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Project #8: Cross Hatching Anatomy --> Feet Drawing










CROSS HATCHING

Figure Drawing
  • Develop volumes and masses of the figure through cross hatching 
  • Develop a scale of values
  • Organize your marks to follow the natural planar analysis of form 

Homework:
  • Compose a drawing with two feet on it
  • Scale your feet up to take up most of the proportion of the paper.  
  • Place first foot towards the bottom of the pictorial space. 
  • Compose the second foot behind that drawing in space
  • Think of activating negative space in your composition through a variety of values
  • Make use of a full value range on both figures and within space
  • Think of making full volumetric feet - they should not have any contour lines
  • Think of directing a lighting source or sources on your subject
  • Think of the emotion conveyed through each foot's gesture

Drawing scale = 10" x 14" or smaller
Media: 
Pencil and colored pencils 

Here are a few inspirations...








Student Work Spring 2019






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