Semester 2 - Week 1 Emotion in pose and posture

This is a series of sketches each done in approximately a minute using a graphite pencil. The point of this exercise was to be able to identify and portray true emotions through poses and the different postures created by the model. The first pose in the bottom left corner shows fear. The closed gesture of the body with the arms and head closed in portrays this. However, the models pose and posture of the body can also suggest sadness as both emotions can be defined similarly. The second pose shows curiosity. The posture is not drawn accurately as it seems that the body is leaning towards the left in mid - air. Also, the position of the legs are wrong as it would be impossible for the model to throw all their weight on to their left leg and not lean on anything and hold this position for a minute. The third and fourth poses are good examples of the model showing each emotion through the various positions of the legs and arms.

These image on the right are also a series of sketches drawn using a graphite pencil which also took a minute to do each. Again, each pose portrays a series of different emotions created by the pose and the posture of the model. 

This is a piece of drawing created using a graphite stick, and each pose by the model lasted for a minute each and the point was to capture the models emotion through their pose and posture. The first pose on the left indicates pride. The position of the arm behind the models back suggests so as well as the straight back and raised head. In the second and third pose you cant really see what emotion the model was portraying due to the lack of time. In the third pose, the model's pose portrays courage. The arms raised and pushed back with the torso pushed out indicates this. The pose shows an open gesture displaying true emotion.

The above sketch on the left was created using a graphite pencil and took approximately 15 minutes to complete. The model is sitting on a table with one leg tucked up into the other, with the head raised and looking up. The shape and from of the model have been drawn somewhat accurately and represents the emotion which was trying to be achieved. To make the drawing more visually pleasing the composition could have benefited by including the rule of thirds and not centralizing the  head and body of the model. The drawing could have also benefited from some shading or tonal values to help create some depth within the drawing and to make the table the model is sitting on not seem to be floating in mid air.

The sketch on the right was also done in graphite pencil which again took approximately 15 minutes to complete. This time the model is portraying a similar emotion to daydreaming but in a different pose. The models head is leaning in her hand; looking down and one leg over the other, so essentially the opposite of the sketch on the left. Again the composition of the sketch could have been well thought about as the focal point which are the hand and head have been centralized in terms of rule of thirds. Again, the sketch could benefit from some depth and tonal values to create contrast and make the sketch more visually pleasing to the viewer.