This longer study was done on the same day and with the same model as the drawings included in Exercise 1. Again, the drawing was done with my non-dominant hand in 3B pencil, and we had an hour in which to complete it.
This extra time gave me much more opportunity to measure, check and re-check, and also to block in some of the background, which has helped the image considerably by making it look more solid and therefore more lifelike.
The leading leg looks very long, but I measured it several times, and of course the model is slant on to me so a small amount of foreshortening has come into play.
I am enjoying the freedom that use of the non-dominant hand brings – it is not yet accurate for fine work, but I am letting inaccuracies go and just working over them, even though this occasionally results in a slight blurring of surfaces.
I have to admit a certain pride in this drawing – the face is not right, but I am confident in the proportions, and it is a much better representation than I thought I would be capable of at this stage.
All downhill now, then,………
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