The weather was perfect on Wednesday and Judy, Pat, and I all went to figure drawing! Here are a few 5 and 10 minute sketches, and one 20 minute sketch, using a General Sketch and Wash pencil.
Three 5 Minute Sketches
Two 10 minute poses left - and one 5 minute pose right:
Twenty Minute Pose:
I watched the Videos in Stephen Cephalo's Strathmore Workshop and then tried his techniques using 9B graphite and white charcoal on toned gray paper. I used a photo reference for this very experimental drawing.
I am taking my very first art class since 10th grade in High School - and was very nervous about it. Did I really want to "study" art in a classroom as opposed to learning on my own? Did I want to have a 3 hour class every week from Aug through Dec? Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) has a senior scholar program, and unfilled classes can be audited for a nominal fee. I finally decided to take Figure Drawing I and last Monday was my first class. I used an easel for the very first time and sketched the model on 12 X 18 " paper - both totally out of my comfort zone. But I think I'm going to enjoy it.
Here are two 20 minute drawings. Next week 18 X 24" paper - YIKES!
Thanks Vicki for suggestions on how I could get the background photograph blue tinge changed to white using Photoshop.
I really liked one of the models last week at the Society of Illustrators. Between poses I told her that I loved her hair and she laughed. She said that an artist at one of her previous gigs was horrified by it, and finally said that she was just going to pretend she had no hair! I'm just posting 5 out of 18 drawings that I did.
Two Minute Pose
Five Minute Pose
Two Ten Minute Poses
Twenty Minute Pose: This is the third time that I used a paintbrush and watercolor to draw a figure - and at least I'm no longer scared. Practice, Practice, Practice!
The Battery Park Conservancy sponsors a free figure drawing session each week May through September. They provide the supplies and the model and we all gather in the park next to the South Cove (weather permitting).
I really liked the model last Wednesday, and sketched multiple figures on each sheet of paper. Some of them were sketched with General's Sketch and Wash pencil and then brushed with my Niji waterbrush.
Here are 10 One Minute Drawings: I don't even breath during these!!
These are 4 of the Two minute poses. The other one is on the right side of the next page:
There are 4 five minute sketches on the left and the remaining two minute sketch on the right:
We had 2 ten minute poses:
I am trying to "draw" figures with my paintbrush and watercolor paint. I posted several drawn this way in the past - but they were from photos. This is my second watercolor drawing from a live model. PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!!
My big sheets of paper needed to be photographed, not scanned. I try to get rid of the blue tinged background in Photoshop using the threshold settings, but can't get back to white! Any suggestions?
Yesterday was my first day this summer at Battery Park Figure Drawing. The heat wave broke temporarily and it was cool and breezy sitting in the South Cove. The model wore a strapless, flowing dress, making it hard to see her form. Here are a few of my drawings.
One Minute Poses:
Five Minute Poses: I used a General Sketch and Wash pencil and added water. The slightly buckled paper did not scan well.
Ten Minute Pose: My first attempt drawing a live model with my paintbrush and watercolor. This was the only one worth showing.
