This sketch was for my Drawing I class. We had gone outside for the day and set ourselves up around this new sculpture erected on campus. It was pretty difficult to draw, not only because we hadn't yet had any lectures in human anatomy, but also because the body was covered in a large, wisping mass of cloth and cape. But, prior to this we had done several exercises in class to help develop our hand-eye coordination. We were instructed to draw outlines of still lives without looking at the paper on which we drew on. Over and over again for two hours we did this. It was very difficult to master, but these exercises really helped me understand how to draw this sculpture. Since I couldn't see the structure of his frame, I utilized what I had learned through the exercises (along with measuring techniques) to accurately capture the posture and scale of the figure.
After I had established a line drawing, I then tried to capture values. I didn't have enough time to render the image completely, but I was able to depict a general feeling of the lights and darks.
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