Non-human anatomy

This is a study of Non-Human anatomy, it took around 15 minutes and was done with graphite.

Using long stokes to represent the long feathers of the parrots wings helps to capture the pose and movement. Leaving the tips of the wings quite rough it shows how the parrots wing tips might be moving. The drawing could benefit from having more contrasting tone of line giving the parrots overall body texture a more alive feeling.

 

The proportions of the parrot are correct and you can see the slight twist from the body to the head, to capture the anatomy correctly it helped to move around to view how the wing was attached and how it would move. I feel that this drawing would benefit from colour as well, using conte crayons or pastels would have been an interesting medium to use, as the parrot was colourful which could have helped to define a more 3D drawing.

 

Another interesting thing about this drawing is that all the lines lead to the parrots head

This is a 10 minute study of non human anatomy using graphite, to capture the movement or detail in his head and leaving the bottom half of the drawing unfinished e.g. the tigers torso and legs helps to give the drawing a focal point which would be the head. Although his head does have more detail, most of that detail is with lines that are unfinished or fast jagged lines, both with heavy and light weight. This helps convey the sense of movement.

This could have benefitted with a harder line in areas as the tones are very similar whereas if the tones were lighter on the head with the dark mouth and darker on the body it could add to the sense of movement and draw the eye to it more.

Overall these are good sketches that have captured both the anatomy and form correctly of the tiger and the parrot, but could be improved upon in their own ways.