Went to life drawing tonight and had a hard time for the first couple of hours but turned up trumps on the last pose. I really like the drawing I did – I was so fed up I stopped caring and it seemed to work. Because of where I was sitting there was a fair bit of foreshortening but I took liberties and exaggerated it anyway. Egon Schiele did it all the time and if it’s good enough for Egon, it’s certainly good enough for me. Done in dip pen and Indian Ink with a sable brush and wash into an A3 spiral bound sketchbook – not a particularly good one TBH.
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Lovely drawing… particularly like the near foot and ankle for some reason!
I do know what you mean about life drawing, though – it can be very stressful when it just isn’t coming out right and you have minutes – seconds sometimes – to fix it, and the more it bugs you, the more you can’t fix it. And i have also got to the point where I have thought “oh bollocks this one’s never going to work” and it’s sometimes at that point where you stop trying too hard that it all turns round…
Sorry for wittering 😀
Witter away – you’re right – it’s when you’re about to jack it in that it seems to click.
Nice hands and feet!!
Thank you 🙂
It IS Egon-esque, and I like it a lot.
Why is it that when we sort of “stop caring” that we get the work we like? I guess is has to do with loosening up? Whatever you did, it worked. 😀
Thank you – I think you’ve hit the nail on the nead – I was way too tired to care what I was doing……
Love your way of drawing! It’s great!
Thank you 🙂
I really like it too, especially how you used the washes.
Thanks Hansi 🙂
That’s a great drawing
Thank you Martin 🙂