Foreshortening

To learn how to draw in perspective, or foreshortening, to learn proportions, for looking at what is actually observed instead of preconceptions, for learning about composition, and how to use dark and light in an image, figure drawing really is incredibly helpful.

Here are some of my attempts at learning the basics of foreshortening in figure drawing class. The more extreme the perspective, the more interesting to draw!

foreshortening, charcoal sketch, 2014, 18 x 24"




foreshortening, charcoal sketch, 2014, 18 x 24"

foreshortening, charcoal sketch, 2014, 24 x 18"



foreshortening, charcoal sketch, 2014, 24 x 18"