Male Bodyscape Drawing No.2

The second pencil drawing in my 'Bodyscape' series,



really enjoying these and have a few more planed before moving onto something else. As in my previous effort, I have left just the body hanging in mid-air with no shadows, background or solid surfaces - I did wonder if I should apply a dark background as in the original refernce, but decided to try and 'match' my previous drawing to create a 'style' for the series.

The reference used this time was from the master of this style of photography who has obtained 10 Daily Deviations for his work, and provided inspiration for painters, sculptures and of course pencil artists Wonderful work.

Bodyscape Series - the idea is to produce a number of drawing exploring the human form, I wanted to avoid 2 elements 1. Facial expression and 2. Naughty bits Why? well the 1st point was because I wanted the pose to make the viewer think about the emotional state of the model rather than a facial feature - are they sad, distressed, lonely or happy? The 2nd point was not because I am against full on Nudity, I think when done correctly it is incredibly powerful and thought provoking - I just wanted to avoid the censors and enable my work to be seen by as many people as possible - I also wanted to allow my 1st point to be the main focus and not the size of someone's X, Y or Z!! I have thoroughly enjoyed the series and I am sure I will add to it as time goes by - with so many amazing references out there it would be wrong not to  

Drawn on Smooth Bristol Board the whole pices measures about 40cm X 30cm and took around 25 hours to complete using my usual range of Faber-Castell 9000 pencils - Mono Zero eraser and blending stumps