Scale Figure Drawing Exercise

One day for a drawing exercise we did scale figures.  All the students were put into groups and each group took turns either sketching or posing for the sketches.  Each group rotated around the room so that everyone had the chance to draw and be drawn.  It was a fun activity to see the different drawings and how different people have many techniques with their drawings.  There was also a kind of mini critique afterwards.  We all posted our drawings on the wall around the room.  There was then a list of numbers and categories put on the chalkboard.  We all were to walk around the room and observe everyones drawings and then write in a number for which category we thought whichever picture deserved.  Some of the categories were most surreal, most crazy, most maximal and most minimal to name a few.  We then had a peer critique lesson, in which students were to go around the room and take down the drawing that they didn't really care for and explain why.  I have to say that was a tough exercise to do, because none of us want to be overly critical, because we ourselves are still learning.  It was a fun exercise to do the drawings that day. The drawing at the top was one of the girls from class I drew, I chose her pose because it was representive of a more human figure, I tried to maintain that in my drawing be keeping the shoulders rounded and trying to get the shape of the legs right.  I felt doing and kind of loose sketching would make it look better that trying to be too detail oriented because we were timed on each drawing.   The bottom drawing I decided to try sketching two people in such a short time.  Anna and Randi made good subjects, because they didn't move around too much.