Female Life Drawing - Posture and Pose

'Posture' is balance and weight and 'Pose' is all to do with gesture. These are very important aspects of a drawing. Posture and pose are shown in many different ways in this drawing; shading and the position of the shoulders, back and legs. In this drawing I feel I have shown the skin of the model as grounded to the Muscles and Skeleton. I tried to make the body look supported and balanced. As well as it being supported I tried to add weight to the scene. This was done by adding different strengths of shading as well as the different strength of the lines. The lighting in the scene you can see is coming from right to left which can been seen on the body and also on the table.

I tried to make the table look grounded to set the foundation of the drawing by adding creases in the cloth. A big focus of the drawing were the shoulders of the model. The shoulders show a very strong pose and suggest movement of muscles and skeleton which was very important. 

Overall I was very pleased with this drawing and I think it has captured posture and pose very well. The pose was very strong and I think I had chosen a good position to sit when drawing this resulting in the striking angle of shoulders.

Male Life Drawing - Muscular Anatomy

In the drawing above I have tried to show some of the muscles in the male anatomy. The model was skinny so it was hard to show muscles but I feel in the back and arms I have shown some basic but effective lines and shading displaying these features. Some features which show some muscle form are the arms. The shape of the arms are very clear showing that the top half of the arm is bigger than the bottom half. The pose that the model was in made it possible to see the muscles in the back clearly. This was because the arms were placed behind the torso. 

In this drawing I used a graphic pencil because it was easier to capture the different shades and muscles. I have tried to show how the movements of the model affect the different skeletal muscles, which can been seen on the left arm. I have tried to make the left arm tense by adding shading and stretching. I used strong lines because it was the most effective way to show the muscles. 

Overall I have shown skeletal muscles using shading and strong lines. Even though the model was tricky to draw because he had a small frame, the pose was very good for showing basic muscles.