I have never thought about a ribcage being round. We started investigating the middle section of a person, in my eyes I have always seen people as having this flat torso as a middle. These perceptions were quickly replaced as Amy lectured about the oval egg shape of the ribcage. I started googling pictures as well as (once again) feeling my own ribcage wondering what is going on in there. I was really pleased as we started drawing to find out that K has a wonderful ribcage to study. After a series of gesture drawings (and REALLY trying to get at drawing the figure using my arm and not my hand) we settled into a half an hour session of focusing on the torso of the model. I have always been visual, but staring at human flesh I realize how much it helps translate into the picture, knowing where the bones are- and seeing it in real life.
Here is a quick drawing of a human skeleton ribcage and then the ribcage as it is now in my head, instead of a square.
I definitely agree that having the knowledge of what is going on beneath the skin really helps shape how we draw the human figure. It Helps by breaking down the various prominent structures into recognizable geometric shapes to really help us understand the "space" of the model, and simplifies things!
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