There were three models at this session, because Bill stepped in for the first few minutes as Francesca and Pete were delayed! I tested out a new 10B pencil which was lovely to draw with. I liked being able to easily switch between a soft and sharp line (something I...
Marta held some interesting poses at this session. Challenging, but good fun.
Morna modelled for our first December session. I was struggling with the conte pastel so did most of the drawings in pencil.
I have been snowed under with a job, Christmas, and a new niece (all very exciting but quite hard work) and that's meant my life drawing from last year has been put aside until now. First up are drawings of model Gina, from back in November!
Nat and her dog Lapa were wonderful models at last week's life drawing session. I drew Lapa quite a lot, as you can see below ... That's me caught up!
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.
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.
For the penultimate character I've drawn Kinsey, who I've illustrated before but wanted to explore more. I'm writing a script of Kinsey's Sword and am beginning to think more about what her character will look like.
Miss Minton is a severe but wonderful woman in Eva Ibbotson's Journey to the River Sea, a beautiful book set in the early twentieth century about a young girl discovering the Amazon and the people who live there. I'll be drawing a couple more of the characters over...