Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes Volume 1

49 What Not to See

One of the things you have to look for when sketching from a model is what not to see. Random bumps and bulges often occur, demanding interpretation. Clothing sometimes acts contrary-wise to all common sense. An excess of cloth will often defy the main action and seemingly do something on its own. When you see this happen you have to take the matter into your own hands and make sense where there is none. I think the best way to handle this problem is to constantly refer back to your first impression of what the person is doing, as opposed to what the cloth is doing, assuming of course, that you have “named the pose.” Naming the pose is a natural outcome of studying the pose for a first impression. You could think of each pose ...