Classicism and Neoclassicism. Focus on Human Figure (Week 24)

This week's focus was on a sitting clothed figure.

I was ill for the session, so I decided to do my task from home - There was a good seating position to be found, given the amount of variety in clothing, along with the chairs being made of leather, I could help exemplify different aspects of the drawing.

I believe I managed to get some good tonal range, however, a lot more of it could have done with greater contrast, however, I wasn't too sure on how to build up the tone without adding extra pressure to the paper, as I didn't want to create any scratchy line work to the piece.

I think the hardest part of the task was trying to get the folds of the clothes while implementing a gradient to help it look like a smooth and natural transition to the other parts of the clothing - obviously some areas have great contrast between light and dark, however not every fold with have a contour highlight, making it look unrealistic under the lighting.

If I could have done anything different for the task, I would definitely have drawn at a slightly different angle to help better represent the 3/4 view.