Figure Drawing at Battery Park City
It is good to be back at the weekly Figure Drawing in South Cove. These are 5 two minute poses of Gloria, one of my favorite models.
And these are two 10 minute poses:
Gloria 2
June 16, 2017
April 21, 2017
Richard and his Dog - FIT Model
We had a live model in costume and his 8 year old pug this week in my FIT Watercolor Comps class. The dog shifted positions lots, but was otherwise a perfect model. The model was short and round, dressed in a wizard costume - and during breaks he gave his dog plenty of loving!
When I finished the first painting, I practiced "being looser" and just painted the model's head.
We will next begin work on our final project - working each week to a finished illustration of a subject of our choice. This was a very enjoyable class and I only hope that FIT offers more classes from the Illustration department in their Senior Program.
March 31, 2017
Figure Drawing Long Poses Mar 29, 2017
Yesterday was the last day of our winter figure drawing sessions in Battery Park City, and my last post of figure drawings until their sessions begin again in May. Yesterday Claudia was our model and she was fun to draw in her tank top and leggings. Here are 2 ten minute poses and one twenty minute pose.
I sketched the figures in soluble graphite pencils and then added water, and watercolor.
TEN MINUTE
TEN MINUTE
TWENTY MINUTE
March 29, 2017
Figure Drawing Short Poses
I am still attending on figure drawing session per week at Battery Park City. This is a special program for 25 participants who only pay a small fee for supplies for the 9 sessions. We always start with 10 short poses to loosen up the hand and eyes, and I rarely show them. In this blog post I am including 4 drawings from the 10 two minute poses. I sketched in graphite on newsprint, and photographed these large sheets of paper for these images.
March 21, 2017
Weekends in Manhattan
"Art on Paper" at Pier 36 in Manhattan: Each year my husband and I visit the annual Art on Paper exhibit on Pier 36 and then walk back through the Lower Eastside to lunch in Little Italy. I never saw a Picasso blown glass piece before (not on paper I know, but with some Picasso drawings in one booth). The Gallery owner assured me that it was a piece made in collaboration with Egido Constantini, a Murano glassblower. Think of it as an upside down globe.
New York Philharmonic Young Peoples' Concert: We take grandchildren to the New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts 4 times each year. Before the main concert, there is always a short concert for Young Composers (an NYC program in the schools) to have their work played by Philharmonic musicians, and I sat right in front of the bass player.
"Central Park Sketching and Art Meetup Group" Yesterday was the 10th Anniversary of the Central Park Sketching and Art Meetup Group and we had a big party at the Manhattan Ballroom - during which we put together still life arrangements, from objects brought by group members, and sketched, painted, and ate! Congratualiations Jesse Richards. You're a great Meetup leader!
