Bodacious, 2nd place, “A Fine Line” BIG Arts Founders Gallery, Sanibel Island
A quick 30 minute pose with nothing but the basics…charcoal. Sometimes simple turns out best.
Shapes, sizes and Age
One of the attractions of life drawing is the variation of models that offer to pose for the group, all sizes, shapes and age make for a new venue on a regular basis. This model was exceptionally tall and slender and another opportunity to portray the human figure. The first 2 are the same pose just different media and technique.
Sleep my Beauty
This is a watercolour crayon and watercolour paints piece, a 25 minute pose, I left out as much detail as I could while still trying to capture the essence of the model, 24″x18″.
Just some lines
Sometimes it’s easiest to just get some simple lines on paper than produce a finished piece, relax, music in the background, a great model and the lines just flow…such as…
Life Drawing
Most of my life drawings are pencil or charcoal but when I see a pose that really catches me I pull out the watercolours and get the image down in 20 minutes. It’s fast and loose, 20 minutes isn’t much but I think it creates some of the best work I produce.
LAYED BACK
CRIMSON POSE – SOLD
Dry Pastels
I’m still new to dry pastels and trying to figure out how it best works for me, trying to stay loose while adding some colour is the goal for now…and it seems to be working.
Pastels Nudes
Jurors Choice Merit Award, Philips Gallery, BIG Arts Sanibel Is. Florida
A couple of pastel nudes from life drawing, both are 20 minute poses. This model always manages to strike a pose that just wants to make you get it down on paper, a powerful body with flowing curves.
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Dry Pastel Nude
I’ve been working in dry pastels for a couple of weeks now and struggling with learning this new medium. This was a pose that seemed to work…20 minute pose with details finished in studio.
Loose Life
A couple of dry pastel drawings, 20 minutes each and another 20 minutes for the watercolour. Trying to leave out some detail and stay loose enough to give some energy to the pose.
Life Drawing Michelle
A great model but couldn’t take advantage of the longer poses with a presentable piece of work, the quick ones however worked out well.
Male model
These were done in a studio while on holiday, strange setting with new artists but an interesting model. Sometimes change works well.
Life Series 3 – SOLD
A couple of pencil / watercolour sketches from the first drop in class of 2014.
Life drawing
A few from this weeks life drawing, conte, charcoal, pastel and pencil, quick and raw.
Quick sketch
A quick 3 minute sketch followed with some watercolour washes from life drawing, one of the more unusual poses.
3 Minute Pose
I thought maybe I’d keep things simple and reworked this sketch with a bit of colour and more shadow, all conte on arches hot press watercolour paper. It may yet evolve into a watercolour painting.
3 Minute Pose
>This is a quick 3 minute pose from life drawing, conte on newsprint.
I’ll probably work this into a bigger finished piece on better paper with a watercolour wash.
Life Series 1 – SOLD
Watercolour and pencil 10″ x13″ 
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