Trouble with the Pelvis

This week was a short one for life drawing. I am looking forward to next week so I can work on drawing the pelvis. Last Thursday we were introduced to the pelvis and how we should go about drawing it. Initially, I drew it far too low. Then, I drew it way too small. I just couldn’t seem to get it right. I glanced around the room in the hopes of seeing some instruction in the other student’s drawings. It helped a little but overall I was very disappointed in what I drew. Hopefully we work more on it this week.

Aside from that, we received our next muscle assignment. I am finding it easier and easier each time I do it. Maybe we have just been working on easier muscles, but I like to think I am getting better. It helped a lot when my professor gave individual advice a week ago. She was able to give me some pointers that made the last few assignments easier. It was also a huge help to have an example manikin in the room with me.  

I must say, I am really excited to start working on a longer drawing. I know it won’t be for a while.  But I am still looking forward to working and refining a drawing. It has been a year since I took drawing II so I haven’t really worked on a long drawing for quite some time. Consequently, I know that I have likely developed/reinforced some bad habits while drawing on my own. So, even more reason to get those hammered out.

                The image I chose was an anatomy study done in a 3D sculpting program called ZBrush. I felt it would be good to upload because of how much emphasis the artist put on the pelvis. You can clearly make out where everything is. It is extremely well done. And it makes it really easy to visualize the bones since he has shown us multiple angles.

http://zclay.com/3dcg.html