Saltaire
Saltaire
Final sketch for the day, and decided to just pull out the 8B for this one. Not sure what I was exactly trying to do, but had fun doing it netherless.
All in a all, a good trip out to Saltaire and one of my favourite savages meet to date.
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Categories: Leeds Tags: 8B, Bradford, Leeds Savage Club, One Pencil, Saltaire
Drawing Skeletons – Mechanics
Knee Joint
The second of my observation posts on drawing skeletons. Firstly I would like to apologies for the use of blue around this image, in hindsight it really was the wrong choice.
What we have here is the knee Joint where the femur meets the fibula and tibia. What I want to point out here is that the human body is a fine piece of machinery and the skeleton not only provides the framework , but also gives strength and protection for this marvel.
If you look at the curve in the femur at the end and picture what happens when the knee bends, Im sure you will agree it is a fine piece of design. Now also consider the stresses and forces it has to put up with.
Bones aren’t there for the sake of it, and I think when drawing skeletons It is important to understand what motions are involved , what stresses and forces are involved, whats its relation to other nearby bones and understand especially the limitations.
The drawing itself I did with the king of pencils (or pauper of pencils-depending on your view) the HB. I adapted this image from a picture showing the tendons on the knee, as such the shape has suffered slightly, but I hope it is clear enough the point between the femur and tibia.
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Categories: Human Anatomy, Notes Tags: Anatomy, Bones, Drawing Skeletons, Femur, Fibula, HB, Knee, Leg, Mechanics, One Pencil, Skeleton, Tibia
Ulna Radial Notch
Ulna - Radial Notch
Also known as the elbow, this is one of the reasons I like drawing anatomy stuff, all the latin names make it sound like an exploration.
Following on from my post on the Bony Thorax where I only used an 8B pencil, this was only done with a 5B. One disadvantage is I couldn’t quite get the curve on the right hand side as smooth as I wanted it to be.
When you actually look at this bone, it is quite a graceful curve, which I don’t think I quite captured in this sketch.
I’ve mentioned before in my posts about using construction lines, I thought it might be handy to include a photo this time round so you can see how the sketch started off.
And to end a bit of a tip. I could not find my blender stick when I was shading this. Instead you know those cheap nasty pencils that have a rubber on the end , which never rubs anything out ? well they are quite handy for blending!
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Categories: Human Anatomy Tags: 5B, Anatomy, Arm, Bones, Elbow, One Pencil, Radial Notch, Skeleton, Tips, Ulna
Lateral View of part of the Bony Thorax
I have attempted drawing this before and though it looks relative straight forward, have always ended up squashing it somewhat.
This is also done with just one pencil, an 8B.
This is the first time I have used an 8B as I usually only go down to a 4 and occasionally use a six when i need something black/black.
The usual range of pencils I use are
4B 2B HB 2H 4H
Whilst on subject on what I draw with, should also note, I use a blending stub as well, which is essentially a bit of tightly rolled up paper.
Finally, just a note this blog is moving over to wordpress soon, I am looking to have it moved by November 1st. Please visit the site after that date, as you may need to update your RSS subscription.
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Categories: Human Anatomy Tags: 8B, Anatomy, Bony Thorax, One Pencil, Ribs, Skeleton
