So I have realized that this is one of my first completed portraits drawn from life. I just had him look down at his computer, which I decided was a hard angle. It was hard for me to understand the angle looking down and the nose was the hardest part for me. The way my brain wants me to draw is more in value, so I get a little screwed up trying to incorporate line and value.

This was my skull that I worked on this weekend. I feel like the back of the skull is shaded in a little better, and there is some good value by the ear. Once again, the teeth need some work, as well as the jawbone on the left side of the jaw. There are a few problems still with value and understanding where the dark shaded spots of the jaw under the eye socket.

The top skull is my first full attempt from class of shading the back of the skull. I think I need to take more time to discover how to shade the back of the head, and feel where the plane differences happen.

The bottom skull is my first shaded 3/4 view. The problem areas are in the bottom of the skull in the jaw. And I need to start putting value into my teeth.

So the first week went alright, I felt that I jumped back into life drawing with some skills that I retained. I really want to focus on drawing in value correctly and putting emphasis on the right areas. I feel that my line work is done well, with varying lines for different areas of emphasis. One thing that I am struggling with is the huge cranium and how to make it look not flat! So I will be working on that...

Life Draw 2

Hey guys, the best way to view what I am all about is from my website www.jenaleeberry.com.

I graduated from Stout in May, and I'm back already for Art Education. I took the first life drawing class about three years ago, and I'm really excited to get to learn more about drawing the figure. My main areas in the past couple of years have been animation, film and photography.