Figure Drawing Artist Statement

            I’m not at all used to drawing with anything besides a pencil and 8.5” x 11” paper.  I thought the drawing would be a disaster, but it wasn’t so bad.  I’m actually pretty proud about how it turned out, considering how unusual a medium this was for me.  I couldn’t even hold the pastel in the way I usually hold a pencil, because I’m a little neurotic about getting my hands and clothes dirty.

            I didn’t hold myself to my usual standard of total precision and allowed myself to concentrate on getting the general shapes right.  I think concentrating on the big picture (so to speak) is something I should do more even when I’m using my regular pencil and paper.  It helped me a lot.  In the end, my drawing wasn’t incredibly detailed, but I think it actually bears some resemblance to the model, which is pretty cool.

Unfortunately, this picture is a little distorted, and makes the top appear larger than the bottom.