Life Drawing VIII

Life Drawing VII

Life Drawing VI

Life Drawing V

 I've started attending a new life drawing class which I'm hoping to make a weekly routine. It's been a while since I've done any life drawing so there's a lot of stiffness in the lines. These were only drawn with a 2B pencil on A3 which limited how expressive I could be with the marks. I'm considering using a different medium next week to push my drawing style further.

Life Drawing with Charcoal

 Here are some older charcoal studies from earlier in the year which I never got around to uploading. These were done on A2 allowing more room for expressive marks which can be difficult on a smaller size when using charcoal. Looking back at these, there are some nice sketches to come out of this session.

Life Drawing III

These sketches are from the last life drawing session of the year just before Christmas. I wasn't overly pleased with these sketches when I had finished the session. I can see some good qualities to them when viewing them a few weeks later. I tend to struggle getting the head size correctly in proportion with the rest of the body but the drawings have more consistency than previous sessions.

Life Drawing II

Had my second life drawing class this week. Would have put the pictures up after the class on Thursday but my camera was struggling to focus in the dark evening light. I've finally got around to taking the pics again in the light of day so you can see these new drawings properly. The class followed the same pattern of several 5 minute drawings, a couple of 10, a 20 minute and finally a 45 minute pose. The pics above are arranged in that order. All are in an A3 sketchbook, same one as last week.

The poses were very challenging this week. I think I only succeeded in capturing a couple of them properly. The final drawing above of the 45 minute pose was the most challenging. I spent a lot of time reworking the legs. I rubbed them out and redrew them at least 3 times. You can still see the various different positions the legs went through. The first attempt had them positioned way too low and out of proportion of the rest of the body. Still not sure they're correct but it's good to push myself.

My favorite drawing of the night is number 5. It's a great pose and I really wanted to get it right. Would have liked to have had more time on this pose. I would like to get some larger paper for my next class and maybe try using some charcoal again to loosen up my line work.

Life Drawing

 

Finally found a local life drawing class. Went along for the first time this evening. I haven't done any life drawing in a few years and it feels great to be doing it again. The class was only 2 hours but I feel I got some great drawings from that short amount of time. There was some 5 minute sketches but they aren't included above as my camera couldn't pick up the light line work very well. My personal favorites are the first drawing with the model lying back. It was a really nice pose and came out really well for a 10 minute drawing. I also enjoyed the final drawing above which was a full 45 minute pose so plenty of time to work on the proportions and shading.