The last of my life drawings from the other week when the heatwave was at it’s worst. The final pose for our model was a nice comfy lying-down one on some soft cushions. He had a bit of a doze, which is fine because he went above and beyond the call of duty by modellingContinue reading “Sleepy Heat”
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Life Drawing: Blocky Outlines
I tried something different with this pose, using solid blocks of colour and very thick outlines, trying out a different style. I used black, sanguine and white conté crayons onto a heavily textured re-used paper prepared with a green acrylic ground.
Life Drawing: Mirrored Pose
At the life drawing session last night at Swansea Print Workshop, we had two mirrored poses of 15 minutes each. I enjoy these, it’s interesting to draw the same pose from a different angle. I used conté crayons in sanguine and black onto a smallish piece of vintage paper. What a difference a week makes.Continue reading “Life Drawing: Mirrored Pose”
Life Drawing: The Heatwave
It was very hot last Thursday at the life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop, the hottest day of the year so far and a bit of a record breaker. We were careful not to overload our model, having some sitting poses so he could rest. I have cropped this quite a lot because itContinue reading “Life Drawing: The Heatwave”
Life Drawing: Slightly Built
Our model at life drawing session last week is very slight and I sometimes find it difficult with slightly built people to get their proportions right. I’m quite buxom myself, so it’s a challenge to draw someone much thinner, I keep expecting to see fat where there isn’t any. The drawing is in black, sanguineContinue reading “Life Drawing: Slightly Built”
Life Drawing: A Portrait Sketch
Went to the life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop earlier in the week and I think for the first time ever, there was no need to switch on a heater because of the insane heatwave. In fact, our model had an electric fan to keep cool. I did a portrait sketch with black andContinue reading “Life Drawing: A Portrait Sketch”
Life Drawing: Instinct
This was the final life drawing I did last week at Swansea Print Workshop’s weekly sessions, and although I quite like the drawing, I’m still struggling to get a good likeness of the model. Comparing my drawings with another artist later, I realised that our model has huge eyes, so large that I instinctively andContinue reading “Life Drawing: Instinct”
Life Drawing: Self Censoring
When I first took up social media, way back in the early days with MySpace, things seemed much more relaxed and artists were mostly able to post authentic artwork of nudes without much hassle. Not any more, not for some years now. So I’ve cropped this, which is a shame because I think it’s oneContinue reading “Life Drawing: Self Censoring”
Life Drawing: 15 Minute Heads
I was working with a new model at last week’s life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop, and it takes a while to get used to someone’s features. These are 15-minute sketches, I was able to take a bit of time to get some measurements done. I used conté crayons in white, sanguine and blackContinue reading “Life Drawing: 15 Minute Heads”
Life Drawing: The First Sketches
These are the first quick sketches from last night’s life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop. I haven’t worked with this model before and it takes a while to get used to someone’s features, it takes a lot of concentration. These are 5-minute sketches and I used conté crayons in white, sanguine and black. IContinue reading “Life Drawing: The First Sketches”
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