Week 9 - Landscapes - Modern Architecture

This is completed drawing of modern architecture interior. The drawing took about two and a half hours in total.
It successfully shows perspective, both in the panel elements on the wall on the right, and in the sizes of the buildings beyond the window. It also showcases the usage of curved lines in modern architecture in the ceiling. Most of the drawing is taken by windows - another thing very typical for modern architecture.
The shading looks nice, as it shows some good contrast in light and shadow on the window poles and on the wall on the right.
As for composition - the first thing that is noticeable is that there are two lines going very close through the middle of the image (the edge of the wall on the right and the tube in the foreground). There are also overlapping edges with the tube and the close building on the outside. Apart from these issues, the horizon is set on the rule-of-thirds line, there is a sense of order due to the pattern formed by the window poles and there is good fore-mid-background separation. All of these make for an interesting and calm image.

Week8 - Life Drawing - Non human anatomy

This drawing/sketch of a chimpanzee took around 30mins. It shows some of the musculature of the animal, along with other anatomical characteristics. It is visible, that as being related to humans, the chimpanzee has similar musculature along its arms. The body also is wider at the top part than it is at the bottom part.
The shoulders/neck area, however, is very different from a human one. It is visible that a chimpanzees head and neck are completely in front of its shoulders, unlike humans, where the neck and head go up. In the drawing, the animal's neck is also very undefined, unlike the clear definition of a human neck.
The legs are also very different from human's, allowing the chimpanzee to hold his feet very high while still being(seeming) comfortable. The structure of the feet is also different, they are formed more like additional wrists, allowing the chimpanzee to grab onto things and climb. There isn't such a huge difference in the wrists between chimpanzees and humans.

Week 7 - Life Drawing - Dynamic poses

This is my directed study on dynamic poses. There are 10 sketches of little children playing in shallow water (seemed the only way to get an action different from walking or running). N1 is a completely open pose, with both arms and legs spread apart, while walking and waving. N2 and N3 are very similar, both closed in the legs, but N2 is also closed in the upper body part, unlike N3. This also makes N3 more dynamic, as the arm pointing back suggests that there is already movement upwards. N5 also shows a dynamic pose, mostly because of the uncomfortable angle of the legs (kept almost straight, while bended forward). N7 is a completely open and dynamic pose. With one leg far ahead, both arms spread out and at different angles, it is clear that this is not a position held for long. N9 seems like a closed, dynamic pose, when instead it was very static in real life (it is a study of the "being carried around by an elderly" action).

Week 6 - Life Drawing - Movement

This is my directed study on the topic of human movement. I picked this set of sketches because there is a good difference of the poses. Top-left one is a person stretching his back and his legs, this can be noticed by the   slight bend at the lower part of the back and also the foot placed in front of the other. Also, the foot in front is touching the ground only with the heel which suggests that there is movement in that foot.
Second from left on the top row is a person in a static position. With his hands in his pockets and his right foot slightly in front of the other and on top of a small obstacle.
Third one is a person moving something towards his face. The relaxed pose of the body and the second hand at the level of the belly suggest that he is eating while standing up.
Rightmost on the top - the hand further back, pointing up suggests that the person is jumping. Also, the foot further back appears to be higher than the other one, which also is a sign of jumping. However, this difference could easily be mistaken for perspective because most of the foot on the back is obscured and unclear, hiding the angle of its knee.
First on the bottom is again a static pose with a person leaning at a wall. The dominating action in this case was the person working with the object in his hands, but it is in to small scale to be shown in a sketch like the one used.
Middle on the bottom seems like a person that is either pretending to ride a bike, or actually riding a bike. This is can be assumed by the fact the hands are on the same level and the feet are both bended at the knees, but are not next to each other. Still, the pose could be mistaken to be of a person standing firmly on the ground with his knees bended(this is why the sketch goes a bit towards the "pretending to ride a bike" pose).
At the bottom right is a sketch of a person obviously sitting on something. He can't be leaning only on his back and still have his legs so far in front because this would be a very uncomfortable pose. Again, a mostly static pose with the main movement being the hand going towards the face. With the second hand at the level of the belly, the pose suggests that the person is eating. This is most likely not on a chair, but on something higher, shows the steep angle of the hips.