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Life Drawing, 4th December

Life Drawing, 4th December

Morna modelled for our first December session. I was struggling with the conte pastel so did most of the drawings in pencil.

Life Drawing with Cello, 30th October

Life Drawing with Cello, 30th October

Some life drawing sketches of Sarah with her cello. I struggled a bit with the conte pastel, so I abandoned it for the pencil. The cello was difficult to draw! I've got one more week to catch up on which I'll post tomorrow.

Life Drawing, 16th October

Life Drawing, 16th October

Some very late sketches, modelled by Susan. I have two more weeks of drawing to post which I'll upload over the next two days.

Life Drawing, 9th October

Life Drawing, 9th October

The second day back at life drawing I felt more relaxed. Maxime modelled, holding some lovely and difficult poses. I'm still behind with uploading drawings from the 16th, but I'll try to post those next weekend.

Action Gestures

Action Gestures

I meant to post these last weekend, but forgot. I drew them last month, using the Bodies in Motion site, beginning with 30 second poses and gradually giving myself more time. The site is excellent for capturing poses that a model would never be able to hold.

Ballet Studies

Ballet Studies

More studies from the Bodies in Motion website! I began with some 30 second sketches, all of which were very rough so I haven't uploaded any of them. Next I went through one of the motions spending a minute on every drawing. Finally I spent quite a long time on a...

Fabric and Model

Fabric and Model

Last week I went to a show of students' work where Katrina Ellis, a weaver and life model, modelled with some of her fabric. It was fun, and challenging, to draw.