This was a challenging session. It forced me to think about the overall shape of the pose and work within that shape, rather than rely on dynamic and energetic movements which clearly show where arms and legs are.
Studies
All In Gesture – 1940s Baseball
And here are some more recent drawings! Makenzie was the model of these 'A League of Their Own'-inspired poses.
Gorilla Sketches
A colleague took a video of some gorillas while visiting his local zoo, and I asked if I could sketch from it. The interactions between the gorillas were fascinating to study.
Wild Life Drawing – Wolf Pups
On Saturday I joined an online drawing class from Wild Life Drawing featuring five-week-old wolf-dog pups from Watermill Wolves. They were alternately incredibly active or completely asleep.
Wild Life Drawing – Wolves
Wild Life Drawing hosts live drawing sessions with animals in the UK. I sadly haven't ever been able to go to any of their in-person classes, but I have now attended online! Last week I joined in a Zoom drawing class featuring three wolf-dogs from Watermill Wolves. A...
Badger Prints For Sale
My badger sketches have proved popular, so I've had some lovely A4 prints made! You can purchase them on my Gumroad shop.
Character Sketching – Ballerina
Beatrix held some tricky-to-draw ballet poses last Friday for CTN's On Model class.
Costumed Drawing – Maiden
Last week I was finally able to catch the free costumed drawing session CTN is running before it vanished from YouTube! As it's a recording I was able to skip back and forward a bit as I pleased, so though poses were between two and seven minutes I spent less time on...
Life Drawing, April and May
I've joined for part of the last couple of life drawing sessions, modelled by Maxime and Dominique (plus a special guest). Some really lovely poses from both of them, and the added challenge of a snake ...*EDIT – The initial time posted was wrong. Updated time below.*...