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10/30/20 Shawna (20-min. pose from observation)
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My memory life-drawing practice continued last Friday on
Zoom. As I did previously, I used the five-minute poses for the
practice, but I changed my method a bit. This time, I used a brush pen, which
is much faster than pencil. I still studied each pose for about two minutes
before drawing, but after I covered the screen, I sketched first from memory,
probably for about a minute or so. Then I uncovered the screen and sketched
again for the time that remained, this time from observation as usual. In each pair shown below (using red brush
pen), the drawing on the right was from memory, followed by one from
observation on the left.
I thought this process would be informative in showing me the ways in
which I have difficulty drawing from memory. Even though I made a conscious
effort to study Shawna’s proportions while I viewed her, it’s clear in each
case that my proportions were way off in the memory drawings but better in the
observed drawings. I also found it amusing that in at least one case, if I
couldn’t remember a detail, I made it up! So I guess that would be drawing from
imagination! It was another grueling but extremely useful workout.The remaining five-to-20 minutes poses were done from
observation only (watercolor pencil). Shawna’s brightly colored outfit was fun
and festive for the day before Halloween.
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5-min. pose (right: from memory; left: from observation after the memory sketch)
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I forgot the position of Shawna's legs, so I made it up!
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5-min. poses from observation
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10-min. poses from observation
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10-min. poses from observation
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