Highly Detailed Finished Piece – Figure drawing showing Anatomy

Life Drawing of the Human Anatomy - Final Piece

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The aim of this figure drawing was to focus on the anatomy of the human body and for it to be a highly detailed final piece. For this figure drawing I used my sister’s boyfriend and had him lye in a twisted position to show the movement and shape of his body. This showed the anatomy of his body in a very twisted position giving him a continuous twisted line from the top of his arm right down to the bottom of his feet. Although he is lying in a very twisted position it is also a very natural pose and along with him lying on the sofa which is an ordinary event it offers a very natural composition.

There is a lot of detail that makes up the sofa and my models clothes and I was able to show this with shading and highlights. The majority of the light source came from the natural light streaming in from behind him through the window which cast shadows underneath my model and very light highlights above him, as well as on the top parts of the sofa. These different varies of light made me able to sketch in very different aspects of shading to create the tone and movement within this drawing.

The twisted but natural position of the figures body along with the background gave me a very interesting image to draw and with a lot of different aspects within this image I was able to spend a long time on it and pick out all the detail to create this final, highly detailed finished piece. Although, there are some parts of this drawing that are not entirely accurate that I would have changed if I were to do this drawing again for example, the radiator in the background slopes of to the left very unnaturally as I got the composition of this wrong. However, the majority of this drawing I am very pleased with and I am most happy with the anatomy of the human body.