Module 5 - chapter 7

Bodies & Movement

I enjoyed doing this chapter. The idea of dividing the body into 1/8ths makes it so much easier to work out what goes where.

5.7.1
"Somewhere in the Barn" I do have  an articulated figure, I expect I will find it again later this year! Meanwhile I enjoyed drawing the figure to scale.

5.7.2
I made two versions of the articulated figure. The first smaller one, I fastened together with linen thread.  It was really tricky to try and get the thread tight enough and neat.  The result was OK but quite floppy. The second version as fastened with small paper pins, or mini brads as our friends across the pond would say.

5.7.3.
My first thought about 'poses' was yoga, since I did it for 20 years. I should go back to it really.

 

It really annoys me that I still can't put things side by side.  Opps I did it, but it will probably go wrong when it gets to 'publish'

Next I used the smaller figure to get more onto a page and make the beginning of a crowd.

then, blacked them in, cut them out and reproduced them onto painted paper, reversing on the pink.

Then played again, by adding another lot on top. On the pink I think it would look very effective with a bonfire put between the black and white figures, to look like light shining on the latter.

Back to my larger figure, which is easier to draw around without it slipping so much. Figures cut out of magazine and pasted onto paper, gouache added afterwards.

Another lot, some just drawn in outline, and three drawn on stupidly thin tissue paper, coloured, cut out and stuck on top of the drawn figures. Powdered Inktense rubbed over tissue to give more texture.

Finally another play with Picasa

Module 5 - Chapter 6

CHANGING FACES

5.6.1.
Rather than putting loads of pictures on here of masks from around the world, I thought I would just show some from St Lucia and one rather topical one. The rest can go straight in the file.

Quick sketches of some of the rest of them

5.6.2.

I chose two very different masks to draw. With the Maori one I drew half and folded it to copy the second half. The African one is drawn in fine black pen.

Section of both and the African one in different colours. It is interesting how the red/blue one looks completely different as the red is more dominant and changes the pattern.

and other variations, done with stencils, sponged, painted etc. I used acrylic first on the first one with gouache over the top

This time I chose to make my file out of something different. First idea, I had a very large paper sack that had had bird food in it.  I cut up apart, separated the three layers and then decided it was just too big and wrinkly! Next attempt was to use some old manilla files that were going to be thrown away. The old sizes are quite large enough to be turned up at the bottom for a pocket and still take A4 and smaller sheets, stencils, sketches and so on. The outside is masks on painted paper and it is strung together with gold paper raffia, which seemed appropriate.

It is certainly a very sturdy file and will last for a long time.