Last week I had a good life drawing session with lots of dynamic and interesting poses. I drew in conte pastel for the first half, which was an attempt to shake me up a bit and loosen my drawings. Though everything felt a bit messy I think it was good as an exercise....
My first drawing session after Christmas, and I was quite rusty ... it took me a while to warm up. We had a break just as I was beginning to feel I could draw again!
What with packing up and moving across most of the country and Christmas and New Year, it's taken me a while to post some of my life drawing sketches from December. Here's a selection!
Janey was the life model at this Tuesday's session, and she brought her dog along! It was fun to do quick gestures of the dog while also capturing her lovely poses.
Andy was modelling at this week's life drawing. He held some great poses, including one where he played the guitar. As he was actually playing the guitar rather than pretending to, I feel the final drawing has real movement.
Moving for work has meant I've had to search for another life drawing class ... thankfully this last week I found one! It's a great little group and the model this week, Helen, came up with some lovely poses. It'll be good to get back into regular classes again.
One of the last times I was up in Edinburgh I sketched these at the museum in Chambers Street. Though I took no notes on colour at the time, thankfully National Museums Scotland has a searchable database - it's fantastic for research.
While watching The Sound of Music again recently I was struck by the scene where Mother Abbess sings 'Climb Ev'ry Mountain'. I decided to do a tone/composition study because the lighting and cinematography of the scene is so lovely. When Maria enters the room, it's...
I liked this bust of George Roberts, Provost of Selkirk in the 1800s, and had to draw it.