The first thing we used was newsprint, which I find horrible to draw onto. I prefer paper that has a little bit of a grain to it. I strayed away from using my mechanical pencil and went for a 6B that was sharpened but not to a complete point. I didn't get to finish this due to having to go and sell Christmas Cards on our little stall. When I came back, we did overlapped drawings, which turned out a little better.
The third drawing was set out with the model doing a pose and then stepping away. Using this method, we were told to imitate her pose and try to remember how she was standing. I know this was merely a test, but for me it didn't help and I found it quite irritating. My first lot of results were terrible, and I knew this before we were told to stop. Once the model had stepped back into place, I found myself trying to correct all of the mistakes I had made. I still didn't get it right but felt the sketch was on the right track. I think if I had more time, I would of been able to get somewhat closer to being accurate.
Another issue was finding a good enough starting point. I first tried with the breasts and then moved onto the upper shoulders. This wasn't working for me and I found it more comfortable to start at the head and work my way down. On this drawing in particular, the arms and hand were giving me the most trouble, they always seemed to be off.
Hopefully next week we'll have longer to work on a drawing, though I suspect there will be a few exercises that don't work for my slower way of drawing. It's all good practice in the end though, I know even at this stage in my art-life, I won't turn into Da Vinci after 2 days!
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