Life Drawing for June

The last few weeks I've been trying to get familiar with the human figure (mostly female, because I felt like they need more attention) by practicing figure drawing online, which admittedly is not the same as having a real person in front of you, but you make do with what you can. Most of these samples are very clean cut because for now i just want to figure out the form in its entirety because getting more experimental with it.

I would say for pictures, the benefit that they have is being stable in position, so you can always get a more accurate drawing rather than having to keep readjusting the drawing to suit the subtle movements and jerks of the life model in an uncomfortable posture. Some may argue there is nothing that can replace those little jerks and trembles in giving life to the drawing. and I would agree to that. It is a good reminder that what we are drawing is real so we can try to distinguish whether we are trying to try from memory rather than really looking at the figure. But that is for a later time I think, after the mind has developed  a good understanding of what it is trying to draw, but for now, here is a sample of life drawing practice studies that maybe range from 5 to 10 minutes each.

Most of these images I've used are from the online figure drawing website http://artists.pixelovely.com which is a great site for trying to draw animal figures and human ones, with timings that you can choose, with options to pause, or skip forward or backwards to the next image.

Let me also add that i would prefer to use a scanner but for the lack of one currently I just take photos with a digital camera, which would explain why the lighting is uneven in many of the drawings. It'sso the best I can do for now, so sit back relax and scrutinize.