more motion

[olmue]

Image copyright Rose Green

The last collage was of baby motion. See how this is different. Babies' heads are something like a quarter of their body length. No wonder it takes so long to get control of them! An adult's head is about 1/8 of their total height. Kids' heads are somewhere in between.

You may have been waiting to meet someone and recognized them from far off, long before you could discern their face, based solely on the individual way they walk. With bigger people as well as babies, look for the ways individuals stand, the curve of a leg, or whatever, to show their particular characteristics. In particular here, the two people standing in the middle were parents waiting in the kindergarten pickup area. The one on the left with his hands in his pockets had such a specific way of standing--I tried to capture that. The heads and the guy with the pot belly on the right were specific people watching a cub scout basketball practice. I felt like I caught what was most salient to me about them. At the time I was a little frustrated because I was trying to draw them without them noticing--but I think in the end it was good because I could only catch the most prominent and therefore identifying characteristics.

Comments

[beckylevine.livejournal.com]

I love the one of your son reading!

[olmue.livejournal.com]

I think every picture of that son has either a book or the computer...