I was so happy with everything I had drawn so far. The composition was great and every part of my koala, the proportions and even the soft furry feel was portrayed perfectly.
I was eager to finish the initial stage of my drawing that’s in lead pencil so I could start adding some colour, only one thing was stopping me. I just couldn’t get the leg that was hanging down behind the tree branch to look right. Drawing the foot was especially tricky.
I was thrilled with the photograph I took of this koala for my reference. Everything was perfect only the foot just didn’t’ show quite enough detail in order for me to get it right.
I studied the angles and the area surrounding the foot, the shape and how the toes were formed and their relation to the whole foot but after many attempts I just couldn’t draw it.
I took some deep breaths and had a stretch to help calm me down. Things started to get better when I noticed that I hadn’t drawn the leg quite thick enough. This is the case where it is important to have all of the proportions correct showing that one small thing can effect a larger area, being the actual foot.
Now that I had figured that out, it appeared to be working really well and I finished, yet to my dismay I discovered that when I looked at my drawing as whole, the leg and foot overall was too small. My frustration was really beginning to boil! At that stage I thought it would be best to walk away, have some lunch and go back to it later.
After having a break an idea came to me. I typed in ‘koala’s foot’ into Google images and the perfect image came up for me to study. Although it wasn’t at the same angle as my own reference photo it was enough to give me an understanding of how the foot is formed and how the different parts relate to each other. In the Internet photo I could see that one toe had two claws attached to it whereas in my photo the angle of the foot made it look like that one toe was two separate toes.
After studying both photos and with a better understanding of how the foot is formed this helped me to get it right.
Taking a break and having a clear head helped me see things in a whole new way.
Now things were really starting fall into place.
Regards,
Geri
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