For this exercise I was asked to sketch a seated figure wearing a plain and pale coloured shawl, baggy jumper or soft dressing gown. 

I sketched my husband sat in a chair in our garden with a large cream coloured knitted blanked wrapped around him. 

I started by using very light marks in pencil on a3 white paper to sketch the overall shape of my husband. 

I tried to disregard details and concentrate on drawing the body and the fabric as though it was a single form. I tried to consider the cloth as much a part of the body as the skin, flesh and bones. 

I tried to very lightly and simply dictate the general shapes for the head, hands and feet without going into detail as my emphasis was on the overall form of the main part of the body. 

I tried to observe how the fabric mounds gently around and softens angles and how marks and lines can create the illusion of three- dimensional form and believable weight. 

Below are the different steps of my drawing and my final drawing. 

The difficulties I encountered when approaching the figure as a whole were the feet. Even though I was asked to just sketch the general shapes for some reason I found this really difficult! I struggled with perspective & the fact the foot closer to me needed to be drawn bigger than the foot slightly further away. 

I also found it difficult knowing where to start, I found it quite daunting having the entire figure sat in front of me knowing I was expected to draw it.

Over all I am pleased with my drawing, I feel like I have really captured the posture and shape of my husband sitting down.