Visual Language: Flow, Form and Force - Strike A Pose

And finally for the last part of the brief we were to draw our friends standing or lying down for 20-30 minutes which to me meant more time to experiment and think about what I wanted to do!!!

Since I was really happy with the red pencil drawing from the Push and Pull task, I decided to use it again and found it just as effective. I asked my friend to crouch up because I wanted to have all four, sitting, lying, standing and crouching poses in my study task. This didn't take ma a half an hour, but I am very happy with it and I feel like I am improving throughout this module.

However in saying that I am not a fan of this piece. I spent ages drawing out the sketch and I was really apprehensive about using charcoal AGAIN, because it went bad twice previously, however I managed to make it looks presentable, though it isn't something i'd immediately choose to go for again. It is alright in the sense you can tell what he's doing, but it isn't the best piece of work.

I then asked my friend to sit on a chair but make it more interesting and this is what I drew. I used acrylic paint for this just to try it out and I am not sure how I feel about it. It's okay, but maybe I could have used watercolour to make it look less harsh on the page for such a general, everyday pose.

Then Lastly I drew my friend standing, (a reaction to the title "Strike a Pose") but did that extremely quick and then instead of doing shading and etching like I have done many times in this brief, I decided to try and emphasise the happiness and cheerfulness in the pose by using bright colours surrounding it. The image looks better in person however I am happy with how it looks, though I am not sure it would be considered life drawing...

Overall this brief has been such a challenge for me because I have never done anything like it, and I found it SO difficult. However I am glad that I have done it and I feel like I have achieved so much, making me more confident in using different materials and trying new things! Even if they go wrong.