Week 5 - Still life (Foreshortening)

These images show two studies of the principle of foreshortening, in this case drawing still life from extreme angles.

The perspective distorts the proportions of the object, and therefore construction lines were used to simplify the form of the object and establish the size of different parts of the skeleton. The first drawing exhibits a good sense of depth and also contains enough details to describe the form of the object. The second image also has visible construction lines which helped with maintaining correct proportions. The depth however isn't as clear as in the previous drawing, and this is due to the incorrect size of certain bones - the hip and lower limbs should have been even bigger for a better foreshortening effect.