(A)Puglia Post

Just been to Puglia for a week in the sun! Here're some scribbles!

Life Drawing

Went life drawing. Good model and good poses, but we did a lot of 1 and 2 minute poses, and a 40 minute at the end. I would have preferred a couple of 20 mins in there. Just used a pencil!

Life Drawing

I went life drawing last night. Had a really good time like normal. There's something so cathartic about the whole process.

I just googled "cathartic" to make sure it meant what I thought it did, and the definition was far more accurate and meaningful than I imagined!

The model was great. Good poses and fun shapes in her body.

The texture on the charcoal drawing is too much for me, but the pencils don't hit the range of value that I like. I'll have to try and find something in the middle next time.

Life Drawing

Not too upset with these. I haven't been for ages so am a bit rusty!

Life Drawing

 
Really need to get some fixitive... still. 50mins, 20, 10, 5, and some 2s.

Life Drawing

Life drawing from last night. This session went really well. The model was great and pulled off some lovely poses. Here're the sketches, all 2 minutess, then a 10 minute.

 And here are the longer ones: 20 mins and 35 mins.

Life Drawing

I haven't used charcoal in a million years. I normally avoid it because my drawings end up as messy blackened numbers with fingerprints all over them. These turned out okay though, and I'm pleasently surpirised. Still some dodgey bits and room for improvement. They get a bit smudgey smudgey on my waly home too. Need to get some hairspray.

Life drawing 26.1.2011

Change of paper last week. Nice to start with a neutral background and add highlights rather than slogging away at the mid-tones with my pencil.

Life drawing 30.11.10

Hmm. Tried marker and biro. Seemed to get progressively worse, and slower, throughout the session. Still, there's something in the character of this one.

Life Drawing 15.09.10

Haven't posted a few weeks worth of life drawing because I've been lazy with my scanning. Yesterday was pretty productive though, so I thought I'd get it up here. Fat people are pretty fun to draw, more reference points in the form of creases and shadows, so a bit easier too. the 40 minuter is at home, so here're the sketches. My lines are getting a bit more expressive, and bonus points on this round for drawing the heads! Feel like I'm progressing.

10 min warm up, 3 x 2min, and 20 min.

Life Drawing 11.08.10

2 models this week, quick drawings with no long one at the end. last pic here was 20 mins. The others shorter, and still all unfinished! they're gradually becoming a bit less headless though.

Life Drawing 05.08.10

This week was better. Proportions fell into place more easily than last week. I think I was trying too hard last week and didn't get into a flow.

3 x 15 mins, and 1 x 30 mins. Funny, no matter how much time I get I never seem to finish.

Lifedrawing

Here's last weeks life drawing, there're more, but this seems the only one worth showing. It didn't go as well as the first week. I jumped into too much drawing, before I had sorted the proportions. As a result this poor lady has come out with a very small head.

Life Drawing

Went to a life drawing class on Wednesday. It was great fun. I haven't done anything like this for ages, and it shows. Pencil is now a bit of a forein medium to me, and all my design drawing at work has turned me away from an arty looking end product. I'm also pretty slow. But there was a great creative atmosphere there, and lots of talented people. I'll try and make it a regular thing, you never know, I might even learn something...

I also saw Predators, which was fun, but lacked the Grrr that the origional Arnie film had.