I then tried some exercises from a book I am reading called Life Drawing by Bridget Woods.
The exercises are called Rhythm and Curve and Circling, and help you to acheive better proportions by focusing on the larger shapes first and not fiddling with too much detail too soon. This I need to work on!
Next I went on to do a series of drawings focusing on the three dimensional form.
They were all supposed to be for ten minutes, but they all ran over time. This I think was partly due to the fact that I felt my models liked to see some sort of attempt being made to make the drawing resemble them. I could have left the faces blank, but once I had started it is very difficult to stop. I somehow felt that with a bit more shading and then rubbing out, surely some of the lines would be in the right place and may hold some similarity to my model. Alas, this isn't the case, but we are yet to come on to portraits so lets hope I have improved a little by then. At least my drawings raised a laugh from all my family members!
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