Bean Assignment Examples – Foreshortening
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Assignment examples of the bean
Always the same troubles with beans proportion/size, overlaps and central line as a C or S curve...
What helped me with the central line is not thinking about what i see in the picture, but where the picture us going. I know - sounds weird, but here me out!
Before drawing center lines, try indicating (ie. draw a little arrow for yourself) what direction the top or bottom part of the beam is moving in the captured moment.
Helped me, I hope it can help you as well :)
Continuing from my beans from the previous examples, here are my attempts at the poses in this video. I am very quickly realising the beauty of being more confident in my lines and not trying to over-correct them.
Of course old habits die hard, but it makes the improvement so clear putting an over-corrected bean next to a confident one!
Foreshortening
On some of the beans I erased and redrew the centre line as per the reference bean. I think I've more or less got placement of the two forms down
I started the Figure Drawing fundamentals class back in 2023 and I got into the gestures and started working on the bean and then ended up getting sidetracked and kept working on doing gestures and started a whole other sketchbook dedicated to gestures, but I never finished taking the course so I've decided since I want to actually better my craft and to start taking my art more seriously to develop it into my career. I've decided to get back into this class so these are some pictures from the bean portion of this class and I ended up finishing the exercises on the last page of the sketchbook which I think is a funny coincidence. Feedback is always welcomed and I would love to see what you all are working on also.
P.S. The red is the corrections
Foreshortening went better than I expected, I'm still not quite as happy about my line, though I can chalk it up to working with a pastel pencil this much for the first time, it handles quite strangely, especially when trying to get thin marks or lines that taper to a point, though I think I am starting to get the hang of it. I did some bonus 3-minute gestures their not my best work but, I think I can say that they are applying the bean appropriately.
Foreshortening especially emphasizes understanding of proportion and overlap, I find it interesting that Stan makes a point to place a double contour if a form is notably moving towards the camera(ref. #8 and #9). For example, on #10 Stan still makes the pelvis volume slightly wider than the ribcage. I think this is because, in the context of the bean analogy, the ribcage is a bit thinner and taller, more of a classic oval, while the pelvis is a bit more short and stout. So in the future emphasizing the quality may be of benefit.
I am also noticing I need to thin my beans out more when the model is more in profile. This has been a common issue of mine that I have had for several years, but I think I have a chance of improving the issue If I focus on it more.
these are from the video, will add more from other reference and from imagination. feedback welcomed!
Bean foreshortening studies, did my try then saw stan's and fixed accordingly, feedback appreciated!
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Here is the foreshortening part of my bean exercises. I will have to keep practicing for a bit longer before I’m ready to move on to the critique video. I’m really enjoying the learning process of how to draw these beans.
And that’s foreshortening! Definitely gonna have to go back and watch that section again because this went poorly. And advice is appreciated!
Hello, I see your plea for help, so let me give my two cents.
I think your less foreshortened beans are pretty good, but I can see (such as #10) that sometimes things get a little unclear.
Allow me to begin my essay. The most important thing about the bean it learning how the big masses of the body move, and to that extent, I think you've succeeded. It's very clear where the pelvis or ribcage is located in space.
Now, if that was the only thing you wanted to accomplish, then you can move on. But if you want to make these beans really shine, I'd focus more on gesture and overlapping lines. My favorite bean is #4, as it's flow is one smooth curve, and the overlap line shows the pinch really well..
On the other hand, take number #6 or #7 for example. If you were to look at the overlap lines individually, they each tell a different story. But not only that, I think the pieces feel too far apart, as remember the ovals actually overlap.
So for the future, I'd practice the two line overlap. Remember to exaggerate the pinch and stretch, something your two line overlap beans are lacking. For instance, in #3, the right overlap line (since ribcage leaning towards us but also pinching) would be closer to a cross contour (which you've done), and the left overlap line would be straighter, to show the compression on the right side of the bean. Apply that to #6-#9, and I think you'll be on your way.
I look forward to your progress.
- Dwight
8/6/22: Draw-along to the video. I went faster today, so the lines aren't as clean.
Beans all over the place…
it‘s amazing how this exercise made ahuge difference in my next figure drawing!
Hi All,
I've been doing a lot of gesture and beans lately and even combined the two. I'll do a 30 second gesture and follow up with a quick bean. Here are a page of beans (one of several that I have done) and a few samples of gesture with bean. Look forward to your feedback.
Thanks.
