Drawing the human figure

The same week, a model came to the class and we had to draw her very quickly (we've had 30 seconds for each pose), which meant that we didn't have time for details and had to represent the human figure in the most accurate way possible with the fewest lines. I think it was a good exercice for the way to interpret what we see and put it on paper. Later during the lesson we had more time for each pose, the goal being to draw with more details and accurate line, at our own rhythm. The last last exercice was to draw her without even looking at the paper which I found very tricky, but it is an excellent training for the way to observe the human figure and to train our hands to follow what we see. We used charcoal for each drawing.

Metropolitan Museum

On wednesday 2nd of August we've visited the Metropolitan museum, where we've had a look at different fashion galleries, which, for me, wasn't the most interesting part, as well as ancient armours from different countries and some greek sculptures, which I found quite interesting to draw, on the other hand. The museum is huge and offers great variety.

Introduction to design

On monday 30th of June, we've had an introduction to design focused on fashion design. I learned about the way to look at our surroundings and see the shapes which compose our environment, and discovered the whole process of a design starting from basic shapes and colours as inspiration to the final design of a dress, in which we could still distinguish these similar shapes and colours. It is a whole different way of looking at our environment and notice the things that we didn't before. Although the first class was talking more about fashion, this process and way of observing can be applied to any different kinds of design. It is surprising how much different materials, shapes, colours and patterns can be found in the most banal places.