GARY WEISS - FIGURE DRAWING SIMPLIFIED

And, finally, when you have done all of the cylinders with curved lines to create volume, softened the contour lines about the cylinders, you begin to create your cast and form shadows. The cast shadows are the hard edge shadows that soften as they move away from the object casting the shadow and the form shadows are SOFT. This was Gary's five minute demo last week to his class on shadows...

GARY WEISS - FIGURE DRAWING SIMPLIFIED

Note how to line up with tracheal notch with other parts of torso - to umbilicus, nipples. And, the clavicles (collar bones).

GARY WEISS - FIGURE DRAWING SIMPLIFIED

Drawing reveals cyliner of upper arm, and use of circles and adjoining lines to indicate foreshortening. Rectangles indicate hand, mid-hand and fingers.

GARY WEISS - FIGURE DRAWING SIMPLIFIED

Note the cylinder of the chest with curved lines to indicate volume. Two circles indicate breasts, a triangle, the pubic area, and the beginning of cylinder of upper legs. Chin rests on chest.

GARY WEISS - FIGURE DRAWING SIMPLIFIED

Note cylinder of foot, curved lines revealing form. Rectangle suggest toes and curved rectangle for ankle joint with cut-out for lateral malleolus(protruding bone on outside of ankle joint).

GARY WEISS - FIGURE DRAWING SIMPLIFIED

Cylinders used for both upper and lower legs and direction of curved lines suggesting volume. Added knee joint and calf contour lines.

GARY WEISS - FIGURE DRAWING SIMPLIFIED

Again, with the use of geometric shapes, Gary creates a finger. Lower image of a pointing finger, although not easily seen, has a larger circle at the base of the finger and smaller circles at the middle and tip of the finger. Lines connect the outer edge of the two circles creating foreshortening. (Connecting lines are softened and reflect contour lines.)