Monday, July 27, 2009

Drawing the Female Body


There are not much fields of art which match the delicacy of drawing female shapes. This is how we understand about the ultimate rhythm of inverse curves. And it is FUN!
1) Begin with staring at your model the dumbest way you can. This will make her smile.
Now, rearrange your features and try to understand what you see, - try to fall in love with this composition of vivid shapes.It should not be difficult to develop some involvement. :D
2) Always remember that you are drawing a living, feeling human being. The draft should show, how she feels, even what she thinks, and more:what do you feel about her? Avoid a sterile approach. You are not a medical doctor anxious of losing distance. Communicate with your model.
3) And now, without molesting a beautiful woman, you begin to love her by visualizing her divine proportions. Give a damn for the contemporary hype about a certain type of beauty. Just find your way to express her special beauty. Feel this incredibly humanizing force. And don´t point at her with thumbs, weird hand poses and pencils like a moron. Close your eyes, use your creative mind and imagine the guiding lines for axes, perspective and basic shape/proportions that are appropriate. This is a mindgame. Nothing less or more!
4) You got to imagine her drawn picture, first! Then you put down the axis, basic shapes and the rest you have seen, on your medium: paper, tableau, canvas. You should finetune this in a second session by watching and transmitting her special details.
5) There will be a point when you are so familiar with your motive that drawing it feels like something flows through you on to the surface. Look out for that. That is called inspiration and that is the only drug we´ll ever need. By the way, do not stop until she and you, both, like the result.
All this might need some time, you may say. You are right. This is where we share the boys/girls from the men/ladies, because there is no one living long enough to learn how to do this perfectly, see?
But... let´s try hard.