life drawing :: my process

i had the privilege of teaching the friday illustration labs for the freshman seminar class last semester (fall '10). i only had two hours with each group of pre-art major students, and constructed my labs so that ideally, we'd cover three main areas within that time: we defined illustration and the illustration program, established basics of life drawing, and let the students practice after my demo. it was crazy full, but there were some good times to be had. and the students were troopers.

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i made the following slides* as part of my presentation. don't take this as doctrine, but hopefully it makes a little sense of what probably went on in my head as i drew.

let me know if this is at all helpful, or any other thoughts or questions you might have. i'd love feedback!

the final product: 

i'm highly influenced by my professor, bob barrett. if any of the above process makes sense to you and want to learn more, i would suggest studying his life drawing book which goes into great depth. 

*apologies for the quality of pictures; when i drew it, i wasn't intending on using the process pictures for anything other than checking my progress. obviously my cell phone camera isn't the most hi-tech thing in the world....