Charcoal Anatomy of Movement #2

This was again a drawing of a model portraying stages movement this time in charcoal and took around 5 minutes to complete.

In this piece the model laid on the floor and in 3 stages conveyed the movement of rolling from one position on the floor into another facing in the opposite direction. This was a quicker sketch than the graphite drawing but because of the charcoals inherent proclivity to smudge allowed for more detail to be added during and after the drawing had been completed by allowing shade, tone and dimensionality to be added. The position of the model and angle of the artist allowed for several examples of foreshortening to be observed, especially around the limbs and the head

This piece better helps to convey the feeling of movement because of the overlapping nature of the drawing and allows for each of the stages to appear to flow into the next it also provides for a more complete and focused drawing.