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”
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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”
Portrait Drawing: Week 11
Last night was my 11th life drawing session since I started back at Swansea Print Workshop after a long break (see here), I’m aiming to improve my portrait drawing over the next year. I was a bit late so I missed the first 2 short poses and went straight into a 10 minute pose. I used aContinue reading “Portrait Drawing: Week 11”
An Angular Approach
This is one of the longer poses I drew at a recent life drawing session. I really like the angular approach I took, it helped me to analyse the face of a model I hadn’t worked with before. I think this one shows a lot of promise to take forward as a linocut.
Getting Used To A Face
Working with a new model at last week’s life drawing session, and most of my time was spent analysing and measuring and trying to get things right. She has fantastic hair.
Portrait Drawing: Week 10
Last night was my 10th life drawing session since I started back 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. There are two 5 minute sketches then a 15 minute one. I used a graphite block onto aContinue reading “Portrait Drawing: Week 10”
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