7. Week | Reflection on the first ½ of the semester

reclining nude | Katharina Jourdan

It is mid-term. Hence, I reflected my improvements in the first two months of the semester. I am glad that I am taking the Life Drawing class this semester! I can definitely see some improvements. I prefer to use colors, mixed medias and collages to develop my illustrations. However, the Life Drawing class makes me experience the qualities of drawings. It will support my illustration work.

Besides the fact that I am aware of my developments, there are several things I will focus on to push them forward:

• I would like to allow myself more correction work during a longer study. I realize that I am often repeating the lines, which are already laid out on the paper, instead of looking for different angles or proportions to make the drawing more accurately reflect the nude I am drawing.

• I would like to focus more on the contour lines instead of the outlines of the figure. I will work more on my line variation. My drawings already include a span from thin to light lines, but this can be enhanced even more. There should also be a line variation with each single line.

• In longer studies, I have the tendency to draw the whole figure with the same level of detail. It would make a drawing more interesting to look at if there were areas with more detail and areas with less detail. This is important in order to create focus points to look at. There should be darker and lighter parts, which would also improve the impression of space in the drawing.

• There is no need to always draw the whole figure, thus I should think more about composition and what I want to have on my paper before I start drawing.

View my Mid Term Portfolio here.

image from my Mid Term Portfolio | Katharina Jourdan

In the beginning, my expectations for myself were not high. I know that I have other strengths. But during the last two months, I greatly developed my drawing skills. So, I am excited to develop my skills even more in the next two months.