I recently sketched a friend as he walked around the Rosehill Quarry labyrinth. I drew into a small (A6) Indigo sketchbook on very rough, heavyweight paper that I had previously prepared with white gesso and turquoise Liquitex acrylic ink. The surface is so rough that pens and pencils just didn’t cut it, so I usedContinue reading “Drawing Walking: 2”
Author Archives: Rosie Scribblah
Drawing Walking: 1
I went for a walk with a friend yesterday and took a bit of time to sit and sketch while he walked around a labyrinth. It’s a challenge to draw someone walking as, of course, they’re constantly on the move and you have to catch fleeting movements, shapes, colours without having the luxury of observingContinue reading “Drawing Walking: 1”
Life Drawing: 45 minutes
The final pose from last week’s life drawing session was about 45 minutes. I got the figure blocked in pretty quickly and I had time to put in her environment which was fun. I’m enjoying playing with my Caran D’Ache NeoPastels, I love the colours. I have an exhibition of (mostly) new work, “Carved HeadsContinue reading “Life Drawing: 45 minutes”
Life Drawing: 30 Minutes
I really liked this pose, the lines just flowed as I drew her. She’s very tiny and reminds me of the models of the Austrian Expressionist artist Egon Schiele back at the beginning of the 20th century. She features in my new exhibition (see below). I worked with Caran D’Ache NeoPastels onto repurposed printmaking paperContinue reading “Life Drawing: 30 Minutes”
Life Drawing: 10 minutes
This is a 10 minute pose drawn with Caran D’Ache NeoPastels onto repurposed paper prepared with acrylic screenprinting ink. It’s one of the latest sketches from the last life-drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. I like the way it turned out. 10 minutes isn’t enough time to get loads of detail done, but it’s aContinue reading “Life Drawing: 10 minutes”
#Caturday Archives: 58
December 2017 and here’s a sketch of Little Ming, our furry tortie rescue cat. Husb and I had taken her from a very neglectful home after we found her emaciated, seriously ill from a lung infection and barely alive. We took her straight to a vet and paid for emergency treatment – her eye wasContinue reading “#Caturday Archives: 58”
Life Drawing: Slightly Out
This was not an easy pose for me to draw. I’m not sure why, but I kept getting the measurements wrong and the whole body is slightly out. But that’s the way it goes sometimes. It’s a 15 minute pose drawn with Caran D’Ache NeoPastels onto repurposed paper prepared with acrylic screenprinting ink. I haveContinue reading “Life Drawing: Slightly Out”
Sketchbook Archives: 68
I was working into a large (A2) brown paper sketchbook back in November 2016, using conté crayons in white, black and sanguine. I really like that combination of paper and drawing materials for doing portraits. These are professional life models at Swansea Print Workshop’s weekly life drawing group.
Life Drawing: Foreshortening
Here’s a lying-down pose from the side with some wicked foreshortening. I had fun with this, playing with my Caran D’Ache NeoPastels, not worrying too much about being realistic, although I was intently focused on accurately capturing the extreme perspective of the 25-minute pose. I have a new exhibition coming up, “Carved Heads And OtherContinue reading “Life Drawing: Foreshortening”
Life Drawing: An In-Betweener
Here’s a15-minute pose from the recent life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. It’s beyond a short pose but falls short of a long pose – an in-betweener pose. I used Caran D’Ache NeoPastels onto repurposed paper prepared with left-over acrylic screenprint ink. I have a new exhibition coming up, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”,Continue reading “Life Drawing: An In-Betweener”
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