I could tell this session really went well for me, I was very pleased with my pieces from this week, I think the rust finally came off from missing figure drawing for a few months- enjoy. And very impressive from this week’s new model who held some obnoxiously uncomfortable poses for decent amounts of time.
More rust coming off at figure drawing class- check it out
I’ve been away from the Art Alliance for months, but back again last week here are the results, I was rusty, but as always a good workout of the fundamentals.
Back at the tables for figure drawing, and it was good to be back again in training! We had a really good model for this session, he had amazing muscletone and definition, some really creative poses, and wasnt afraid to hold out until his arms and legs fell asleep! I was really pleased with the last three longer poses, I didnt move, and just drew from whatever angle presented itself, which is always a challenge to go from non traditional POV’s.
Shaking off a few months of self imposed rust (cough cough – 22 inked pages of Painted Ladies of San Quentin done in 23 weeks!!) to get back an anatomy/figure drawing session with our new model, Cristen, at the Art Alliance.
I was really bummed with my first few quick sketches, but the last hour long pose of her in a reclining resting position turned out really well.I was really happy with the hands and torso. In addition I caught some really nice skin shading to go along with my Patrick Nagel inspired hair. I also think I did Cristen’s tattoos justice as well!
Another Strong anatomy/figure drawing session with our model Marcell at the Art Alliance- I was really pleased with the sketch of Marcell holding his head, and the quick 2 min sketch of him in a track runner pose.
The longer poses also turned out well, especially the last one – I was able to get some really nice shading and rendering on the shadows and skin tone (it’s the first one after the text here!)
My latest figure drawing session- this week’s Model- Mel- is a Master’s Degree student getting her MFA right now, and she pulled no punches and gave us a tough modeling session, and showed that she is almost super human in holding tough poses to make us all work harder- thanks Mel for the great poses!
Another great anatomy/figure drawing session with our model Danna Jayne at the Art Alliance- the final 45 minute prone pose from the back was hard, but really really please with the outcome. I also liked the 2 minute leg pose I drew- simple , yet elegant!
Nude portrait drawings with pencil on 9×12 & 13×18 paper- studies range from 1 minute to 45 minutes. This closed out the recent set of sessions at the studio- work with Ms Dayna a.k.a. “Elephant Lady”- see the tattoos- however, I did cheat and give her a mohawk in one of the longer poses.
Nude portrait drawings with pencil on 9×12 & 13×18 paper- studies range from 1 minute to 45 minutes. This closed out the recent set of sessions at the studio- work with Ms Meg- however, I keep cheating and giving her “Patrick Nagel” stylized hair from an 1980’s airbrush dream in the longer 30-40 minute poses. I was really happy with all 3 of our 30+ min poses.
