SB02. Planes and Forms

BEFORE YOU START

View this presentation on breaking the figure into basic shapes. Click on any of the images below to view them larger.

Rachel-Griffith matt-powell6-copy

THE EXERCISE

You will draw 3 full figures in the pose of your choice using graphite, each on its own page in your sketchbook. You will show a bold summarizing of planes, forms and form units. Emphasize flat and curved planes; in drawing the edges, use only straight and simple C-curved lines. Emphasize simple form solutions, similar to these drawings:

Alberto Giacometti "Trois Femmes Nues"

planes of the body1 planes of the body2

Luca_Cambiaso

Luca Cambiaso "Resurrection and Ascension"

example

planes-of-head