it's my very first life drawing experience!

This first week has been kind of crazy for me and I found out I have a lot of learning to do.  Amy was right when she said line drawing was a lot harder than any shading.  I used to think I was a pretty decent drawer but I am finding out I am struggling with this kind.  The full body pose is one of the first gesture drawings I did, which I found out wasn't really a gesture drawing at all, and that makes me laugh a little. I am starting to understand that I have to focus on the way the core of the body curves rather than just drawing and outline of what I think I see.  Hopefully next week I will have better examples of that because I am still working on how to do that.  

The other two drawings are my first contour drawings and I can tell I have a lot of learning to do on them also.  The one of the arm is the first one we did in class and I made the first mistake of drawing the outline of the arm before I started so it already started looking flat before I even began.  No more outlines for me!  One thing I really liked about doing this kind of drawing though is that it makes me really look and the forms of the muscle and pay attention to how the body really is.  

We all got shells to take home and continue to practice contour drawings and it was kind of fun for me.  I can tell I already improved a lot more than the one I drew in class.  I think I could push it a bit more with making it more 3D, but it's way better than I thought it would turn out.  After doing these it makes me appreciate so much more what other people can do.  I can't wait to be able to do some talented work in here and to be able to figure everything out!  Even though I am still frustrated that I don't get it yet, I love the class and am excited to figure out more.