Week #1

The first week of Life Drawing went pretty well.  While studying abroad in London this past summer, one of our requirements was to do 100 figure drawings in our sketchbook (i.e. people at train stations, on buses, etc).  We also did a couple of exercises with the same timed drawing format we are using for our gesture drawings in this class.  Having not done much drawing since freshman year, that assignment has greatly helped me in this class. Not only did I get back into the swing of drawing, but it also gave me practice in basic figure/form drawing.  I enjoyed the first weeks activities and am looking forward to this week.  I am looking to improve on fitting the whole figure in the box on the page...I got a little big on a few of them.  Also, the first attempt at a cross contour drawing went OK for a first shot, but hopefully it will come along better with some pratice with the shell assignments.

introduction

I am Brittany Schmelling, currently a senior Art Education major at UW-Stout. I chose to take Life Drawing I as part of my drawing focus for my major. I have always enjoyed drawing, but the human form has never been my strong point.  In my previous major of Industrial Design, I found a great need to be able to draw elements of the human body and have correct proportions, so I am looking forward to improving those skills here in Life Drawing.  My past drawing has been focused a lot on 'copying' and not as much 3D/still life work.  I can take a photo and draw from that, but I am most looking forward to being able to draw straight from memory/life.  As far as my major is concerned, I would (of course) like to have the experience of life drawing to better prepare myself to teach.  Below I have included a couple of my favorite works from the past 3 years...

Images (top to bottom):

Drawing I- Fall 2006- Still Life

2D Design- Fall 2006- Self Portrait using Text

Printmaking I- Winterm 2009- Multilayer print

London Summer Art- Summer 2009- Pastels from photo