Schedule 10

I feel the 2 hour modelled drawing is quite good - it's nice being able to take colours away rather than having the whole thing blending into one giant lump. As per usual, I much prefer the gesture exercises. I had to force myself to plough my way through the modelled drawing. 

I started experimenting adding in shadows in the daily compositions - I feel it really helps ground the person into the scenery. 

Schedule 9

I am not sure if I understood this exercise correctly. From what I could gather, it's sort of like combining gesture with modelled drawing. It's pretty enjoyable. I still find it hard to not get influenced by the light and shadow when I'm doing the modelled drawing

Started exploring using some markers for shading the daily compositions. I quite enjoy the outcome but it really adds time to the schedule. At the moment I take about 15 min for each sketch, but shading would add another 5-10 min to it so I often forgo doing it.

Schedule 8

I struggled through each long modelling session, but the enlarged body part actually look so much more detailed and realistic than I would normally be able to draw. I guess that is the point of the exercise - to spend a lot longer looking and examining something.

I have also started putting all the horizontal and vertical daily compositions on separate pages.

Schedule 7

The 5 hour contour killed me. That just dragged on. I started ok thinking - draw slowly. Then 2 hours later, I honestly ran out of stuff to draw, and I have a messy desk with a lot of stuff. I cut the session short on the last hour. I just couldn't bear to do it. I should probably practice this one as I am still not slowing down enough, but the pain!

I have also started to sketch the daily composition in pencil and go over with ink once I am more certain where I want the lines.

5 hour contouor

Modelled ink

Schedule 6

I am so bad at the right angle studies, but they are also so interesting. I would like to get good at it, and can definitely see the merit in it. I mainly rely on images on the internet for most of these exercises (which is not ideal, but I am assuming it's better than not doing the exercises). There are some sites with 3D models/scans, which is fairly good for the right angle studies. For instance, SketchFab (there are some free models, though I don't think there are many free human models) and Bodies In Motion (3D scans of people, but require membership/payment). Nicolaides has also said it's good to do the right angle study with objects, which I need to get around to doing. 

I don't think I really understood instructions for the watercolour modelled drawing. I ended up consulting the comments on this blog post on how it works, and I think it seems to work a bit better towards the end. I initially tried to treat it like a watercolour painting, which is not the point of the exercise at all.