Went to life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop yesterday evening and sketched a male model who goes under the name of Ben D’Busse. I started with some very quick drawings and fell into the usual trap of not fitting the figure to the page. I nearly always run over the edges.
Ben is a fab model, really thin, so thin that the drawings end up with a touch of Egon Schiele about them
It was really hard fitting the drawing on the page of my A2 size brown paper sketchbook. I used willow charcoal and chalk, with the brown paper providing a nice mid-tone. I finally just managed to squeeze him all in by the fifth drawing. There was some strong foreshortening to contend with and I took a leaf out of Egon’s book and distorted the body to fit, a lot of his work is distorted.
scribblah 
Fitting a drawing onto the page does seem to be an eternal problem at life drawing. I tried using larger paper but the page always runs out of room before getting to the feet. Great drawings.
Oh yes. I’ve worked off rolls of paper 150cm wide and still had problems. Thanks for your kind comment 😀
Fabulous drawings, Rosie. By the way where do you find American brown paper sketchbooks? I’ve never found any bigger than A4.
Thank you, Michael. In New York City. I can’t remember the name of the art shop, it was a big one on several floors and a few years ago. Dirt cheap though.
Thanks. I’ll look out for one the next time I’m over there. I’ll take a larger suitcase…
Well, if it’s any, or just a small, consolation–I have a habit of running life drawings off the paper too…
I’m in good company 😊
wonderful sketches
Thank you Donna 😊
Such energy in these drawings, bravo Rosie!
Thank you, Phil. I was much looser than normal