Live class demos of intro to Foreshorting. A study of a figure revealing the variation of negative space shading from the Foreground, Middle Ground and Background.
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WHAT SHOULD STUDENTS DO FOR STEP2?
Draw a soft thumbnail box that is the same size of the image you are drawing.
Draw a soft diagnal line from upper left corner down to right corner. Draw a soft line that shows where side of the torso is.
Draw a soft line across that shows where the base of left hand and the top of the head goes.
Go to the drawing and with your pencil measure with your thumb where the head might go on your page, try to make it the same size. Place a slanted oval for the head using your pencil to measure where the head would go compaired to the negative space. Draw the oval for the head. Draw another soft line from the top of the forearm top of the head and the fist would be.
Draw a soft triangle for the torso that lines up with the diagnal line.
Draw a soft circle under the chest for where the abs will be. The bottom part of this circle will show the bottom of the body that appears through the dark background. The top of the circle can be erased.
Draw a soft rectangle under the head for the boxy upper chest.
Draw two soft circles for where the fist and tricept on the right will be. Draw a larger circle for where the forearm will be on the left side. Draw a soft circle for the tricepts of the right arm, another for the fist.
Begin drawing the bottom of the body that is a half circle. Start drawing the edge of the lower body up to where the left armpit goes.
Start drawing the neck line.
Measure with your pencil the area from the left top hand.
Make a slight mark and a half cresant line for where the thumb will be.
WHY SHOULD STUDENTS DO STEP 2?
These shapes help you build the structure of the image.
HOW DO STUDENTS PROPERLY DO STEP 2?
Softly draw features so they are easy to erase or draw over darker later.