John Mackey was completely in character at last week's CTN Character Sketching session! It was great fun, and I came away with the desire to rewatch Pirates of the Caribbean ...
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Character Sketching – Dorothy
Rachel modelled as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz at last week's On Model session. A little different from the last couple of weeks - this time I wasn't following a model sheet!
Life Drawing, 19th May
Vera modelled at this Tuesday's session. She held some great poses with interesting shapes.
Character Sketching – Alameda Slim
Last week's CTN On Model sketching session featured Jonnathon as Alameda Slim, the villain from Home on the Range. I've only seen the film once so I don't know the character very well. At first I really struggled to figure out how his head connects to his neck! By the...
Life Drawing, 12th May
Vilidian modelled at this week's life drawing session. Unfortunately I'd run out of paper (more is on the way) but I drew in Photoshop instead. I tried to resist using 'Undo' but didn't always succeed ... It was nice having some close-up poses near to the camera.
Character Sketching – Maleficent
I've admired artists who turned their life drawing sketches into characters for years, but though I've used my drawings as inspiration for characters I've never, until now, drawn a model and drawn a character at the same time. It's tough. But it's fun! With so much...
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.*...
Life Drawing, 14th March
My regular life drawing group has moved online, so last week I sketched Amelia from the comfort of my own home! I've done quite a lot of drawing from stills online, so it was familiar in that way. The shorter poses worked well, but I struggled to see the detail for...
Life Drawing, 10th March
Sue modelled at last night's life drawing session.