sketches

This sketch is the fifty-ninth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year…

Day fifty-nine: Today I undertook a fascinating exercise to draw a male figure using a technique that maps out anatomical proportion relative to the size of the head. Apparently a whole person is about 7 and a half heads tall. The book I have on how to draw people informed me that I should “memorize the corresponding points at each level.” I can see how mastery of this could really improve my figure drafting skills. Who knew at the start of 2011 that I’d be slowly (very, very slowly) teaching myself to draw? I’m amazed how much fun I had figuring this out today (no pun intended).