It’s 7 weeks since I started back at life drawing 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. These range between 5 and 15 minutes, using a graphite block onto a good quality but cheap cartridge paper.
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Which Should I Choose?
These are the final three portrait drawings I did recently at Swansea Print Workshop‘s weekly life drawing group. I did these in the final hour of the session, she maintained the same pose so I was able to really look and analyse what I was seeing and try and be accurate. I’ll be choosing one ofContinue reading “Which Should I Choose?”
I Love This Head
I love drawing this model at the Swansea Print Workshop’s life drawing group, she has such a fantastic face. I’m focusing on portrait drawing for the next year or so and I’m getting faster at drawing a reasonable likeness. This is a 25 minute pose, drawn in graphite onto a heavyweight vintage paper (no watermark).
Portrait Drawing: Week 6
These are the warm-up drawings for week 6 of my return to life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop after a gap of several years (see here). My goal is to improve my portrait drawing over the next year. These sketches range between 1 and 15 minutes, using a graphite block onto a good but cheap cartridge paper.
Which Should I Choose?
This is the third and final page of portrait drawings I did recently with a new model at Swansea Print Workshop‘s weekly life drawing group. I did these in the final hour of the session, she kept to one pose so I was able to really look and analyse what I was seeing and tryContinue reading “Which Should I Choose?”
Getting Used To A Face
Here’s the middle set of drawings I did with the new model, 2 x 15mins and a half-hour pose. I scribbled some notes while I analysed the sketches, to learn for the next one. Accurate drawing depends on accurate analysis, seeing what’s there, not what I think is there. Her eyes are very wide-spaced andContinue reading “Getting Used To A Face”
Portrait Drawing: Week 5
I’m into week 5 of my return to life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop after a long, long gap (see here). I’ve set myself a goal to improve my portrait drawing over the next year. Here are my warm-up sketches with a new model, two x 5 minutes and one x 10 minutes. I’m usingContinue reading “Portrait Drawing: Week 5”
One For Carving
My final 2 sketches at the life drawing session, numbers 7 and 8, both 30-minute drawings of the same pose. The last one if the best likeness and I drew these two in a 10 x 15 cm rectangle, so I can transfer straight to a lino block. And then get carving.
Tea And Cake, Of Course!
It was good to be back working with a model I’m used to, as I already knew the “shorthand” of her face, even though it’s been maybe a couple of years since I was last at life drawing. These are the “middle” poses in the session, two x 15 minutes and then a 30 minuteContinue reading “Tea And Cake, Of Course!”
Portrait Drawing: Week 4
I’m settling back into life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop after a long, long gap (see here) and I’m practicing portrait drawing. I’ve set myself some goals and I’ll be doing this every Thursday evening for the next year. Here are my sketches from week 4, of a model I worked with a lot inContinue reading “Portrait Drawing: Week 4”
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