Life Drawing - Final

This is a 30 minute figure study drawn using a 6B pencil. The study is proportionally accurate, fitting into roughly seven and a half head units, as is average for a male body. The composition of the image is successful with the figure taking up most of the space on the page and drawing the viewer’s eye down the image in a line following the curve of the models spine and then across and down the legs . The contrasting darker values in the background and on the material beneath the model, against the lighter values of the body, push the body forward and give it an increased sense of form and placement. Tone on the body also creates form by creating depth though showing how light hits the body, and also increases the sense of the models open gesture by showing how the figure is slightly hunched over and relaxed.