Bren modelled at life drawing on Tuesday. I enjoyed the variety of poses, and even drew part of the room using the mirror in the final drawing.
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Life Drawing, 1st May
Mireille modelled at life drawing last night, holding some great twisting and leaning poses. I also enjoyed drawing her hair!
Sketchy Trees
The first two drawings, in charcoal, are from a workshop on an artists' retreat back in February. It was (just) warm enough to sit outside, though I remember my hands freezing. Both charcoal sketches were drawn half looking at the paper, half looking only at the...
Gesture Drawings
I've not made it along to life drawing for a few weeks so I thought I'd better get back into practice with some gestures! I drew these from images at Line of Action, using the 30 and 60 second timers.
Life Drawing, 20th March
Drawings from a couple of weeks ago, with Tamara modelling.
Life Drawing, 20th February
It's taken me a couple of weeks to put these online! A lovely session with Ana modelling. This time I felt a bit more comfortable using conte pastel to draw.
Study Squares #5
The snow is beginning to melt, leaving icy pools of water and slush. As I struggled through it on a walk this afternoon I thought it would be a good subject for today's study.
Study Squares #4
Here are some quick pen studies of the views from the train today – mist in front of trees, stubble in the snow, hedges, ploughed fields, footprints, snow melting.
Doodle Dump
One of the good things about taking the train is getting the chance to doodle away. Here are a few drawings from a recent trip. Mostly I just scribble, but the first group below are some characters from an old story of mine. I've been wondering about storyboarding the...