Welcome to another installment of my artist apprentice diary.

I have faced the first human figure

I'm not referring to a body-to-body fight, in that sense I'm still a virgin. I refer to the model that the teacher proposed to me to draw this week.

I must confess that on the one hand I really wanted to try a human figure, but at the same time I was full of doubts and I was convinced that I would not be able to do it. The teacher explained how to undertake a challenge like this. He gave me the necessary instructions and explained the main axes that we can find in the human body. The beginning was the most difficult of all the drawings that I have faced so far. After several minutes measuring and planning the distances I only managed to draw this:

I started with the neck and shoulders parts, and once I started drawing the first lines the confidence began to emerge. The first sketch came much more easily than I had imagined at first.

I had to erase the torso several times before coming up with the more or less correct dimensions. I tended to draw it wider than it actually was, but after several attempts at the end I think I got a little closer to the original model.

After contemplating the drawing from a distance, helped by my teacher, I identified each of the disproportions that were in the figure. The truth, they were everywhere. So I went back to rethink the shoulders, the hips, the thorax, etc.

Finally I achieved the objective: to create a sketch of basic lines that represented the plaster model that was in front of me. It is far from perfect and still needs many corrections, but the truth is that I am very happy. At the beginning of the class I felt completely incapable of carrying out such a challenge, and my happiness is immense upon discovering that I was wrong.

I am really enjoying my new relationship with drawing and I am excited.

Thank you for joining me on this wonderful path.

Here you can find the previous days:
Day #1 Day #2 Day #3 Day #4 Day #5

An original post by @trenz