This is a 15 minute pose from life drawing a few weeks ago. The young male model has fantastic hair so after I captured his likeness (much easier with profile I find) I had a play with his hair, getting into some mark making with my graphite. I’ll be running a weekend linocut course basedContinue reading “Fun With Mark Making”
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The Short But Not Too Short Pose
After a couple of short poses at last night’s life drawing group at Swansea Print Workshop, we had this 10 minute pose. I’ve only worked with this model once before and I’m still getting used to her proportions. I’ll be running a weekend linocut course based on Dewi Bowen and Olwyn Pritchard’s book, “Hunting TheContinue reading “The Short But Not Too Short Pose”
Portrait Drawing: Week 13
Just back from life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop and it’s late, so I’ll just post the first sketches I did, a 1-minute and a 5-minute pose in graphite. And now to bed with a cup of tea and a couple of cats. See you tomorrow. Nos da. I’ll be running a weekend linocut courseContinue reading “Portrait Drawing: Week 13”
The Portrait In Profile
I really like this profile sketch I did at last week’s life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. I think I’ll develop this into a linocut, I could have an interesting time carving the hair and beard. Maybe I’ll use a bigger piece of lino than I have for my previous ones, to cut moreContinue reading “The Portrait In Profile”
Sketching From Below
This was an interesting 20-minute pose at last week’s life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. Our model stood on a table and he’s very tall anyway, so I was looking up at him. I’m a little dwt and I was sitting down so I had a good view up his nostrils and his beardContinue reading “Sketching From Below”
The Pensive Pose
This was the long pose at last night’s life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. It gave me time to really analyse what I was seeing. I found the pose difficult, it’s easier to draw in profile or semi-profile: these straight-on poses bring all sorts of problems. But it’s really good practice. I caught hisContinue reading “The Pensive Pose”
Portrait Drawing: Week 12
Just back from life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop and it’s late, so I’ll just post the first sketch I did, a 10-minute one in graphite. And now to bed with a cup of tea and a couple of cats. See you tomorrow. Nos da.
That Boy Band Vibe
This is a longer pose from the recent life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop, around 30 minutes. This model is definitely giving off boy-band vibes. I used graphite onto a heavyweight vintage paper (not watermarked). I’ll be running a weekend course based on Dewi Bowen and Olwyn Pritchard’s book, “Hunting The Wild Megalith” onContinue reading “That Boy Band Vibe”
A-HA?
The model I worked with at last week’s life drawing session is a young man with the look of a 1980’s band about him. A few of the artists reckon he looks like he could be from the Norwegian band A-ha. I guess he could be. What do you think? I’ll be running a weekendContinue reading “A-HA?”
The Sensitive Line
This is a slightly longer, 15 minute pose at last week’s life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. I had a great view of his profile and I concentrated on the quality of the lines I was making. I really like this, I think it’s very sensitive and I might develop this in some way. IContinue reading “The Sensitive Line”
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