Not mine this time. I often scribble my feet when I’ve reached the end of the day and I haven’t done a daily drawing, but today I drew the feet of my chum and fellow artist, Melanie Ezra. Poor Mel tripped earlier in the week and fractured her foot. Today, she kindly offered me her feet to draw. The unfractured one is very slim and pale pinky-white but the broken one is swollen, misshapen and livid colours. It’s far more interesting to draw someone else’s feet.
I used a piece of Bockinford 250gsm paper, pre-coloured with yellow System 3 acrylic paint mixed with a little acrylic medium. I drew with black conte crayon and Winsor & Newton oilbars in white, cobalt blue, crimson and hookers green rubbed with a rag dipped in linseed oil.
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I wish I could do feet as well as that. I start a four week life class in January so maybe I will get better.
It’s practice. I use Burne Hogarth’s anatomy books for practice. Good luck with the life class 🙂
Love it! The bright yellow background is really fun and a good contrast to the pale feet. Hope her foot feels better though.
Thanks. She’s on the mend 🙂
Nifty!
Thank you 🙂
Poor Melanie! I’m glad she’s negotiating crutches and getting about. What a major bummer! Great green coloration. I bet it’s pretty close to how it looks.
Yes, it’s quite spectacular 🙂
Love the way you piece together colour.
Was the green intentional?
Yes, that’s the colour of her bruising, poor thing
What is Melanie doing about a broken foot? Shouldn’t it be strapped up at least if not in a pot?
She has a removable fancy cast thing, not like the old days 🙂