Week Four: Quads and Adductors

This week we spent time concentrating on the glutes, hips, and thigh muscles. In addition to drawing the egg shape of the rib cage and the curve of the spine, this week we added the hip bones and the thigh muscles.
During the beginning of class, our warm ups consisted of 30 second poses, 1 minute, 2 minute, and 3 minute poses. During those quick gesture drawings we were told to focus just on the rib cage, the hip bones, and the spine.

To the left in the top photo are just a couple of my gesture drawings from Friday's class. I had a little trouble visualizing the glutes and the hip bones from the back of the model. However, after a demonstration, I understood a lot better. The poses this week were all very interesting and unique, making the gesture drawings interesting and unique also.

The photo on the bottom is a drawing from about a 45 minute pose. Again, in this exercise, we were told to draw just the ribs, the spine, and the hips. However, we were also allowed to add the abdominal muscles, as well as some of the thigh muscles. The biggest thing I struggled with after getting the proportions and the angle of the spine correct, was drawing slow. I tend to draw too fast, then I have too much time left.