Skull (side view)

an hour and half later....
here is the side view, this one went a bit easier, less symmetry to worry about!

Skull (front view)

This took about an hour. I used a point technique where I draw dots at visual spaced points on the paper, representing areas that stand out. This enables me to draw the skull in proportion without too much erasing.

Feet

Slightly less than two hours to draw these. All of these skeletal-muscular structures are drawn from examples given in "Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist" by Stephen Rogers Peck. Excellent book to study from!
The skeletal work for both the hands and feet took most of my time (about 1 hour and fifteen minutes each) It seems easier to me to render the muscles. Less empty space maybe. Getting the proportions correct for bone (and making it look right!) can be quite time consuming.

Hands

These took me about two hours to draw. I used a mechanical pencil for all of the work (my favorite for detailing).

Gotta love the human body. The way the muscles are held together is amazing!

The Garden

We were working on some pipes in an old house recently and during a break I explored the garden. There were some beautiful statues and pots there. This first one doubles as a bird bath...

Further to the back of the garden there I found this statue of a gargoyle.
Had to grab a few different shots of this one. Whoever made it did a great job.



Finally a 'green man' pot on the back porch caught my eye. Cool, I thought, here is something for Celtic heritage buffs...

Ladybug Infestation

Not too long ago we were tearing out an old redwood deck in order to replace it with a new one. After removing the rotten joists, which were attached to the house, we found the largest ladybug colony I have ever seen. They had made their home in the wood of the house's band. Another insect had dug into the wood, making a maze of tunnels in which the ladybugs had proliferated.

Further down the road

I drew this one last night. It is the skeletal and muscular views of the pelvic area. The pelvis was fun to draw. The muscular view is a rehash of the lower half of the trunk that I posted previously.

The Torso

This is the view of the torso's skeletal and muscular structure.

The muscular view was challenging to complete and has some proportion issues, although they may be slight. Still, I am happy with the outcome.

Leg Work

This is a drawing of the skeletal and muscular structure of the human leg. My weak point has always been feet and that is quite evident here! Man, I need practice!

This one took me about three hours of work to get close to right. After I was told that I was too exact with the last drawing, I didn't feel I was allowed to do as good so I let it go as-is. It seems to me that any company would want you to be as exact as possible so from now on I am ignoring the 'to exact' rule in favor of doing my best.

A New Start

Well, somehow my blog got erased so I am making a new start.
Fortunately none of my art work was erased so I will have plenty to post!
To start with I have new pieces from my Life Drawing class.
These are studies in human skeletal and muscular structure.
This first one is of the upper arm...

Next is a comparison I was sent by my teacher.