MMU Measured Drawing

The next tutorial consisted of measured drawing, techniques found used by artists such as Uglow.

We first started off with a line drawing that consisted of a single line. Ah, but not any old single line, it was a line that THE PEN SHALL NOT LIFT OFF UPON, MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH-HAAAAaaahh...

It proved a bit difficult on the start up. My drawing hand wasn't free to let me measure things up like I had learnt in my previous educational etablishment, but playing with guess work with my eyes still seemed to make up satisfactory results (personal satisfactory mind...). But the end result yielded interesting results, though not accurate whatsoever, it had a nice aesthetic to it; making the self-discipline of lifting the pen off the page worthwhile.

[picture coming soon...]

After a short break, we all came back to the tutorial to start up a proper session of pensively measured drawing. It was in pen as well, so mistakes are to be made (though a piece of masking tape would lessen fatal errors). However, the tutor did tell us that they would prefer to see mistakes, as it would show the struggle an individual went through to achieve their drawing (y'know, the old fashioned way of art being made through torture). After getting a numb ass and an aching arm (for holding up my drawing board - oh how I longed for an easel that day), I had an unfinished drawing:

[picture coming soon... ]

It was nice to get into measured drawing again. I hadn't done much of the thorough type of measured drawing since the life drawing sessions at my sixth form college - I certainly can't wait to get into the life drawing they have to offer at MMU!