I recently cut up a load of sheets of Bockingford paper that had failed prints on the back, and then I squeegeed the unprinted surface with left-over acrylic screen printing ink in a sort of grey-blue. I used a piece to do this portrait drawing with Caran d’Ache Neopastels. I kept the palette monochrome, IContinue reading “Life Drawing: A 60 Minute Portrait”
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Life Drawing: Short Poses
Two of my latest sketches from this week’s life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. They are quick poses, one five minutes and the other 10. I used Caran d’Ache Neopastels onto vintage paper prepared with acrylic paint applied with a squeegee.
Life Drawing: Ambidextrous
This is the final drawing I did last week at the life drawing session. It’s a one-hour pose. I had used my left hand for most of the session, but I managed to use both for this and I think it worked reasonably well. I just used my right arm (I hurt it a coupleContinue reading “Life Drawing: Ambidextrous”
Life Drawing: Left Hand Again
I hurt my right arm, which made drawing painful, so I have been trying as much as possible to use my left hand. At this week’s life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop, I did some quick warm-up drawings with my left hand and then tried this longer one. After the practice I had aContinue reading “Life Drawing: Left Hand Again”
Life Drawing: Left Handed
I hurt my right arm the other week. I was being daft, trying to convince myself that I’m a few decades younger and that I could help to carry some heavy boxes that I really should have left to other, younger and stronger, people. Anyway, while it’s getting better, I’m having trouble with doing someContinue reading “Life Drawing: Left Handed”
Life Drawing: A Face In Profile
Here’s the last pose from the recent life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop, an hour long. I decided to go for a portrait because I really like faces in profile. I worked with Caran D’Ache NeoPastels onto vintage paper prepared with some left-over acrylic paint in a dusty pale blue. I don’t like workingContinue reading “Life Drawing: A Face In Profile”
Life Drawing: The Ghostly Face
I prepared some vintage paper with a bluish acrylic paint, applied with a squeegee for my recent life drawing session and as I was sketching the model, I noticed that the uneven distribution of the paint was suggesting a ghostly face. I decided to stop drawing our model’s own face, I’ll go back to thisContinue reading “Life Drawing: The Ghostly Face”
Life Drawing: Changing Medium
I changed the medium I use at last night’s life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. I’ve been using conté crayons but I switched to Caran d’Ache Neopastels. They’re so soft and buttery, gorgeous to use. I also changed the paper, preparing some vintage paper with a pale blue acrylic ground, which really complemented theContinue reading “Life Drawing: Changing Medium”
Life Drawing: Over Compensating
This model has very large eyes and I’m struggling to get the proportions of her face right. This was the final drawing I did at last week’s life drawing session and although I think I got the eyes reasonably OK, I over-compensated by making the mouth and jawline bigger. I was drawing what I thoughtContinue reading “Life Drawing: Over Compensating”
Analysing…
I’m working with a new model at life drawing group, this is only the second session I’ve drawn her and I’m struggling to get a good likeness. I’m trying to analyse her features, but it’s not working out too well. She has exceptionally large eyes and I keep thinking my measurements are wrong. I’ll getContinue reading “Analysing…”
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