Assignment 1: Skulls

3/4 front

I apologize ahead of time for not uploading the photos of my skulls for this post.  I have not had a chance to take them yet, but as soon as I do they will be here!  I was gone for critique for the Twins vs. Indians game (bad excuse, I know) so I received some comments and critique from Amy individually.

3/4 back

profile

When I look at my drawings I see that my skulls still look flat so I definitely need to work on showing plane changes with contour line work and more confident values.  My drawings are rather light so I can push the darks and lights even more to emphasize space and dramatize light and form.  I saw that where I put shadows and highlights for overlapping sections, it increased the feeling of roundness and three-dimensional form so I will work on doing that more in my next drawings.  Amy had similar things to point out.  My profile view needed the most work as I struggled to show a roundness to a view that seemed so flat, although the proportions and overall shape were accurate, I did not delve into adding value and contour as much as I did for the 3/4 back and 3/4 front views.  She noticed that my line work in the facial section of my 3/4 back view was good, but all the same line weight.  In my 3/4 front view we discovered that I made the jaw way too long, which is why I had so much trouble getting the teeth and Maxilla to look proportional.  She liked that I showed a definitive edge to the Occipital bone with very dark line and value in my 3/4 back view to show a clear plane change, but she also pointed out that my craniums were uninteresting, as were many student's in the class, because we were so focused on getting the shape and value of the facial features we forgot to show the very interesting plane changes of the cranium.  We are working on that for this next project, hopefully I improve those techniques quickly!