosplay Figure Study, No.8

The cosplay I chose to do is Vilma of ScoobyDoo. I thought it would be interesting to do a cosplay as clothed figure drawing.

Ballerina Figure Study, No.7

In graphite on 11 by 14 inches Bristol Vellum.

Drawing the fingers and the head was a bit challenging. Took me several tries to get it right.

Ballerina Figure Study, No. 6

I am quite happy with this ballerina figure study. I was a bit unsure of how the tulle will come out as; but as I drew it out, it came out just fine. Drawing the head was a bit challenging because of it the angle; but after several tries , it worked out. The Bristol Vellum surface is quite forgiving. We can edit as much as we want.

11 by 14″ , Graphite on Bristol Vellum

Gymnast Figure Study, No.5

I drew this after a friend suggested that I can also draw a gymnast as a figure study. I am really happy with how it turned out to be. It was Nastia Liukin in the reference image but I couldn’t bring any semblance to my renderings but that is okay.

11 by 14″,  Graphite on Bristol Vellum

Ballerina Figure Study, No.4

Just realized that ballerinas can make good figure studies.Doing nude figure studies is sort of unnerving; not because I don’t like it but it can make room for misunderstandings. Moreover, it is my first time and I am still not comfortable yet.

Figure Study, No.3

Another figure study.This time a male. I am quite happy with the figure drawing but I still haven’t aced the face resemblance. I can overlook that detail; after all this is a figure study.

Figure Study, No.2

I drew this figure almost entirely with General Pencil’s Kimberly 9XXB, a graphite pencil that doesn’t create the dreaded “shine’ when you want to draw darker tones. I am trying to move away from drawing tightly, which means not relying too much on mechanical pencil.

Reference from figuresfordrawing.tumblr.com