The last of my life drawings from the other week when the heatwave was at it’s worst. The final pose for our model was a nice comfy lying-down one on some soft cushions. He had a bit of a doze, which is fine because he went above and beyond the call of duty by modelling during a heatwave. Life modelling isn’t easy in normal circumstances. I used white and sanguine conté crayons onto vintage paper prepared with an acryic ground in various greens.
I tried something different with this pose, using solid blocks of colour and very thick outlines, trying out a different style. I used black, sanguine and white conté crayons onto a heavily textured re-used paper prepared with a green acrylic ground.
Here’s a digital drawing of Sparta Puss from September 2017. I was experimenting with a Markers app on my Samsung Galaxy Note 8, getting used to it. I did a lot of digital drawings for a while, then I got bored with it and went back to analogue drawing.
At the life drawing session last night at Swansea Print Workshop, we had two mirrored poses of 15 minutes each. I enjoy these, it’s interesting to draw the same pose from a different angle. I used conté crayons in sanguine and black onto a smallish piece of vintage paper. What a difference a week makes. Last week we had a heatwave and our model needed fans blasting to cool him down, this week our model needed a heater.
It was very hot last Thursday at the life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop, the hottest day of the year so far and a bit of a record breaker. We were careful not to overload our model, having some sitting poses so he could rest. I have cropped this quite a lot because it might not get through censorship otherwise. The drawing is in black, sanguine and white conté crayon, onto a sheet of re-used paper prepared with a couple of layers of green acrylic silkscreen inks.
Our model at life drawing session last week is very slight and I sometimes find it difficult with slightly built people to get their proportions right. I’m quite buxom myself, so it’s a challenge to draw someone much thinner, I keep expecting to see fat where there isn’t any. The drawing is in black, sanguine and white conté crayon, onto a sheet of re-used paper prepared with a couple of layers of green acrylic silkscreen inks.
Went to the life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop earlier in the week and I think for the first time ever, there was no need to switch on a heater because of the insane heatwave. In fact, our model had an electric fan to keep cool. I did a portrait sketch with black and white conté crayon, onto a sheet of re-used paper prepared with a couple of layers of green acrylic silkscreen inks. It’s a nice surface to draw onto and I like to get rid of the white paper, I find it intimidating.
Here’s another scribble I did during my hour and a half stopover in Manchester Piccadilly train station on the way back from visiting in the Lake District the other week. This chap was totally engrossed in his phone. I was drawing from a mezzanine about the main station concourse.
I was visiting in the Lake District the other week and travelled by train. I had an hour and a half stopover in Manchester on the way back so I had a picnic and a scribble in my sketchbook. The lad on the right had an interesting hairdo; like a pudding basin cut with flick-ups all round.
Ten years ago it was hot beach weather. Not as punishingly hot as it’s been for the past few days, but still hot hot hot!
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