This pose inspired me to do an analytical drawing, lots of measuring and spare, stark lines. The model is very thin and his features lend themselves to precision. It was a 15 minute pose and I used graphite onto a good quality but reasonably cheap cartridge paper.
Category Archives: life drawing
Portrait Drawing: Week 7
It’s 7 weeks since I started back at life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop after a long break (see here) and here are the warm-up sketches. I’m aiming to improve my portrait drawing over the next year. These range between 5 and 15 minutes, using a graphite block onto a good quality but cheap cartridge paper.
Which Should I Choose?
These are the final three portrait drawings I did recently at Swansea Print Workshop‘s weekly life drawing group. I did these in the final hour of the session, she maintained the same pose so I was able to really look and analyse what I was seeing and try and be accurate. I’ll be choosing one ofContinue reading “Which Should I Choose?”
I Love This Head
I love drawing this model at the Swansea Print Workshop’s life drawing group, she has such a fantastic face. I’m focusing on portrait drawing for the next year or so and I’m getting faster at drawing a reasonable likeness. This is a 25 minute pose, drawn in graphite onto a heavyweight vintage paper (no watermark).
Portrait Drawing: Week 6
These are the warm-up drawings for week 6 of my return to life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop after a gap of several years (see here). My goal is to improve my portrait drawing over the next year. These sketches range between 1 and 15 minutes, using a graphite block onto a good but cheap cartridge paper.
Which Should I Choose?
This is the third and final page of portrait drawings I did recently with a new model at Swansea Print Workshop‘s weekly life drawing group. I did these in the final hour of the session, she kept to one pose so I was able to really look and analyse what I was seeing and tryContinue reading “Which Should I Choose?”
Getting Used To A Face
Here’s the middle set of drawings I did with the new model, 2 x 15mins and a half-hour pose. I scribbled some notes while I analysed the sketches, to learn for the next one. Accurate drawing depends on accurate analysis, seeing what’s there, not what I think is there. Her eyes are very wide-spaced andContinue reading “Getting Used To A Face”
Portrait Drawing: Week 5
I’m into week 5 of my return to life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop after a long, long gap (see here). I’ve set myself a goal to improve my portrait drawing over the next year. Here are my warm-up sketches with a new model, two x 5 minutes and one x 10 minutes. I’m usingContinue reading “Portrait Drawing: Week 5”
One For Carving
My final 2 sketches at the life drawing session, numbers 7 and 8, both 30-minute drawings of the same pose. The last one if the best likeness and I drew these two in a 10 x 15 cm rectangle, so I can transfer straight to a lino block. And then get carving.
Tea And Cake, Of Course!
It was good to be back working with a model I’m used to, as I already knew the “shorthand” of her face, even though it’s been maybe a couple of years since I was last at life drawing. These are the “middle” poses in the session, two x 15 minutes and then a 30 minuteContinue reading “Tea And Cake, Of Course!”
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