Vitruvian Man….Modified

I was asked “what are all those hexagon’s for?”….Well, it was play time.



Since I was just practicing contouring and make-believe shading, I might as well bring in my beloved colors and doodle a bit!



Ok, I’m not an architect…so not quite sure how my little hexagon’s got out of whack, but what can I say?  I’ve heard the Amish purposely place a mistake in their quilting because the only perfect one is God.  Works for me !!

Vitruvian Man….materializes

Yea, Yea, I know…. I said I wasn’t going to sketch this guy…but I changed my mind.  He kind of wanted to be sketched.



Had to pretty much make up the details as I went along.  Legs aren’t so hard for me, probably because these legs look so very familiar… (my dear husbands)



Yea, Yea,  I know…. I also said I wasn’t going to sketch a “Man In Tights” back while I was sketching this drawing.  But, I had to put him in tights! I couldn’t figure it out any other way.



Poor guy, I’m thinking I should not have omitted the duplicate arms and legs from the original drawing.  Cuz this guy looks like he’s being crucified!  Yikes!

Vitruvian Man…manifests

So…I got to thinking….that if I really want to continue with figure drawing, that I really should take on the opposite sex.  I remembered this da Vinci sketch, drawn almost 500 yrs ago.  And I thought….ok….why not….not much hair, a definite plus!



Drew out the contour first….like usual.  If I could I would’ve showed you my first attempt here…..he had gorilla proportions….seriously!  (I didn’t have to erase the legs but my, did I do a number on his shoulders!)



I’d prefer to go in and sketch this…but what is there to sketch?  It’s a line drawing.  Ugh!  So, I am now thinking I’ll go in and whimsey-size it.