Nude Figure on Black Paper (Week 20)

This week's focus was on a nude figure on black paper.

Overall, I really enjoyed this week's task, the measuring for this week's work was very strong, however, one thing that was pointed out to me, when I initially drew the piece, the legs were foreshortened incorrectly, especially the foot, making it a bit too small for what it is.

Another catch I hit was when I was brought up on the tones not equally blending together, resulting in blocks of black still visible on the paper underneath.

Using the black paper was useful to reverse the polarity in terms of shading, doing the highlights rather than the shadows like on regular graphite pieces.

I believe I managed to capture the muscle definition quite well, though the piece needs finishing, I managed to capture the arm muscles particularly well, analysing the contour of shapes within the body.

However, if I had to do the task differently, I would probably try to sharpen my materials more, in order to work in the tone more accurately, half the problem was having a dull/blunt material to work with.