Cecilia’s 100 Day Challenge: Draw all the Bones!

[CeciliaVedberg]

I will make a drawing every day from my newly bought plastic skeleton.I will take a new bone every day.
I will spend 2-4 hours a day, depending on how much time I have.
I want to get better observational skills by drawing objects from life and I want to learn more about anatomy.
I will for example hold the bone in my hand when drawing it, for to get a feeling of the size of the bone, compared to someting familiar.

Excuse me if the English is not perfectly written, I am from and live in Sweden.

• This topic was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by Joshua Jacobo.
• This topic was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by Joshua Jacobo.

[CeciliaVedberg]

[CeciliaVedberg]

This post is Day one:
Os frontale (frontal bone) with glabella and processus zygomaticus of the frontal bone in focus of my attention.
Standing in daylight from the window with my drawing today made me realize a lot about light sources. The sun came and went away again, so hilights and shadows came and dissapeared. I became more and more aware of the form of the object when this happened.

• This reply was modified 4 years ago by CeciliaVedberg.

[Joshua Jacobo]

Nice work. Try to clarify the change in plane that we get from the center of the forehead to the sides as the frontal eminence ends.

[CeciliaVedberg]

Thanks, I will work on it a bit more//Cecilia

[Josseline Jeria]

Hi Cecilia and welcome. I’m looking forward to watching your work throughout your challenge. Are you taking any courses here on NMA? I really like how you’ve incorporated your hand with the drawing, rather than drawing the skull placed on a flat surface. More of a challenge for yourself and makes for a more artistically interesting drawing, least for me.

[Lucero]

This is an ambitious challenge! I’m excited to see more. Keep it up, we’re rooting for you.

[CeciliaVedberg]

Day 2Hello and thanks, I have been a subscriber for 2 years now. The first year I followed Steve Huston and Bill Perkins lessons.  During 2019 I have been following all the lessons by Iliya Mirochnik and Rey Bustos. This 100 Day challenge is about getting a deeper understanding of classical figure drawing, starting with the bones an then build upon it. My goal is to draw the figure in landscape from imagination.  I am deeply impressed of the high quality in all your lessons at NMA, there is so much to learn. I´ll repost the changes I mede from day one and then what I made of the important bone os zygomaticus, according to the time I could spend on it today.

 

[Josseline Jeria]

I like the learning direction you’ve given yourself throughout the two years on here. The quality of the courses on here is outstanding. Your goal sounds wonderful – an admirable and ambitious one. I think the compositional aspect that would go with creating that kind of drawing would be beautifully engaging and challenging.

Good improvements on day 1 and nice drawings for day 2.

[CeciliaVedberg]

Day 3

Hello, today I spent 3 hours together with os maxillaris dx. Actually there are 3 more bones on the maxillaris pice of my skull model (my anatomical skull has 14 oieces). On this picture you can see os nasale  and os lacrimale as well. I will come back to this piece of grouped bones for two or three days.
Here I covered the windows and put a little spotlight on the object.

 

[Joshua Jacobo]

Well done! One thing I always found interesting on the maxilla is how much the teeth project or lean forward. Are you sure you’ve captured that enough in this drawing compared to your specimen? Also I would work on your values since the little darks around the teeth are jumping out at us more than any other forms. I would imagine that you want to stress the larger forms as a priority over smaller.

[PaulDidier]

This is a great challenge Cecilia! One that I should do too. Appreciate you’re describing in detail the names of the bones. It will help me learn as I follow along with your progress.

[roughlyjeffrey]

can i ask where you found a skeleton and what it cost you?

[Laura Espinosa]

Great drawings! I like the topic you choose for this challenge.

[CeciliaVedberg]

Day 4
Hello. Thanks a lot for the comments! I reworked the drawing an now I think the row of teeth comes a bit more forward. I moved the darks away from the teeth  and is satisfied with the result.
Today I still worked on os maxillaris from a new angle. It became very heavy for the shoulder to hold the model in the hand, so I used transparent tape and put the bone on a acrylic glass in a suitable position.

I bought my models from Germany, AKSE GbR. They have an online shop with english translation.
A whole disarticulated Human skeleton costed 272 Euro.
A 14-piece skull model costed 286 Euro. This was from the brand SOMSO , which is very expensive.

 

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