Figure Drawing and Such…

This semester I was encouraged to take figure drawing.  I really love to paint people (not landscapes) so I realize I need to figure out how to draw proportions.  It has been an intense 4 weeks standing for 3 hrs. drawing people and me not seeing much improvement.  But this weekend I hurt my back and could not walk so I decided to paint a figure with movement and see if I was improving.  I noticed that I was using techniques from figure drawing to get the twists of her body.  All that to say this class is definitely helping me see movement.  Now my biggest challenge…faces!