For this exercise I was asked to look at the line of balance or the centre of gravity in a figure. I was then asked to mark the central axis in my drawings.

This time I drew my son Leo. I worked with ink and a sharpened stick on white paper. I chose to work with ink as I haven’t worked with ink so far in this project.

I initially asked my 6 year old son to stand still so I could move around him before I began to draw to get a sense of where he was in his allotted space and to identify his centre of gravity.

I then completed a series of quick drawings taking no longer than 5 minutes each. Below are my drawings.

I found working with ink quite unforgiving as mistakes could not be erased, however as the drawings were so quick I didn’t have time to erase mistakes anyway.

Before drawing I marked with ink the central axis, however as my drawings are quite scratchy this is not evident in my final drawings, however I did find this a very useful starting point for all of my drawings.

When reviewing my drawings my main concern was accuracy and proportions. In most of my drawings the hands are drawn too small. This is an area I have struggled with so I really do need to practice. Also when looking at my drawings I don’t feel it is immediately obvious that my drawings are of the same child? Whilst I can see my son in all of my drawings I feel they are quite inconsistent with areas that I have drawn correctly and areas I haven’t.