Today has been one of those hectic days with loads of things to do and here I am at the end of the day with no drawing done, so it’ll have to be a quickie of the cat again. Sparta Puss looked up from her sleep just long enough for me to capture her expression with my Samsung Galaxy Tablet Note 8 using the free Markers app.
Husb and I spent a few hours up a hill cutting down trees with some of our young relatives. The area is quite heavily forested, having been reclaimed from heavy industry during the 1970s after a couple of centuries of pollution. This area was the crucible of the Industrial Revolution and was badly scarred until Swansea University started the Lower Swansea Valley reclamation project.
At first, only conifers would grow there, but now most of Kilvey Hill is mixed forest. A couple of areas had become overgrown with thickets of conifers and volunteers were needed to clear them. They’re Xmas trees so we were able to choose one for free in return for our labour. Result! I managed a few action scribbles in between the sawing and showers of hail, using graphite into my A5 Tate Gallery sketchbook.
The last of this week’s life drawings done with my Samsung Galaxy Tablet Note 8 with the free Markers app. This model is an older woman, I like to work with older models because it challenges our society’s obsession with youth and narrow view of what beauty is.
Another female nude from my life drawing session last night. I tried working without the stylus, using my finger instead which gives a nice fuzzy effect.
Just back from life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop, working with one of my favourite models, an older woman covered in interesting tattoos based on the food chain.
I’ve had a long day behind a computer and Husb and I spent a lovely evening visiting a friend so I only had time to do a very quick sketch for my blog this evening. Here’s Sparta the cat, caught just as she woke up. Don’t think she’s too pleased. Drawn with my Samsung Galaxy Tablet Note 8 using the free Markers app.
A fantastic blog about life drawing an life models
For anybody suffering from a poor body image the idea of standing naked in front of a classroom full of artists would be something only experienced in nightmares.
But for some people life modelling has proved to be not only a confidence booster but also a way to make an honest living. It takes a lot of nerve, reliability, physical stamina and assertiveness (you have to be able to say no to some poses).
I did it for years when I first came to Swansea so I appreciate good models. A couple of years ago some Parisian models did a naked strike in the snow when the government threatened to disallow tipping (over there they pass a ‘cornet’ or collection cone around at the end of a session in addition to their fees, something we should do here as their wages haven’t increased for 10 years). So you see they…
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A fantastic blog about life drawing an life models
For anybody suffering from a poor body image the idea of standing naked in front of a classroom full of artists would be something only experienced in nightmares.
But for some people life modelling has proved to be not only a confidence booster but also a way to make an honest living. It takes a lot of nerve, reliability, physical stamina and assertiveness (you have to be able to say no to some poses).
I did it for years when I first came to Swansea so I appreciate good models. A couple of years ago some Parisian models did a naked strike in the snow when the government threatened to disallow tipping (over there they pass a ‘cornet’ or collection cone around at the end of a session in addition to their fees, something we should do here as their wages haven’t increased for 10 years). So you see they…
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I did a quick scribble of Teenage Niece this evening. It had to be a quick scribble because she can’t sit still for long. It’s an interesting phase of development. Her face isn’t the scrunched up alien physique of a child but she still has a child-like roundness to her features. I used Faber Castell Pitt drawing pens, sizes S and M into my A5 Tate Gallery sketchbook.
Back at Folly Farm yesterday, I was in the right place at the right time, standing under a fodder bucket in the Giraffe enclosure during feeding time. Rhian the giraffe was eating her scran just a couple of feet above my head! Well, I had to scribble her, didn’t I? Then she turned her attention to acacia branches hanging from the roof, so I sketched her from behind, rather a vast behind. Giraffe are HUGE! Her eye was about the size of my hand. What a magnificent animal. Drawn with a Faber Castell Pitt drawing pen, size F into my A5 Tate Gallery sketchbook.
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