A Quick Nude

Just back from life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop. I went for a half session after the tea break and did a quick 10 minute drawing to start with. I used white, sanguine and black conté crayons onto brown wrapping paper. I started with some quick lines in white (left) then added sanguine (middle) andContinue reading “A Quick Nude”

When Things Go Wonky

  Here’s the last of the drawings I did at last week’s life drawing session. It was an awkward pose to draw with some odd foreshortening and no matter how hard I tried to observe and draw, I couldn’t quite get it right. Never mind, it’s the practice that matters.     I’m working onContinue reading “When Things Go Wonky”

Building A Head

I worked on a portrait drawing during one of the poses at life drawing session the other evening, using compressed charcoal and white soft pastel onto brown paper. I like using tinted paper as the mid-tones are a given and I find it easier to work in highlights and lowlights on top of an existingContinue reading “Building A Head”

Powerful Woman (Female Nude)

Here’s the second drawing I did at Swansea Print Workshop’s life drawing group last night. It’s a thirty minute sketch in my large (A2 size) brown paper sketchbook using white soft pastel and black compressed charcoal. I haven’t been to life drawing for a while. I used to go regularly but my trips across theContinue reading “Powerful Woman (Female Nude)”

An Older Woman (Female Nude)

Just back from life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop, working with an older female model this week. I worked into a large, A2 size, sketchbook that’s made from brown paper and I used black compressed charcoal and a white Daler Rowney soft oil pastel. This sketch took about 12 minutes. It’s late now, I’m tiredContinue reading “An Older Woman (Female Nude)”

Life Drawing Female Nude

This is the other life drawing I did at Swansea Print Workshop last week, working with a middle aged female model. I am always influenced by the model and often draw each of them in different styles with different media. I am using a very free line with this model, drawing with conté crayons inContinue reading “Life Drawing Female Nude”

A Hand Study

Here’s another sketch from this week’s life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. I had about 10 minutes to kill towards the end so I did a study of the model’s hand – good practice. I drew into a large, A2, brown paper sketchbook with white, sanguine and black conte crayon and some compressed charcoal. IContinue reading “A Hand Study”

Black, White And Sanguine

Just back from life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop working with a super model, such an interesting body. I drew into a large, A2, brown paper sketchbook with white, sanguine and black conte crayon and some compressed charcoal. I quickly sketched in the rough outline of the figure in white and then drew into itContinue reading “Black, White And Sanguine”

The Robe Reflected

This is an old one of mine, from when I was going through a watercolour period at the weekly life drawing group at Swansea Print Workshop. This model has beautiful robes and we often try a pose or two with them on. The reflected figure in the large mirrors formed a composition that I reallyContinue reading “The Robe Reflected”

Blobs And Scribbles And A Milestone

Here’s a second head study I did at Swansea Print Workshop’s life drawing session this week. It was the last sketch of the evening and I did it in about 10 minutes. I think it’s my favourite from the night because it was so quick, more lively than the ones I concentrated on. I usedContinue reading “Blobs And Scribbles And A Milestone”