I really enjoyed this weeks task a lot, I was not in the lesson this week however I did complete the task at home using a refence image from online after watching the provided video on blackboard. I was really excited to have a go at using chalk as this is a media that I am not familiar with. I had some artists chalks at home and used tan paper for the background as i really liked some of the examples on blackboard.
I found that using this media was a lot harder than I expected however the pigments were really easy to blend and I loved how unlike coloured pencils I could blend very opposing tones in nicely. I used mainly warm colours for the skin and used some very contrasting darker black tones for the harsh shadows. I tried to use a well thought out colour pallet for this since there was a great opportunity for me to experiment with the pastels. The tones were nice to blend together and as I had previously learnt from last weeks exercise it was better to draw with more fluidity rather than in a stiff and sharp way as it allows for better definition in the form of the human figure. I think it very easy for anatomical drawing to look stiff and therefore have a sense of inaccuracy and too much structure when the forms are supposed to look more natural.
Overall this weeks tasks was definitely one of my favourites that I have done as I think it has worked quite successfully. I enjoyed using the chalks and would like to further experiment with the medium. I think in order to push my skills even further I need to focus on the proportions and silhouette of the model in closer detail and pick up on some of the muscle structures a bit more clearly.
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