It was very hot last Thursday at the life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop, the hottest day of the year so far and a bit of a record breaker. We were careful not to overload our model, having some sitting poses so he could rest. I have cropped this quite a lot because itContinue reading “Life Drawing: The Heatwave”
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Life Drawing: Slightly Built
Our model at life drawing session last week is very slight and I sometimes find it difficult with slightly built people to get their proportions right. I’m quite buxom myself, so it’s a challenge to draw someone much thinner, I keep expecting to see fat where there isn’t any. The drawing is in black, sanguineContinue reading “Life Drawing: Slightly Built”
Life Drawing: A Portrait Sketch
Went to the life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop earlier in the week and I think for the first time ever, there was no need to switch on a heater because of the insane heatwave. In fact, our model had an electric fan to keep cool. I did a portrait sketch with black andContinue reading “Life Drawing: A Portrait Sketch”
Life Drawing: Instinct
This was the final life drawing I did last week at Swansea Print Workshop’s weekly sessions, and although I quite like the drawing, I’m still struggling to get a good likeness of the model. Comparing my drawings with another artist later, I realised that our model has huge eyes, so large that I instinctively andContinue reading “Life Drawing: Instinct”
Life Drawing: Self Censoring
When I first took up social media, way back in the early days with MySpace, things seemed much more relaxed and artists were mostly able to post authentic artwork of nudes without much hassle. Not any more, not for some years now. So I’ve cropped this, which is a shame because I think it’s oneContinue reading “Life Drawing: Self Censoring”
Life Drawing: 15 Minute Heads
I was working with a new model at last week’s life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop, and it takes a while to get used to someone’s features. These are 15-minute sketches, I was able to take a bit of time to get some measurements done. I used conté crayons in white, sanguine and blackContinue reading “Life Drawing: 15 Minute Heads”
Sketchbook Archives: 64
Going back to July 2015 for this group of portrait sketches of elder women. I used conté crayons in white, sanguine and black onto brown parcel paper pasted into a sketchbook.
Life Drawing: The First Sketches
These are the first quick sketches from last night’s life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. I haven’t worked with this model before and it takes a while to get used to someone’s features, it takes a lot of concentration. These are 5-minute sketches and I used conté crayons in white, sanguine and black. IContinue reading “Life Drawing: The First Sketches”
With Minimal Strokes.
I went out walking in the dark one evening, down to the beach (I’m so lucky to live so close to the sea) and I took a pad of Khadi paper that I had brushed with a thin layer of black ink, to give a grey wash. I took some black and white conté crayonsContinue reading “With Minimal Strokes.”
Getting Stuck In…
After trawling through photos and sketches, I’m getting stuck in to working out different bits of the composition. This is partly to get familiar with the details and partly to work out if this is what I want to go with. This is based on a photo I took of the spectacular fire spinner DdraigContinue reading “Getting Stuck In…”
