This is a 10 minute life drawing study of the human body in a tense position, drawn using a 2B pencil. I expressed the tension shown by the body through the heavy lines at the top of his back showing where his muscles are tensed tightly together. I also used hatching to show where shadows were being cast on his body, making it more 3-dimensional.
The sketch is unsuccessful in the sense that I don't think it is proportionally accurate. I think I should have drawn his legs longer; the whole body is as tall as six and a half of his head measurement. From his neck to his buttocks, there are 3 heads. From there to his feet, there are only 2 and a half heads. As the average person is seven and a half heads tall, I think his legs are too short. His back looks very elongated, however this might be exaggerated by the shortness of his legs. Improper proportion could have been prevented by taking the time to measure and roughly plot out the bodies proportions on the page before starting to draw and I should pay more attention to doing this in future.
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